Years Taliban Takeover

Norrie reaches ATP final after 'difficult year'

Britain's Cameron Norrie will contest his first ATP final since February 2023 after a straight-set victory over Corentin Moutet at the Moselle Open.

Man known as 'best smuggler' jailed for 17 years

Amanj Hasan Zada is jailed for running "a sophisticated enterprise" organising small boat crossings.

Norrie's title wait continues as 'challenging' year ends in final loss

Britain's Cameron Norrie is unable to finish a frustrating season on a high as he loses to France's Benjamin Bonzi in the Moselle Open final.

2024 set to be hottest year on record, scientists say

Climate scientists say 2024 is likely to be the hottest year ever on record. The announcement comes just ahead of the COP29 climate summit. Tina Kraus reports.

Man jailed for three years over Snapchat sextortion

Christopher Morrow pleaded guilty to trying to blackmail 16 women into sending him sexual videos.

Messi: Miami will 'come back stronger next year'

Lionel Messi vowed to "come back stronger" in 2025, following Inter Miami's elimination for the 2024 Major League Soccer playoffs on Saturday night at Chase Stadium.

Sports - ESPN - Yesterday

Chris Wallace to Quit CNN After 3 Years

The 77-year-old veteran anchor told The Daily Beast that he planned to venture into streaming or podcasting.

Business - The New York Times - 20 hours ago

ETF flows smash full year record

The $1.4tn pumped into global ETFs in the first 10 months of the year surpasses the $1.33tn racked up in all of 2021

World - Financial Times - 18 hours ago

2 Wishes for Small Businesses in an Election Year

No matter who’s in the Oval Office, the economy is something we should all be rooting for.

Business - Inc. - 4 hours ago

10-year Treasury yield ends with biggest six-week climb in a year as consumer sentiment rises

U.S. government debt sold off on Friday, giving the 10-year yield its biggest six-week advance in about a year, after data showed consumer sentiment rose this month.

Business - MarketWatch - October 25

NCAA women’s college basketball champions: All-time NCAA women’s basketball year-by-year winners list

Check out the full list of NCAA women’s basketball champions going back to 1982.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 4

Historic Amusement Park to Close After Nearly 100 Years

Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, an Ocean City staple, fell victim to the pandemic and Superstorm Sandy.

Business - Inc. - October 13

Can you name BBC Women's Footballer of Year winners?

As we mark the 10th year of BBC's Women's Footballer of the Year award, can you name all nine previous winners?

You Don’t Get to Be 173 Years Old Without This Leadership Trait

Roger Crandall, CEO of MassMutual, explains why resilience tops his list of executive must-haves.

Business - Inc. - October 14

‘A five-year-old could play this!’ How Razorlight made Golden Touch

‘I was living in flat with a bed, a record-player, a desk and a fridge for beer. I thought, “If I just sit and play three chords for eight hours, hopefully a good song will come”’. I was working at ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

List: Here are the nearly 500 Big Lots stores that have or will be closed this year

Since filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this year, Big Lots has slated nearly 500 stores for closure - some of which have already closed their doors for good.

Politics - The Hill - October 14

Why SoFi’s stock is on track for its highest close of the year

A new partnership helps validate SoFi’s underwriting model at a time some when investors are concerned about the lending business.

Business - MarketWatch - October 14

Foot of a famed Mount Everest climber is possibly found after 100 years

A National Geographic documentary crew may have found partial remains of the foot of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, the famed mountaineer who disappeared on Mount Everest 100 years ago.

50 Years After Killing, a Berlin Court Convicts a Stasi Officer of Murder

The court handed down a guilty verdict and a 10-year sentence to a former officer of East Germany’s dreaded secret police, in a case straight out of the Cold War.

World - The New York Times - October 15

2 Men Accused of Killing 72-Year-Old While Posing as Utility Workers

Two men who said they were looking for a gas leak killed the man in his basement in suburban Detroit and bound his wife with duct tape before taking her watch and phone, prosecutors said.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 15

A pastry brought to Mexico by British miners is still popular after 200 years

Back in the 19th century, migrant miners from Cornwall, in the southwest of England, brought their pastries to the Mexican mining town of Real del Monte

World - ABC News - October 15

Autistic girl faces 'frustrating' one-year wait to get tooth out

Maisie's father says his daughter's toothache is putting her off food and taking her out of school.

Global public debt to pass $100tn this year, says IMF

Fund calls for tougher action by big economies, with debt set to approach 100% of world GDP by end of decade

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Walgreens to close 1,200 stores over next 3 years

Struggling pharmacy chain attempts turnaround amid low drug reimbursement rates and slower consumer spending.

Disney World's Iconic Big Thunder Mountain Ride Will Close For An Entire Year

Disney World's popular Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride will temporarily close this coming January, and the attraction won't open again until 2026. The extended closure for the Magic Kingdom ride ...

Tech - GameSpot - October 15

Walgreens to close 1,200 stores over the next three years

Walgreens said Tuesday it plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years as it seeks to further downsize its footprint amid flagging sales and changing consumer behavior.

A Saudi cartoonist has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, activists say

A Saudi cartoonist who once drew for a Qatari newspaper as a yearslong diplomatic crisis engulfed Doha has been sentenced to 23 years in prison