Image copyright Getty Images/PA Image caption Springsteen (left) last topped the UK album chart in 2014 Bruce Springsteen has beaten fellow US music veteran Madonna to top the UK album chart with his latest release. Western Stars – The Boss’s 19th studio album – racked up 25,000 more combined sales than Madge’s Madame X, which […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A number of international airlines are re-routing flights around parts of Iranian airspace A number of airlines are cancelling flights or re-routing them away from Iran after a US drone was shot down in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran confirmed it had shot down the drone, saying it had
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Dancers, musicians and revelers have watched the sun flicker over the horizon at Stonehenge, celebrating the summer solstice at the Neolithic stone circle. The sun rose behind the Heel Stone, which traditionally marks the spot on the horizon for the sunrise, at 4:52 a.m. Friday (0352 GMT; 11:52 p.m. EDT Thursday). The rays streamed through
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The chairman of Foxconn, the world’s largest contract assembler of consumer electronics for companies such as Apple, is stepping down amid speculation he could be planning a presidential run in Taiwan next year. Terry Gou, 68, made the announcement Friday at the company’s annual shareholders meeting, where he was surrounded by an enthusiastic crowd while
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French Open champion Ashleigh Barty remains on course for the No. 1 ranking after beating seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3 at the Birmingham Classic on Friday. Barty hit five aces in the 85-minute quarterfinal against former No. 1 Williams and stretched her winning run to 10 matches. The Australian, currently No. 2,
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What happened — or did not happen — last night? President Trump on Thursday approved military strikes against Iran in retaliation for shooting down an unmanned American surveillance drone. The American operation was to be carried out before sunrise against Iranian military sites to avoid human casualties, which would have been around 9 p.m. Thursday
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Federal Reserve officials on Friday outlined the case for an interest-rate cut, making clear in their first public remarks since the central bank chose to leave policy unchanged this week that inflation and rising global risks are weighing heavily on their minds. Neel Kashkari, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, said in
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A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they’ve been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to them by a guard days ago. Lawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there’s inadequate
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rylance said he was quitting to “lend strength” to progressive voices in the RSC Actor Mark Rylance has resigned from the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) over its sponsorship deal with oil company BP. Rylance, in a resignation letter, said he was quitting to “lend strength” to progressive voices in
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration added five Chinese entities to a United States blacklist on Friday, further restricting China’s access to American technology and stoking already high tensions as President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China prepare to meet in Japan next week. The Commerce Department announced that it would add four Chinese companies
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