Major City reforms to be set out in King’s Speech
Legislative package will include financial services bill designed to complete several planned changes to regulation
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Abbas loyalists sweep Palestinian elections, including some seats in Gaza | Elections News
Voter turnout in Gaza remained low due to the ongoing impact of the genocide. Published On 26 Apr 202626 Apr 2026 Loyalists of President Mahmoud Abbas won most races in Palestinian municipal elections, election officials said, in a vote that for the first time in nearly two decades included a city in the besieged Gaza…
King Charles’ US state visit will be mired in a political disaster about the Falklands
King Charles and Camilla will arrive in Washington on Monday, for what will probably be the most chaotic state visit of Charles’ reign. Personally, I believe that there was basically no way for Charles to wriggle out of undertaking this state visit, although I definitely believe that British diplomats and Downing Street should have used…
Watch Bloomberg This Weekend 4/26/2026
Bloomberg This Weekend 4/26/2026 The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by CNN Legal Analyst and “Five Bullets: The Story of Bernie Goetz” Author Elliot Williams, Taylor Law Enforcement…
Final steps taken before audacious plan to tow whale stranded in Germany to North Sea | Germany
Final preparations are reportedly under way for a millionaire fundedplan to tow a sickly humpback whale into the North Sea. The 12-tonne whale, nicknamed Timmy, has been stranded on the Baltic Sea coastline for almost a month. A barge resembling a giant steel aquarium will attempt to transport Timmy 400km (248 miles) towards the North…
Mezcal worm in a bottle DNA test reveals a surprise
At the bottom of some mezcal bottles sits one of the most recognizable curiosities in the world of spirits: a pale, curled “worm” preserved in alcohol. It has helped give mezcal an air of mystery for decades, but scientists have now shown that this famous bottle stowaway is not a worm at all. Mezcal is…
Coco Gauff vomits on court before advancing at Madrid Open
Apr 26, 2026, 10:32 AM ET Coco Gauff vomited on court at the Madrid Open on Sunday but avoided the same fate as Iga Swiatek. Swiatek said Saturday that a stomach virus was going round the locker room in the Spanish capital after she withdrew during the third set of her third-round clash with Ann…
Trump turns the WHCD shooting into a pitch for the White House ballroom
Within hours of an armed gunman’s attempt to enter the White House Correspondents Dinner, attended by top administration officials and hundreds of journalists, President Donald Trump did what he does best: use the assassination attempt to defend his ballroom project. During a White House press conference just hours after he and several cabinet members were…
To buy this Bay Area home, you’ll need Anthropic equity
Someone’s offering an unusual deal for a 13-acre property in Mill Valley, just north of South Francisco. Homeowner and investment banker Storm Duncan has created a LinkedIn page for the home, which he said he’d “like to exchange […] for Anthropic equity.” The San Francisco Standard reports that Duncan described this as a “diversification play,”…
UFC president Dana White says experience at press dinner shooting was ‘awesome’ | UFC
While many of those present during the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner were shocked by Saturday night’s events, UFC CEO Dana White seemed to rather enjoy himself. White, a long-time ally of Donald Trump, was sitting near the front of the ballroom hosting the dinner when the event was interrupted by the sound…