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The Cardinals are finalizing a trade to send quarterback Jacoby Brissett to the Ravens, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport.

Sources said Wednesday was the first time some players had seen Jalen Hurts since he was put on injured reserve because of blood clots in his lungs.

Packers running back Josh Jacobs said he's operating under the assumption that he won't have to sit out any more games than the six he already missed while on the NFL commissioner's exempt list despite the release of add…

With not enough top golfers committed to return in 2027, BC Partners is pulling out of its deal to invest $300 million in LIV 2.0, sources told ESPN.

Como beat Lens 9-1 in the league phase to set a record for most goals on the road by any team in the competition's history and move them up to fourth place in the table.

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote launched a fuel storage facility in Namibia to future-proof Southern Africa's supply.

Democrats flipped a Senate seat and recaptured the governor’s mansion in Ohio.

Despite their midterm election victories, Democrats face major obstacles to reining in Trump on Iran, tariffs and more.

The 2026 US midterms delivered a wave of historic firsts for women, Black, Muslim, gay and Native American politicians.

Most analysts are predicting an increase from 3.75% to 4%, the first increase in more than three years.

President Trump admits Iran war 'largely' caused Republicans' US election wipeout, but says he 'had to do it'.

Pound reaches highest level against a basket of currencies since the Brexit referendum a decade ago

Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.

At least 40 people were killed and another 30 may still be under the rubble after Monday's attack on a Ukrainian village, Kyiv says.

AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle.

With smartphone sales tanking by around 20 percent compared to 2025, Qualcomm is looking to data centers to help boost its bottom line.

While it's not yet clear what kind of product the smartphone startup is cooking up, Nothing's CEO said the product is designed to leverage AI for productivity gains.

During its busiest week last quarter, Uber said only four people booked a ride using an AI agent.

One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts from a pack of attention-seeking lunatics.

Musk spent nearly $500m in the 2026 US midterm elections, an individual election spending record.

OpenAI’s Chris Lehane wants AI to define the 2028 election, proposing a new social contract that could benefit Americans while also advancing the AI giant’s own business interests.

The startup allows software engineers to deploy teams of agents to work on various aspects of a project simultaneously.

Historically, most physicians who served in the House or Senate have been Republicans. In the next Congress, physicians who are Democrats made significant gains.

AT&T's smart home security system now integrates with Gemini for Home. The company says its Connected Life system is the "first" home security product to integrate with Google Home Premium, enabling a bunch of Gemini-pow…

Gordon Brothers will meet Jonathan Reynolds on Wednesday as the investment firm faces scrutiny over Poundland.

The cereal giant has changed the recipes for Rice Krispies and Coco Pops, sparking a backlash online.

Nothing CEO Carl Pei said in a post on X that the company's launching its first AI device in December. That's just a little over a year after Pei announced plans for "AI-native" devices and an AI operating system.

Patient is ⁠in ​stable condition and will be transferred to a specialist ‘high consequence’ infectious disease unit A British healthcare worker with Ebola is being evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to t…

With Canada-US trade talks back on, Tuesday’s midterm Democratic wave puts pressure on the White House to come to a deal.

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The number of deaths linked to cocaine use in England and Wales has nearly quadrupled in a decade.

FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono puts out a statement through his club, expressing his sorrow and pain after Tenerife forward Jesus de Miguel's death.

Government bond yields fall while initial fears ease over impact of election results on world’s biggest economy US midterm elections – live updates After US midterms, what will lame-duck Trump mean for global economy?

The French Blood Establishment (EFS) said cold rooms storing blood were impacted by hackers.

British companies that supply US-owned budget retailer face millions of pounds’ worth of losses if it collapses Suppliers facing millions of pounds in losses if Poundland collapses have said the chain’s US owner should n…

It’s 20 years since Jo and Richard Hill bought anything in Rotherham town centre. Why have they and so many locals abandoned it for the nearest retail park – and what would it take to change their minds?

Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as vo…

Purchasing manager’s index at eight-month high, bolstered by spending on AI as firms regain momentum lost to Iran war The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates on Thursday after a closely watched survey sho…

Michigan's first Muslim senator-elect, Abdul El-Sayed, discusses his historic victory, an unlikely agreement with Trump on Israel military aid and the political divisions that remain.

Some Republicans tell the BBC the president's focus on his legacy and indifference to voter concerns cost them.

Scientists have discovered a compound that transforms a natural muscle-repair protein into a more powerful version dubbed "Super HGF," more than doubling its ability to bind to a key receptor while protecting it from age…

Temperature and defrosting thresholds raised to ‘very high levels’ at three cold stores stocking vital blood products France’s national blood service has said hackers accessed control systems and boosted temperatures at…

From Kyiv to Moscow, and Tehran to Tel Aviv, all eyes were on the Democrats' big win as foreign powers weigh how a flipped Congress will affect international relations.

Stuart Machin hits out at Labour but welcomes expected UK-EU food deal as retailer reveals half-year results The chief executive of Marks & Spencer has called John Healey’s first budget as chancellor a “whole lot of…

MIT scientists have challenged two decades of conventional thinking by discovering that flexible molecular connections, rather than rigid ones, can unlock entirely new ways to arrange nanoparticles.

Democrats have won the House and the Senate, taking full control of Congress for the first time since 2023. And history was made in several states. Here's what happened last night.

Documents show Home Office developing programme to use technology for general immigration enforcement The Home Office is preparing to deploy facial recognition technology at transport hubs and public events as part of th…

The prince says 2026 was the first summer he felt "worried about the scale of the wildfires".

NASA is exploring a daring plan to save the legendary Hubble Space Telescope from its eventual fiery plunge into Earth's atmosphere.

For nearly 90 years, scientists believed magnetism fell into just two categories, but researchers have now confirmed a remarkable third type called altermagnetism.

On Wednesday morning, Delhi's air quality index reading stood at 377, in the "very poor" category.

Stanford researchers have discovered an AI-identified natural molecule that dramatically suppresses appetite and promotes fat loss in animals, potentially offering an Ozempic-like weight-loss treatment without common dig…

The prince says 2026 was the first summer he felt "worried about the scale of the wildfires".

Graduates are spending more time managing AI, but are they missing out on other work experience?

The aim is to detect hard-to-diagnose abdominal cancers, including liver, ovarian and pancreatic cancer, much sooner.

As the Ukraine war grinds on, ties between Russia and neighboring Japan are at their worst in decades. Tokyo wants more support from Washington, but some Japanese are concerned they may not get it.

Nobel winner warns the tech could be near to triggering major incident such as power or banking shutdown One of the “godfathers of AI”, Geoffrey Hinton, has said it could turn out that humans would have been better off n…

Firm reveals details about how its cryptocurrency exchange was compromised, saying operation began in June The hackers behind the $6.3bn (£4.7bn) Binance heist used bogus job interviews, malicious software and an interna…

An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.

In Kherson city, usually seething with Russian drones, friends met at cafes, families were out together and shoppers stocked up. "The city seems alive," said one resident, "just like it used to be."

Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.

Drax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ Britain’s most polluting power plant could soon power the country’s largest datacentre under a £20bn deal to build…

A watchdog has criticised the lack of progress made by organisations in tackling climate change.

Researchers have been chasing the dream of a cancer vaccine for decades. Some recent successes with mRNA technology are garnering excitement from patients, doctors, government and investors.

Many people are swapping out their fluoride dental products for ones made with a mineral called hydroxyapatite. What do dentists say about it?

Concerns from staff, parents, carers or the child themselves will trigger an immediate escalation of care.

Sen. Chris Murphy is expected to fully recover from his stroke. The acronym BE FAST can help you remember the symptoms of stroke and what to do when it happens: Call 911 quickly.

It's been just over two years since the rise of Make America Healthy Again, or MAHA. How well is the Trump administration meeting its promises?

Saskia Reeves-Priestley didn't know she had a Vitamin D deficiency until she suddenly collapsed at work.

There is no end in sight for the drivers of illegal mining, while police action appears ineffective Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships…

Critics cite Lana Nusseibeh’s denial of accusations the UAE is fuelling Sudan war by supporting paramilitary RSF Members of the Sudanese diaspora and international human rights monitors have denounced the candidature of…

Chomping on vegtable skins, seeds and stalks could give us vital fibre, say food scientists.

Warnings of escalating clampdown on press freedom come after Cairo court convicts Attalah of managing an unlicensed website Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Ma…