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  • Biden bids farewell from Oval Office as Trump looms over his legacy

    President Joe Biden will cap his half-century political career on Wednesday with a final Oval Office speech, hoping to cement a legacy that has been overshadowed by Democrats' failure to stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House. Biden ran for president in 2020 as a transition figure, but opted at the unprecedented age of 80 to run for reelection, convinced he was the only Democrat who could beat Trump. Forced out of the race in July after a disastrous debate against Trump, Biden has been blamed by some Democrats for their November wipeout, after Vice President Kamala Harris topped the ticket and put together a whirlwind campaign.

  • Train operator takes 5,000 pupils on free trips

    Avanti West Coast provided 215 excursions for 5,250 schoolchildren aged between four and 18 through its Feel Good Field Trips initiative.

  • Sweden seeks to change constitution to be able to revoke citizenships

    Sweden is preparing to change the constitution to be able to take away the passports of people who obtained citizenship by fraudulent means, or who are a threat to the state, the government said on Wednesday. People with dual nationality who received citizenship by providing false information, bribery or threats, as well as people convicted of crimes like espionage or treason could be stripped of their Swedish passports if the law is passed. "The background is that Sweden is dealing with three parallel and very serious threats to our internal security," Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer told a news conference.

  • How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans

    Companies don’t have to spend the money toward their sustainability targets, and neither they nor the banks have to disclose interest rates, benchmarks for success or the penalties for falling short. In the last several years, banks gave out more than $286 billion in these SLLs to hundreds of companies in environmentally damaging industries, including fossil fuels, mining and companies linked to significant deforestation, an investigation by The Examination, Toronto Star and Mississippi Today has found.

  • Yellen defends COVID spending, says it saved millions from losing jobs

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday will defend the Biden administration's response to the COVID pandemic, arguing that its stimulus spending and other policies led to robust growth and averted millions of job losses. In her last major speech before leaving office on Tuesday, Yellen will argue that the Biden administration's stimulus checks, monthly child tax credits and enhanced unemployment benefits reduced major downside risks, and that inflation - which spiked everywhere - fell earlier in the U.S. than in other rich countries. While the U.S. economy had done "remarkably well" in the aftermath of the pandemic, it outperformed other advanced economies and did better than in past recessions, Yellen said in excerpts released by the Treasury Department.

  • Whole grains could help with your healthy eating goals. Here's how.

    Consuming more whole grains can be an easy way to work toward your health goals, nutrition experts say. Here's how.

  • Amid L.A. fires, more than $100 million has been raised on GoFundMe. Direct donations can have a big impact.

    Direct donations go a long way in helping people impacted by the California wildfires get back on their feet.

  • Middle East latest: Palestinian prime minister says Palestinian Authority should run Gaza in future

    The Palestinian prime minister says it “will not be acceptable” for any entity other than the Palestinian Authority to run the Gaza Strip in the future. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa made the comments on Wednesday as he visited Norway, one of three European countries that formally recognized a Palestinian state in May. Hamas seized power in Gaza in 2007, confining the Western-backed Palestinian Authority’s limited self-rule to parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

  • The best Nintendo Switch controllers for 2025

    A good controller can level-up your entire Switch gaming experience. These are the best Switch controllers you can buy right now.

  • Over $15k worth of branded goods, cash stolen from Singaporean tourists on Europe tour bus; $2k fine for man who urinated at Outram Park MRT station: Singapore live news

    Yahoo Singapore is featuring a curated selection of some of the biggest, most important, and fascinating news that's making waves online.

  • Which Love Island couples are still together?

    As Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page are rumoured to have split, these ITV2 dating show stars found lasting love - and in some cases, got married and had children.

  • Right time to leave amid one of Everton’s ‘toughest periods’ – Sean Dyche

    The former Burnley boss spent two years at Goodison Park.

  • Andrew Malkinson ‘vindicated’ after resignation of case review board boss

    Criminal Cases Review Commission chairwoman Helen Pitcher quit on Tuesday, claiming she had been made a ‘scapegoat’ in the case.

  • The Pam Bondi Hearing Could Preview Democrats’ Best Attack On Trump 2.0

    The attorney general nominee’s work as a lobbyist will draw Democratic questioning.

  • Roy Wood Jr. Thought He Had ‘Daily Show’ Host Gig in the Bag

    It’s been more than a year since Roy Wood Jr. left The Daily Show and he’s not looking back. This week, the comedian is dropping what is arguably his best stand-up special yet on Hulu and next month will see the second season premiere of his CNN comedy quiz show Have I Got News for You. In his return to The Last Laugh podcast, Wood discusses why he wanted to make his yearning for connection the central theme of his new hour, Lonely Flowers. He also opens up about his decision to leave The Daily

  • Six days on a small boat in rough seas: my terrifying, death-defying escape from the Taliban

    In an instant, Sam Pordale went from a world of privilege to becoming a refugee in imminent danger. He talks about how he lost everything and began to rebuild his life

  • How a Super-Conservative Company Accidentally Created the World’s Top Sex Toy

    It is one of the most celebrated scenes from the hit ’90s comedy Sex and the City. Samantha Jones is in an electronics store, and approaches a gawky young salesman. Producing a gigantic electric object with a bulbous head that looks like an old-fashioned microphone, with HITACHI written down the side of it, she declares: “I’d like to return this.” The salesman asks: “Is there something wrong with it?”

  • Elizabeth Hurley glitters in Barbie pink bodycon dress for outing with towering son Damian

    Elizabeth Hurley glittered on Tuesday in hot pink bodycon dress for a glamorous outing with her towering son, Damian. See photos...

  • N.S. losing out on health transfers as private medical imaging grows

    Susan Hart didn't want to wait any longer. She injured her knee last March and got a referral for an MRI in April, but months went by without an appointment. Meanwhile, her knee was swollen, painful, warm to the touch and crunched when she moved. It kept her mostly housebound."In August, I just got fed up and decided to pay for an MRI," she said in an interview at her home in Halifax.Hart waited less than a week for an appointment at a private clinic and paid $1,145 for an MRI on her right knee,

  • The council spending £345k per mile to avoid a pothole crisis

    A Liberal Democrat-run council has been forced to triple spending on roads to £345,000 a year to tackle an escalating pothole crisis, The Telegraph can reveal.