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Despite Rising Inflation, Restaurants Are Having a Big Winter

January and February are usually the doldrums for dining, but Americans have been eating out, and spending, with gusto.

The New York Times - 4d

No European defence without Germany

The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need strategy as well as spending

Financial Times - 4d

America needs a serious opposition

Democrats should spend less time on gimmicks and more on communicating what they actually stand for

Financial Times - 3d

Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs

Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defence

Financial Times - 2d

Vice President JD Vance urges GOP to fall in line as shutdown looms

House Republicans are slated to vote Tuesday on their spending bill that would fund the government at current levels through September 2025.

ABC News - 1d

Nvidia’s stock has been ‘brutalized.’ Here’s the big disconnect.

Investors appear worried about the health of AI spending. But big AI customers don’t seem hesitant, an analyst notes.

MarketWatch - 21h

American travelers are booking fewer domestic flights in another warning sign for the economy

Americans’ spending worries and shortcomings are translating into turbulence for major airlines, and coming at a time where recession fears are growing.

MarketWatch - 6h

Brett Favre suggests Aaron Rodgers should sign with Vikings: 'They're loaded at pretty much every position'

Favre spent most of his career with the Packers before spending his final two seasons with the Vikings

CBS Sports - 6h

German Arms Maker Rheinmetall Has Record Sales in ‘Era of Rearmament’

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the company moved quickly to meet Europe’s growing need for military spending.

The New York Times - 6h

UK social safety net among weakest in rich world, analysis finds

Think-tank report comes as Keir Starmer seeks to convince Labour MPs to back welfare spending cuts

Financial Times - 2h

Source: Ravens to re-sign Stanley to 3-year deal

The Baltimore Ravens will re-sign veteran left tackle Ronnie Stanley, 30, a two-time Pro Bowl player who has been the franchise's starting left tackle since 2016, to a three-year, $60 million deal, ...

ESPN - 3d

Reflecting on five years since the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world

On this day five years ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, shutting down daily life, crippling the economy and reshaping public health. More than 1.1 million ...

CBS News - 1d

30 Years Later, Chrono Trigger's Defining Feature Still Can't Be Topped

Chrono Trigger is celebrating its 30-year anniversary today, March 11, 2025. Below, we explore how its innovative New Game Plus feature set it apart as an all-time classic. I spent almost an ...

GameSpot - 1d

Long Covid still an issue 5 years after global pandemic began

Five years ago, the World Health Organization declared Covid a global pandemic, but many people are still living with the symptoms of long Covid. Nearly 7% of adults who contracted the virus in the ...

NBC News - 1d

It's been 5 years since WHO declared COVID pandemic

Five years ago today, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Two days later, President Trump declared a national emergency. "CBS Evening News" co-anchors John Dickerson and ...

CBS News - 20h

Mastercard and Visa linked to illegal gambling sites accused of scamming UK customers

Card giants processing payments for unlicensed operators as customers report losing thousands. Mastercard and Visa are processing payments for illegal gambling websites accused of scamming UK ...

The Guardian - 3d

Athol Fugard, South African political dissident playwright, dies aged 92

A giant of political drama, Fugard captured the injustices of apartheid in works such as Sizwe Banzi Is Dead and The Island. The South African playwright and director Athol Fugard, whose works ...

The Guardian - 3d

How Elon Musk Uses Internet Slang to Marshal His Army of Online Fans

Mr. Musk uses online slang to marshal his 200 million social media followers in support of his efforts to gut the federal government. But he might be reaching his limits.

The New York Times - 5d

The Biggest US Banks Have All Backed Out of a Commitment to Reach Net Zero

In the lead up to the inauguration, the six largest US banks left a voluntary alliance with the UN to reach net zero by 2050. Now, critics are calling for new climate laws.

Wired - 4d

'The Last of Us' cast rates how hard they work to avoid spilling Season 2 spoilers

The cast of 'The Last of Us' Season 2 discusses where we find their characters, the series' political themes and how keeping the plot of the highly anticipated series under wraps.

Los Angeles Times - 3d

Sony Uses Horizon's Aloy To Demonstrate New AI Tech, And It's About As Impressive As You'd Expect

Sony is testing out new AI software, and it's using a beloved character--Aloy from the Horizon series--to show it off. A YouTube video narrated by Sharwin Raghoebardajal--a software engineering ...

GameSpot - 2d

US investigators advise partial ban on helicopter flights after DC plane crash

Announcement comes after fatal collision between military helicopter and American Airlines jet on 29 January. Federal investigators looking for the cause of the collision between a passenger jet ...

The Guardian - 1d

Department of Education to lay off nearly half its workforce – US politics live

Education secretary Linda McMahon announced hundreds of staff were subject to the ‘reduction in workforce’. Polls have opened in Greenland for early parliamentary elections Tuesday as US President ...

The Guardian - 19h

US education department to lay off 1,300 people as Trump vows to close agency

Firings announced Tuesday as administration decried as ‘detached from how Americans live’. The US Department of Education intends to lay off nearly half of its workforce. The layoffs of 1,300 ...

The Guardian - 19h

Trump tariffs on steel and aluminum come into effect amid US-Canada trade war

European Commission announces countermeasures after sweeping US levies of 25% come into force without any exemptions. Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports took effect on Wednesday ...

The Guardian - 15h