French stock market on track for worst showing since Eurozone crisis

Meghan announces new Netflix lifestyle show

The show's trailer drops a day after the Duchess of Sussex returned to Instagram.

BBC News - 41m

The frozen housing market shows few signs of thawing as 2025 begins

New year, same old real estate market: The high mortgage rates, scarce inventory and dismal affordability that have plagued housing look set to linger.

NBC News - 1h

Fantasy Football: These ended up being the worst draft picks of 2024

Kate Magdziuk identifies the worst picks in every round of 2024 fantasy football drafts.

Yahoo Sports - 1h

Mikel Arteta battles injury crisis amid Arsenal’s crammed January schedule

Gunners must negotiate nine matches this month but manager says squad is one of the ‘thinnest’ in the top flight. It was at this stage of last season that Arsenal took the opportunity to decamp to ...

The Guardian - 4h

Tesla’s annual deliveries drop for first time since 2011

US electric vehicle pioneer led by Elon Musk has been hit by slowing demand

Financial Times - 4h

'Dinosaur highway' tracks dating back 166 million years are discovered in England

Researchers in England have unearthed nearly 200 dinosaur tracks that date back 166 million years

ABC News - 5h

Why Wall Street Expects the Stock Market to Have a Big 2025

Analysts see corporate earnings improving beyond just big tech names.

Inc. - 5h

The coming American labour market shock

Ignore the Fed’s flip-flop and focus on labour dynamics

Financial Times - 8h

Ridley Scott is a genius film-maker who can do anything – even start a political crisis in Malta

It wouldn’t be a press tour without the Gladiator II director saying something contentious, and now he’s managed to upset big cheeses on the Mediterranean island. For a while, it looked as if ...

The Guardian - 8h

The 16 TV shows we're excited for in 2025

Whether it's returning series like "The White Lotus, "Severance" and "The Last of Us," or new shows like "Watson" and "Long Story Short," there will be plenty of TV to watch in 2025.

Los Angeles Times - 9h

A Staunch Ally in Africa Says French Forces Will Withdraw

The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there.

The New York Times - 13h

Costco has the tools to show its expensive stock is still worth the premium in 2025

Costco's burgeoning revenue streams like advertising and e-commerce may help propel the stock in the new year.

CNBC - 2h

What stocks’ worst stumble since 1952 in the final days of 2024 may mean for 2025

Here’s how the S&P 500 has historically performed annually after stumbling in the final days of a year, according to Bespoke Investment Group.

MarketWatch - 3h

In New Orleans, Celebration Is Followed by Terror in the French Quarter

The attack that left 15 dead and about three dozen injured followed a distressingly familiar pattern of assailants turning vehicles into weapons.

The New York Times - 4h

49ers' Deebo Samuel reflects on depression he faced after Super Bowl losses: 'One of the worst feelings ever'

Samuel says he goes months without wanting to be seen following a Super Bowl loss

CBS Sports - 4h

Middle East crisis live: at least 37 killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza including in al-Mawasi ‘safe zone’

Airstrike hit tent encampment sheltering displaced families and also killed director-general of Gaza’s police department. Lebanon ’s National News Agency reports that Israeli forces fired two ...

The Guardian - 6h

The stock market rarely scores hat tricks. This strategist fears what’s next.

The S&P 500 has managed two consecutive 20%-plus years in a row, but that has rarely led to a third great year, says this strategist.

MarketWatch - 6h

US unemployment claims fall to the lowest level since March

The number of Americans applying for unemployment checks dropped last week to the lowest level since March, suggesting that most workers enjoy unusual job security

ABC News - 7h

Taken to brink, Texas shows 'fight' in CFP thriller

Texas coach Steve Sarkisian praised his team for its resilience after it found a way to beat Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime despite blowing a 16-point fourth-quarter lead.

ESPN - 7h

"48 Hours" show schedule

True crime. Real justice. To miss it would be a crime.

CBS News - 7h

Progressives face an existential crisis under Trump

Progressives in Washington are facing an existential crisis like never before as they brace for the incoming Trump administration. Not only are they at odds with their own party, with many ...

The Hill - 9h

Syrian delegation visits Saudi Arabia in first foreign trip since Assad ousting

Foreign and defence ministers arrive in Riyadh as Gulf states move to embrace new rulers

Financial Times - 11h

Ethiopia opens first stock market since Emperor Haile Selassie

Prime minister pursues liberal reforms to revive ‘broke’ east African country after two-year civil war and default

Financial Times - 15h

South Korean investors pile into US equities as domestic stock market languishes

Retail investors expect Trump rally to continue and Tesla is a favourite with Musk praising country’s ‘smart people’

Financial Times - 17h

What is New Orleans’ French Quarter, the location of the New Year’s Day truck attack?

Founded in 1718, the neighbourhood is also known as the Vieux Carre – or Old Quarter – and is the historic colonial centre of the city. Full report: truck flying Islamic State flag drives into ...

The Guardian - 20h

Moldova faces energy crisis as flow of Russian gas ends

Yahoo News - 1d

Ivory Coast announces withdrawal of French troops

Reduction of military presence is latest sign of weakening western influence in region

Financial Times - 1d

Webcam appears to show police running to scene

The moment was captured on a webcam in the French Quarter of the city, moments after the attack happened.

BBC News - 1d

Russian warship tracked for five days off UK coast

Navy personnel from Devon and Cornwall were called on Christmas Day for a five-day operation.