European stocks dipped on Thursday as investors await the outcome of reports that Washington and Tehran are nearing an agreement to end the war. The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was 0.3% lower shortly after midday in London, reversing earlier gains. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 fell 0.65%, while France’s Cac 40 and Germany’s Dax fell 0.2%…
Tennessee poised to vote today on new US House map Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are poised to push through a plan later today that would carve up a majority-Black congressional district. The move would reshape the electoral map to the GOP’s advantage as part of president…
Researchers led by metabolism expert Prof Timo D. Müller at Helmholtz Munich have developed a new strategy to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes. Their approach uses a specially designed hybrid molecule that takes advantage of the well-known GLP-1/GIP signalling pathway as a kind of entry point into cells. Once inside, it delivers an additional…
Here’s the problem. We have two young kids at home, and we live in the city in a townhouse that isn’t exactly large. With that comes a lot of “shared space”—also known as partially controlled chaos. The room that we have colloquially named the “office” is hardly a dedicated work space. I couldn’t survive without…
Uar Bernard has become a source of borderline indecent fascination in the NFL – the kind of prospect who underscores how athletes are identified and the inherent limits of pro football scouting itself. A swole 6ft 4in and 306lbs, Uar (pronounced OO-ar) Bernard doesn’t just look the part of a fearsome defensive lineman; fans post…
The Brits are coming… to the Croisette! The British Film Institute (BFI) continued an annual tradition on Thursday, unveiling its 2026 crop of “Great 8” movies, eight features from the “most exciting first-time and early career filmmakers” that it will showcase to international distributors and festival programmers in the run-up to and during the Marché du Film market taking place during…
European capitals fear continued fisheries co-operation in Barents Sea is increasing security risks
A military court on Thursday sentenced Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to death with a two-year reprieve. This means their death sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, without the possibility of sentence reduction or parole, Xinhua reports.
The Peloton Tread+ and Bike+ during a media preview at Peloton headquarters in New York, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Peloton posted fiscal third-quarter earnings results Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations on revenue but fell slightly short on earnings per share. The company touted growth in…
Progressive voters have been driven away from Labour by a lack of argument and vision from Keir Starmer, according to a report using research from a senior pollster to Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. Downing Street is understood to have been briefed on the research, which has also been handed to allies of the potential…
