President Biden attacked Donald Trump at a rally in North Carolina after his “shocking” performance in the presidential debate on Thursday night. “I don’t walk as easy as I used to, I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to, I don’t debate as well as I used to but I know what I do
Ninety minutes is a long watch in politics – ask a Democrat, any Democrat. As the mist was hanging heavy over Atlanta the morning after the presidential debate, for them the metaphors were writing themselves. Hot takes from the night before gave way to clear-eyed, cold assessment that chilled the Democratic Party. Latest: Reaction to
A Reform UK canvasser who used a racial slur against Rishi Sunak has called himself a “total fool” and said he has learned his lesson. Footage from an undercover Channel 4 reporter showed Reform campaigner Andrew Parker using a discriminatory term about the prime minister, as well as saying the army should “just shoot” migrants
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 28, 2024, 07:53 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The independent ranks have swung and swayed in recent years. As recently as 2022, we had seven of them, but BYU joined the Big 12, and Liberty and New Mexico State gratefully joined
A British man has died off the Greek island of Spetses. He had been taking part in a yachting regatta and authorities said he was found dead on Friday. The man, who was in his forties, was found in a bay area of the island with what appeared to be injuries on the left side
Rishi Sunak has spoken of his hurt and anger at his daughters having to hear Reform activists using a racial slur about him. Responding to the slurs made by supporters of the party led by Nigel Farage, the prime minister said: “Well, my two daughters have to see and hear Reform people who campaign for
We’re initiating a position in Nextracker , buying 350 shares at roughly $48.18. Following Thursday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 350 shares of NXT with a weighting of about 0.5%. Nextracker makes solar tracker systems that allow huge utility-scale rows of solar panels to rotate and follow the sun’s movement across the sky
Nationwide, HSBC and Virgin Money customers have been affected by problems affecting their banking services. Nationwide said there was a “delay with some customers receiving their salary or pension payments today”. Meanwhile, HSBC and Virgin Money said it was aware of issues affecting its online and mobile banking – with the former saying it was
Police in Tenerife have called for volunteers to take part in a large-scale search for missing British teenager Jay Slater. Officials said it would take place on the Spanish island on Saturday in the village of Masca. In a statement, police said: “The Guardia Civil prepares and coordinates a large search to find the young
An expert on the Post Office Horizon IT systems has denied suggestions he was “protecting the monster” in evidence he gave to the trial of a sub-postmaster who was wrongly convicted while pregnant. Former senior Fujitsu engineer Gareth Jenkins told the Post Office Inquiry he did not hide glitches in the branch accounting system at
In this article 9984.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., speaks during the company’s annual general meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, June 20, 2024. Son sketched out ambitions to help create AI thousands of times smarter than any human, making his most grandiose
Joe Biden’s stumbling performance in the US presidential debate has sparked alarm among Democrats – but could he be replaced against his will and how might that work? A national US party has never tried to force an election candidate to step down in the modern era and their rules make it almost impossible to
Photo by Amol Mande on Pexels.com The Pew Research Center surveyed Americans about how they feel about local wind and solar development in their communities – this is what they found. Wind and solar in Americans’ backyards As a whole, more Americans think wind or solar would help rather than hurt their local economy. But
The UK’s exit from recession during the first three months of the year was stronger than initial figures suggested, according to official data. In an update on its first growth estimate, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.7% between January and March. It had originally said on 10
President Biden and Donald Trump have faced off in the first debate in the 2024 presidential election campaign. The format, with each taking turns to speak with their opponent’s microphone muted, was designed to prevent a shouting match with both candidates talking over each other. In truth, it served to highlight the differences in the
Joe Biden and Donald Trump have held the first presidential debate, where the president struggled to speak and the Republican was dogged by his criminal trials. Held in Atlanta, Georgia, the CNN-hosted debate marked a rematch four years in the making. With one candidate’s microphone turned off while the other was speaking, Trump and Biden
The United States needs to build a significant number of nuclear plants to supply surging energy demand while also meeting climate goals, the CEO of Southern Company said at an event on Thursday. “This country will need more nuclear plants going forward,” Chris Womack said at the Reuters Global Energy Transition conference in New York
“Well, you didn’t think we were gonna let you down, did you?” So said Jarvis Cocker as he addressed the enormous crowd at Glastonbury‘s Park stage in 2011; thousands and thousands of people stood in front of him to see perhaps the worst-kept secret in the festival’s history, and one of its greatest live music
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, during a fireside chat organized by Softbank Ventures Asia in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images The news industry just gained a powerful ally in its effort to take
Jun 27, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With less than three weeks to go before the All-Star break, the Guardians have made their top-three debut. Cleveland, winners of seven of its last eight games, took a series in Baltimore to leapfrog the dominant Orioles, as well as the Dodgers, in our power rankings.