The US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it was cutting interest rates by a quarter point for the third time this year, as the embattled central bank appeared split over how best to manage the US economy. The Fed chair, Jerome Powell, has emphasized unity within the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the board…
Mark Savage,Music correspondentand Ian Youngs,Culture reporter Getty Images The pop band VÆB represented Iceland at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest Iceland has joined Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. All five countries have withdrawn after Israel’s participation in the competition was officially confirmed last week….
US Fed chair Jerome Powell (File photo by AP) The US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), led by Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday cut the key rate by 25 basis points. The rate now stands between 3.5 percent and 3.75 percent, the lowest level in nearly three years. “In support of its…
Next week’s strike by resident doctors in England may be averted after ministers offered the British Medical Association a fresh deal. The doctors’ union has agreed to put the offer to members over the coming days – if they support it, the five-day walkout starting on Wednesday 17 December could be called off. The offer…
Leaders of the “coalition of the willing” group of nations will hold a video call on Thursday as chaotic American efforts to push through a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine reach a crunch moment. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said his officials would hand over a revised version of a peace plan to…
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal. (Photo: X/@PiyushGoyal) 1 min read Last Updated : Dec 11 2025 | 12:09 AM IST Visiting Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani is scheduled to meet Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal in Mumbai on Thursday, and the two sides are scheduled to discuss the India-Italy Joint Strategic Action Plan…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Surgeons at Rambam Eye Institute have made medical history. They restored sight to a legally blind patient using a fully 3D printed corneal implant grown entirely from cultured human corneal cells. This marked the first time a corneal implant that did not rely on donor tissue had…
Toffee Crisp and Blue Riband bars can no longer be called chocolate after maker Nestle changed their recipes. To be described as milk chocolate in the UK a product needs to have at least 20% cocoa solids and 20% milk solids, a level each product fell below once a higher amount of cheaper vegetable fat…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! It’s time to put up or shut up for a lot of teams hoping to get a playoff spot when the season ends in January. Week 15 is the perfect time to really make an impact. No team has clinched a playoff spot yet and that could…
Venezuela’s most prominent opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has vowed to continue her struggle to free the country from years of “obscene corruption”, “brutal dictatorship” and “despair” as she was awarded the Nobel peace prize at a ceremony in Norway’s capital, Oslo. The 58-year-old conservative has lived in hiding in Venezuela since its authoritarian leader,…