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Nintendo Switch 2 launches in June with new 'Mario Kart World' game
Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2, which will introduce interactive chat and screenshare functions to connect gamersABC News - 22h -
Cade Cunningham: I think I can be the best basketball player in the world
"I think I can be tYahoo Sports - 21h -
Nicola Jennings on Donald Trump getting his revenge on the world – cartoon
Continue reading...The Guardian - 21h -
Nintendo Switch 2 and new "Mario Kart World" game to be released in June
Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2.CBS News - 14h -
'Worst offenders' around world face tariffs of up to 50%
The president says the US has been "pillaged, raped and plundered" for years by international trade partners.BBC News - 10h -
Athletics world watching as 'Grand Slam Track' prepares for launch
What is being billed as a "revolution" for the sport of athletics gets under way in Kingston on Friday with the opening meeting of US sprinting legend Michael Johnson's ambitious Grand Slam Track ...Yahoo Sports - 10h -
A Stunned World Reckons With Economic Fallout From Trump’s Tariffs
Not even America’s closest trading partners were spared by a policy broadside that spooked investors and left policymakers scrambling to formulate responses.The New York Times - 3h -
Stocks slide around the world as investors recoil from Trump tariffs
U.S. financial markets look set to crater in early as trade, with Dow future down nearly 1,300 points.CBS News - 42m -
'In what world does that make sense?' MLB players weigh in on top 100
We asked players from around baseball for their feedback on our MLB Rank list -- and once niceties were set aside, we found out how they really felt.ESPN - 40m -
The Trade War Begins
We explain the sweeping tariff announcement and the world’s reaction.The New York Times - 2h -
Journalist Graydon Carter: ‘If there was another 9/11 this week, I don’t think the world would rush to support us’
The former Vanity Fair editor on how #MeToo changed Hollywood, what Christopher Hitchens would make of the US today, and the value of a handkerchief. Graydon Carter, 75, is a Canadian-born ...The Guardian - 4d -
‘My brain reaches for morbidity’: inside the unsettling world (and 700 Post-it notes) of artist Ed Atkins
He was a digital art pioneer, making himself an avatar in disturbing films. Now Ed Atkins has a new medium: the pandemic Post-it note. Ahead of a major Tate show, we meet the shapeshifting artist. ...The Guardian - 3d -
Maddie Feaunati the ‘Kiwi’ trump card England need to win Rugby World Cup
History and highlights packages will commemorate the seventh of England’s 11 tries as the most memorable of their 67-12 victory over Wales at the Principality Stadium.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Maxim Naumov Gets Standing Ovation at World Figure Skating Championships as He Honors Late Parents: 'This Is for You'
The figure skater lost his parents Evgenia "Zhenya" Shishkova and Vadim Naumov in the Jan. 29 crash between an American Airlines plane and U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopterYahoo Sports - 3d -
Ilia Malinin is the man to beat and 5 other takeaways from figure skating worlds
Malinin's goal is to land seven quads in a free skate. Many skaters say they're already prepping for the 2026 Olympics.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Figure skater who lost both parents in DC crash receives standing ovation at World Champs
Maxim Naumov's parents, who were both coaches at the Skating Club of Boston, died January in a plane crash outside of Washington, D.C.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
How to fight a fascist state – what I learned from a second world war briefing for secret agents | Zoe Williams
You can forget the advice on disguises, secret codes and spreading propaganda by dropping leaflets in train carriages. But there is something for us all here about the need for action. The SOE ...The Guardian - 2d -
Figure skater who lost both parents in DC plane crash brings world crowd to its feet
Since the plane crash that killed his parents, figure skater Maxim Naumov has become in many ways the face of the tragedyABC News - 2d -
Monaco, AC Milan and Bayern Munich all sense an opportunity to sign potentially world class Chelsea man
Andrey Santos has had an excellent season, and took things up a gear once again on Friday night when he scored for Strasbourg against Lyon to open the scoring in a 4-2 win. That was his 10th goal ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Lions GM Brad Holmes: I always had more optimism than the outside world about Jared Goff
Holmes worked with Goff during their time in Los Angeles and made bringing Goff to Detroit his first move as Lions GM.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Man United planning onslaught on self-declared ‘best playmaker in the world’ who already replaced Eriksen
Manchester United have reportedly added Inter Milan star Hakan Calhanoglu to their summer shortlist, considering him a profile capable of adding quality to the middle of the park.The Red Devils are ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
World champion boxer Tevin Farmer reveals Tourette’s diagnosis amid fan ‘concern’
Farmer held the IBF super-featherweight belt from 2017 until 2020 and came close to winning WBC lightweight gold on SaturdayYahoo Sports - 2d -
Trump will not stop until every American relic reflects his imaginary world view | Kellie Carter Jackson
The US president’s attack on the Smithsonian isn’t about truth. It’s about erasure, and ‘erasure is violence’. Last week, Donald Trump issued another executive order, this one aimed directly at ...The Guardian - 1d -
Biden campaign held 'karaoke at the end of the world' party before he dropped out, new book recounts
Former President Biden's campaign aides were "pissin' the night away" less than 72 hours before he exited the White House race last year, according to a new book, which details how they were ...The Hill - 1d -
Lance Lynn, World Series champion and 2-time All-Star pitcher, says he’s retiring
Lance Lynn announced his decision on the “Dymin in the Rough” podcast.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
The influencers who want the world to have more babies - and say the White House is on their side
Pronatalists have long courted controversy - but since Trump was sworn in for the second time, the evangelising of some members of this controversial fringe group has reached new levels.BBC News - 1d -
Real Madrid place World Cup-winning South American coach on shortlist to succeed Ancelotti
As Real Madrid looks ahead to the future of its coaching staff, an unexpected name has emerged in discussions: Argentina’s current manager, Lionel Scaloni. According to a report from Fichajes, Scal...Yahoo Sports - 1d -
The world is missing out on the real Yemen: we are not just war, headlines or suffering | Nada Al-Saqaf
After a decade of conflict, loss is constant, as is fear for our children’s future. But we are more than this. A decade of war in Yemen has left us in a place we never could have imagined. Our ...The Guardian - 1d -
Dodgers improve to 7-0 vs. Braves, matching best start to season by World Series champion in MLB history
The 1933 Yankees are the only other reigning champion to begin 7-0CBS Sports - 1d -
2025 PFL World Tournament 1 weigh-in results: Welterweight out after missing mark
The 2025 PFL welterweight tournament experienced a shakeup before it even began after Magomed Umalatov missed weight Wednesday, forcing him to be removed from the competition. Umalatov weighed in ...Yahoo Sports - 20h -
Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ endangers the world’s broken economy – and him | Martin Kettle
While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to champion. It would be “liberation day” in the US, the White ...The Guardian - 16h -
Red-hot Chicago Cubs finally go home after 'longest spring training in the world'
After two different stints in Arizona, a trip to Tokyo and initiating the Athletics' new park in Sacramento with a sweep, the Cubs finally go home.Yahoo Sports - 12h -
‘We thought we could change the world’: how an idealistic fight against miscarriages of justice turned sour
When a no-nonsense lecturer set up a radical solution to help free the wrongfully convicted in the UK, he was hopeful he could change the justice system. But what started as a revolution ended in ...The Guardian - 9h -
Once a Manchester City winger tidies up his finishing the world will be his oyster
There weren’t many standout players for Manchester City during their 2-nil win over Leicester City last night. It was more of a performance where every player did their job for Pep Guardiola’s sid...Yahoo Sports - 7h -
WATCH: Shohei Ohtani's walk-off HR lifts Dodgers to best start ever by a defending World Series champion
The Braves, meanwhile, dropped to 0-7 after blowing a 5-0 leadCBS Sports - 8h -
‘We introduced avocado to the high street!’ How Pret conquered London – and began eyeing the rest of the world
The sandwich chain now has 274 branches in the capital. How did it grow so huge – and can anything stop it getting even bigger?. At 93-95 Victoria Street, Westminster, a blue plaque marks a piece ...The Guardian - 4h -
Cade Cunningham isn't satisfied yet: 'I think I can be the best basketball player in the world'
The former No. 1 pick has led Detroit's resurgence, but he has loftier goals than just ending the Pistons' five-year playoff drought.ESPN - 24m -
America cannot afford to break global investor trust
Even the most powerful nation in the world needs foreign investmentFinancial Times - 2d -
The most powerful passports of 2025 — a new country tops the list
Ireland has the strongest passport in the world, according to the Nomad Passport Index 2025.CNBC - 14h -
Auto giants surprisingly resilient as sweeping U.S. tariffs spare Canada and Mexico for now
Shares of some of the world's biggest automakers appeared surprisingly resilient on Thursday.CNBC - 17m
