Shareholders around the world have enjoyed another stellar year. Stockmarkets in America, Europe, India and Japan are set to finish 2025 at or near all-time highs, with some closing in on a third consecutive year of double-digit gains. Part of this reflects investors’ growing optimism about the profit-making potential of artificial intelligence. Animal spirits, however,…
Tiffanie TurnbullBondi Beach Getty Images There’s been an outpouring of support from the community – but tension remains As helicopters circled overhead, sirens descended on her suburb, and people ran screaming down her street on 14 December, Mary felt a grim sense of deja vu. “That was when I knew there was something seriously wrong…
Supplied A screenshot from a video found on Naveed Akram’s phone shows his father conducting firearms training, police allege The gunmen who allegedly carried out a deadly attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach last week threw four undetonated explosives at the start of the attack, including a “tennis ball bomb”, according to newly…
Eve WebsterBristol, Virginia BBC The US town of Bristol, population around 44,000, is a divided community. Split between Virginia and Tennessee, the state line runs literally down main street. While both sides have much in common, there is one major difference – abortion is illegal in Tennessee. This has been the case since the 2022…
Guy Delauney Balkans correspondent AFP via Getty Images Zagreb’s Christmas market was voted the best in Europe three years in a row Christmas markets are not just tradition across Europe, they are big businesses that give cities a huge economic boost every December. For Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, it is an effective way of…
Claire Keenanand Elettra Neysmith AFP via Getty Images St Mary’s Catholic school in central Nigeria where schoolchildren were abducted Nigerian authorities say they have secured the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in the country’s central Niger state. Nigeria’s federal government described the latest release as a “moment of…
Abu Bakar Yasinand Naomi Clarke,BBC Newsbeat Getty Images The Fulham midfielder will represent his home country Nigeria in the competition He’s played on some of the biggest stages in the world in the Premier League, but Alex Iwobi believes the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) is a “special” experience. The tournament will see 24 teams…
University Hospital of North Tees The facility also has a new 11-bed recovery space for post operative patients A £6.5m robotic operating theatre where patients can have less invasive surgery has been completed. Work on the facility at the University Hospital of North Tees began in February 2024 and the final phase, a new 11-bed…
Donald Trump has fueled new speculation about his health after an awkward descent on Air Force One’s stairs. A video of the 79-year-old president exiting the plane at Palm Beach International Airport on Saturday morning, posted by MAGA influencer Paul Villarreal, has drawn attention online for Trump’s odd hand movement and slow, careful descent. In…
“60 Minutes” abruptly pulled a segment Sunday on the Trump administration deporting hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to a megaprison in El Salvador, a stunning move that comes on the heels of President Donald Trump complaining that the CBS newsmagazine has “treated him far worse” under new management. For days, CBS had been promoting Sunday’s segment,…