If you’re just hearing about the British underdog who has caught Wimbledon’s imagination, then there’s one thing he would like you to know – he’s Ollie, not Oliver, Tarvet. “I usually only get called Oliver when my mum is annoyed at me. So you know, I try to avoid it at all costs,” the 21-year-old…
Millions of websites – including Sky News, The Associated Press and Buzzfeed – will now be able to block artificial intelligence (AI) bots from accessing their content without permission. The new system is being rolled out by internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare, which hosts around a fifth of the internet. Eventually, sites will be able to…
Banknotes issued by the Bank of England are about to get their first major redesign in more than 50 years. Notable historical figures, such as Sir Winston Churchill on the current fiver, have featured on these banknotes since 1970 but could be on the way out. The public are being asked for their views on…
It has been a good year for gold. A host of turbulent events in the global economy has driven up prices for the glittery commodity to record highs in 2025. In a world of tariffs and international conflict, gold appeals to investors as one of the few remaining stable assets. Everyone wants a piece of…
0:29Watch: Trump reacts to the Senate narrowly passing his “big, beautiful” bill After nearly 24 hours of debate – starting yesterday morning and stretching overnight – the US Senate approved Donald Trump’s massive tax-cut and spending bill Passing by the narrowest of margins, the bill, as it stood on Tuesday, contained key parts of the agenda he…
From his pocket, Serhiy Melnyk pulls out a small rusty shard, wrapped neatly in paper. He holds it up. “It grazed my kidney, pierced my lung, and my heart,” says the Ukrainian serviceman quietly. Traces of dried blood are still visible on the shrapnel from a Russian drone that became lodged in his heart while…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose a “30% or 35%” tariff on Japan if a deal between the two countries is not reached before a deadline next week. That would be well above the 24% tariff Japan was hit with as part of Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” on 2 April, when he announced…
Qantas is contacting customers after a cyber attack targeted their third-party customer service platform. On 30 June, the Australian airline detected “unusual activity” on a platform used by its contact centre to store the data of six million people, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers. Upon detection of the…
The jury in the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs will keep deliberating after reaching a partial verdict, but deadlocking on the most serious charge faced by the hip-hop mogul. At the federal court in New York, the 12 jurors announced they had agreed on four of the five counts, but were unable to decide on…
Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to finalise a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, US President Donald Trump has said. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that during the proposed ceasefire the US would “work with all parties to end the War”. “The Qataris and Egyptians, who have worked very hard to help…
