HSBC has taken a $1.3bn (£961m) hit to profits, fuelled by the fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran and fraud in the troubled private credit sector. The London-headquartered bank said profits fell 4% in the first three months of the year, dropping $100m to $9.4bn, compared with the same period in 2025. Revenue increased…
Robbie Williams has debuted an unexpected new look, one that left his wife Ayda Field and kids speechless. The English singer, 52, appears to have knocked his mouth while in Miami, before showing off his newly chipped tooth on Instagram. “So I brushed my teeth last night. Walking back to bed, my tongue was doing…
Discussions on the sale of media rights in both countries are ongoing, FIFA says weeks before the World Cup begins. Published On 5 May 20265 May 2026 Millions of football fans in the world’s two most populous nations may not be able to watch the FIFA World Cup, which starts next month, due to a…
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Award‑winning author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material, while a charge that he produced such material has been dropped. Silvey, 43, was first charged in January after detectives from Western Australia police’s child abuse squad raided his Fremantle home, allegedly catching him communicating online with child exploitation offenders and…
The Department of Defense did not include Anthropic in its list of partners. The Pentagon said Friday that it has reached deals with seven tech companies to use their artificial intelligence in its classified computer networks, allowing the military to tap into AI-powered capabilities to help it fight wars.Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Nvidia, OpenAI,…
Fashion’s biggest night came and went in style. The 2026 Met Gala, which had a theme of “Costume Art,” celebrated the historic partnership between the two branches of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Costume Institute May 4. And Sabrina Carpenter and Rihanna were among the stars who understood the assignment with their interpretations of…
Islamabad, Pakistan – When Ayesha Ameen was leaving her house last week for a chore, her three-year-old daughter Zimal tugged at her sleeve and asked if she was finally going to the airport to pick up her father. “How do you tell a three-year-old that her father is held captive and cannot come home?” Ayesha, 26,…
NANJING, CHINA – APRIL 30, 2026 – Tourists visit the BYD exhibition area at the Auto Expo in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China on April 30, 2026. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BYD‘s passenger vehicle sales fell for an eighth consecutive month in April, while…
Traffic lights are to be installed beside the scenic Clachan Bridge on Scotland’s wild Argyll coast despite fears it will be a “desecration” of a nationally-significant heritage site. Known since the early 19th century as the “Bridge over the Atlantic” the 233-year-old crossing from the mainland to the Isle of Seil attracts visitors eager to…
