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UK productivity growing faster than official figures suggest, thinktank finds
Resolution Foundation suggests economy may finally be emerging from shadow of 2008 financial crisisProductivity in the UK – a vital measure of economic health – is growing more st…
As Trump administration readies economic warfare measures against Iran, top security official vows retaliation ‘in a seismic manner’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday is expected to announce the new measures after the U.S. vowed to impose an “unprecedented” level of economic warfare and isolation.
Jared Kushner has negotiated with adversaries like Iran as Trump’s envoy. Now he’s talking with the House Democratic leader ahead of midterms
It's a signal that the White House is seeking ways to work with Democrats if they wrest majority control from Republicans in the midterm elections.
‘This is heartbreaking for me’ — A sailor serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln just found out his father was caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
"I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly treated like a criminal,” Joshua Aviles wrote.
The Iran war could last ‘deep into 2027’ as the Strait of Hormuz isn’t that closed, allowing more oil to leak out—but major escalation is likely soon
"And if the Strait is not fully closed, Iran’s leverage is weak. Thus, Iran has reasons to escalate."
Burry says he sold Alibaba, calling it pricey before share sale
“I planned to move most of it back after a month or two. No longer,” Burry said in a post on Substack.
The Treasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’ to lower debt costs, economist warns
"If the market price of USTs is not 'allowed' to adjust down, the foreign exchange price of UST owned by foreign investors has to adjust via a weakening in the dollar."
Ella Baron on AI and the drought – cartoon
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Earth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times faster
Tree fossils that are 56 million years old are trying to tell us something about how long forests take to bounce back from extreme heat.
The end of Latrobe Valley coal – in pictures
Once the economic lifeblood of the region, Latrobe Valley’s coal industry is in terminal decline. Jesse Thompson’s photographic project aims to document this period of rapid chang…
Reno’s mayor to residents near a fast-growing wildfire: your life matters more than your house
The Hawk Fire has already burned structures and forced 14,000 homes to evacuate, just weeks after fires north of Reno scorched 100,000 acres.
Trump panic mounts as judge rules his financial records fair game in his own BBC defamation lawsuit
Trump sued the BBC, and then a court tried to serve subpoenas on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Secret Service agents turned them away.
Nancy Kassebaum Baker said she’d ‘rather cuddle up and do needlepoint all day,’ but became a rare Republican to call for Trump’s impeachment
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a governor's daughter who never wanted the spotlight, has died at 94 — still Kansas's most unlikely political icon.
A California house painter taught himself about gibbons 50 years ago — and now his center is a world-leading rescue facility
The Gibbon Conservation Center cares for some 40 gibbons today, whose singing can sometimes be heard a mile away in the outskirts of Santa Clarita.
Japan’s PM is barely sleeping and rarely leaving her office in the name of ‘efficiency.’ Her approval rating disagrees
Sanae Takaichi says she sleep 0-3 hours nightly. “I’ve never seen a ghost, but I have often screamed because of my encounters with cockroaches."
‘We’re going to hit back’ — Canada does what many other U.S. allies have avoided: risk economic pain rather than yield to tariff pressure
Carney said Washington introduced language in the final hours of negotiations that would have restricted Canada’s ability to make trade deals with other countries.
Former Abercrombie CEO mentally fit for sex-trafficking trial, judge says
Michael Jeffries is ruled mentally competent to stand trial after being hospitalized for months for dementia symptomsThe former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has been ruled mentally …
CrossCountry cancels almost all rail services after power cut hits control centre
Transport secretary asks ‘publicly owned operators to lay on extra services where possible’CrossCountry has cancelled almost all of its train services in Great Britain after a pow…
The U.S. picked the Mexican state without screwworm to reopen the border. Then it got screwworm
Days before the Aug. 24 reopening, Sonora — chosen as the safe crossing point — confirmed its first case, 325 miles from the border.
Robots smash human track records, including Bolt's 100m sprint — video
Humanoid robots have smashed human track records at the five-day World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. Among the records broken was Usain Bolt's 9.58-second 100m, with a robot de…
Traders bet bitcoin was stuck below $67,000. The Treasury blew that trade up in one afternoon
A surprise bond buyback triggered a squeeze that liquidated over $4 billion in bearish crypto bets and sent bitcoin past $77,000.
Your boss’s monitoring app didn’t just watch you — it shared your data to Facebook and a Russian search engine
Researchers logged 121 instances of nine bossware platforms sending worker data to outside companies, including Meta.
Buc-ee’s Buckeye backlash as beaver infringement lawsuit infuriates Mini Mart maniacs in Ohio
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who attended and praised the grand opening of the Dayton-area Buc-ee’s store in April, described the lawsuit as “absurd.”
Taxing all 938 billionaires at 100% wouldn’t stop the $40 trillion national debt, says Elon Musk. Bernie Sanders says tax them 5% and send you a check
Elon Musk argues America’s $40 trillion debt is too big for billionaire taxes to fix, but Bernie Sanders says a 5% tax could at least put $3,000 back in your pocket.