Hong Kong leader apologizes for deadly fire that tested Beijing’s grip on city
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader made a rare apology Thursday for a residential fire that killed 168 people last year, announcing that a top housing official would resign after an investigation blamed corruption and regulatory failures for the Chinese…
‘The internet’s a less whimsical place’ – YouTuber Jacksepticeye branches out
He got famous playing video games but now you're more likely to see Seán McLoughlin in one.
The low-budget Brewers won the World Series – and exposed baseball’s biggest lie
Milwaukee’s first World Series championship is a rebuke to baseball’s oligarch class, whose insistence that small-market teams cannot compete has been laid bare as fictionFor the entirety of the 2026 baseball season, the overlords of the game have stood…
DoorDash to buy Instacart for $17bn in major grocery delivery consolidation
Acquisition will supercharge DoorDash’s grocery delivery, ‘one of the hardest things to get right online’, CEO saysDoorDash is gobbling up Instacart in a $17bn acquisition that will supercharge its grocery delivery business.DoorDash said the Instacart…
Is the double drop from the Premier League becoming more common?
Back-to-back relegations to the third tier of English football are becoming more common and this season Burnley could make it a hat-trick after Luton Town and Leicester.
‘Painful’ years ahead, think tanks warn, as living standards set to fall
Budget forecasts show growth in living standards grinding almost to a halt.
Alaska governor orders investigation into Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign
Republican Mike Dunleavy plans search after Peltola accused of recruiting Dan Sullivan to confuse votersThe Republican governor of Alaska announced plans to launch a criminal investigation after a report accused the campaign of Democratic senate…
US economy grows faster than expected in report out just ahead of elections
Growth is in sharp contrast to households’ assessment, reflected in Trump’s record-low approval ratingsThe US economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter as resilient consumer spending and AI-driven business investment more than offset the…
Could Abdul El-Sayed’s plan for AI companies stave off catastrophe? | Jerel Ezell
The Michigan Senate candidate is calling for public ownership and other reforms, offering a potential antidote to ideological gridlockThe Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, occupies a strange but increasingly common place in modern…
‘Mississippi matters’: Scott Colom aims to turn Mississippi blue
The Democrat is challenging incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith for US SenateOn Tuesday, with just one week until the election, Scott Colom’s headquarters was buzzing. Volunteers arrived for phone-banking, while staffers prepared for another day of…