news2shortsMy book about disabled women grew in relevance as I wrote it, exposing the heartlessness of proposed harsh benefit cuts When I began to write a book four years ago about life for disabled women in Britain, I didn’t bank on it being particularly topical. Stuck in bed with chronic fatigue and pain in my … Read more
Born in boxing’s golden age and still swinging today, the BWAA has spent a century preserving the stories, sounds and spirits of the sport When the Boxing Writers Association of American holds its annual awards dinner in New York on 30 April, it will mark the organization’s 100th dinner and the start of its 100th … Read more
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as UK retailer says profits will be flat this year as it tries to match rivals’ prices The FTSE 100 is the worst of the European stock market performers on this sunny Thursday morning in London: it is down 0.6% in the early trades. Germany’s Dax … Read more
Not only are TV-watching, book-reading, show-going, music-listening travellers declining to visit the US, we have started to cease to imagine it This week, fresh data revealed the United States has seen its biggest drop in Australian tourists since Covid. It’s hardly surprising. Innocent people are being snatched by authorities from American streets. Citizens of foreign … Read more
I’m not saying Britain should refuse every sort of free trade agreement with the US, but there may be options that better suit Labour’s purpose It’s a deal. The words sound good. Most human beings are primed to think of a deal as desirable in itself. It isn’t hard to see why. Agreement is generally … Read more
Grant Shapps also compares calling Sumy strike a ‘mistake’ to statements by IRA terror group when it killed civilians Pronouncing himself “disgusted” by Donald Trump’s favorable attitude to Russia and Vladimir Putin, the former UK defence minister Grant Shapps said the US president calling a Russian missile strike that killed dozens in Ukraine last weekend … Read more
Former Democratic Congresswoman from Virginia Abigail Spanberger is being accused by her GOP opponent in the upcoming Virginia governor’s race of failing to include her role as a trustee in financial disclosure reports while she was a member of Congress. The campaign for Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who is aiming to replace incumbent GOP Gov. … Read more
A small Michigan community banded together to help a beloved local bookstore move its stock to a new storefront Residents of all ages in a small Michigan community formed a human chain and helped a local bookshop move each of its 9,100 books – one by one – to a new storefront about a block … Read more
A now-deported illegal alien accused of being an MS-13 gang member that was living illegally in Maryland has a record of being a “violent” repeat wife beater, according to court records filed in a Prince George’s County, Maryland, district court by his wife. Fox News obtained the written domestic violence allegations filed in court against … Read more
The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS’ Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision.
