Michael Owen gives his prediction for Wolves v Arsenal
Michael Owen has tipped Arsenal to play out a low-scoring game with Wolves on Wednesday night, although the Liverpool FC legend has admitted he’s reluctant to pick a winner. Arsenal… Read more »
Nearly 170m under-10s unvaccinated against measles worldwide
Figure includes half a million in UK, as Unicef warns the disease could ‘spread like wildfire’ Nearly 170 million children in the world under the age of 10, including half… Read more »
Iran offers prisoner swap for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
British-Iranian dual national, held in Tehran on espionage charges, could be released Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national being held in a Tehran jail on espionage charges, could be released… Read more »
Sri Lanka told of extremist network months before blasts – sources
Exclusive: Foreign agencies warned officials of terrorist threat four months ago Sri Lankan authorities were told by foreign security agencies more than four months ago that a network of violent… Read more »
Food bank network hands out record 1.6m food parcels in a year
Trussell Trust tells state not to rely on them and demands changes to UK benefit system ‘I’m at rock bottom’: food banks stretched as hardship bites A record 1.6m emergency… Read more »
Theresa May survives attempt to allow early no-confidence vote
Move to alter Tory party rules fails but backbenchers demand ‘roadmap’ for her departure Theresa May has survived an attempt to change Tory party rules to make it possible to… Read more »
The IPO market is heating up again, but it won’t change how fast companies go public
It’s been an exciting couple of months for startup employees and public market shareholders alike, as a growing number of brands that have talked about going public for some time… Read more »
‘Avengers: Endgame’ is a very silly movie, but it ends in exactly the right way
With just a few days until the release of “Avengers: Endgame,” Marvel fans everywhere are probably wondering A) Who dies?? and B) Will this actually resolve the cliffhanger ending of… Read more »
Jack Dorsey just met with Trump to talk about the health of Twitter’s public discourse
Twitter’s co-founder and CEO historically doesn’t have the most discerning tastes when it comes to who he decides to engage with. Fresh off the podcast circuit, today a thoroughly beardy… Read more »
Postmates has launched in 1,000 new cities since December
Postmates is expanding like crazy ahead of an initial public offering expected later this year. The food delivery business has launched in 1,000 new cities since December, the company announced… Read more »
Manufacturing giant Aebi Schmidt hit by ransomware
Aebi Schmidt, a European manufacturing giant with operations in the U.S., has been hit by a ransomware attack, TechCrunch has learned. The Switzerland-based maker of airport maintenance and road cleaning… Read more »
Vox Sentences: “Is this person a citizen of the United States?”
Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what’s happening in the world. Sign up for the Vox Sentences newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox Monday through Friday, or view the… Read more »
Jared Kushner conveniently rewrites history of Russian interference
He says it was just “a couple Facebook ads.” He’s not telling the truth. To hear White House adviser Jared Kushner tell it, Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election… Read more »
A Novocaine shortage in the UK is affecting an unexpected group: farm animals
The UK is one of the few places in the world that bothers with pain treatment for farm animals. Now they’re running out. You’ve probably heard of Novocaine, the local… Read more »
The killing of a journalist in Northern Ireland revives fears of the Troubles
A dissident group known as the “new IRA” said journalist Lyra McKee was “tragically killed” while standing near police. Police in Northern Ireland are still investigating the death of 29-year-old… Read more »
The controversy around one Sarah Sanders lie in the Mueller report, explained
Sanders admitted to investigators that a key claim she made was baseless. She’s still defending it anyway. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s lying is under new scrutiny in light of the Mueller… Read more »
Music’s biggest stars are women. Music festivals would make you think otherwise.
Music festival lineups are heavily male, but some women are trying to change that. The recent two-weekend Coachella music festival in Indio, California, effectively marked the beginning of music festival… Read more »
Democrats’ impeachment dilemma, explained
Why House Democrats are still divided on impeachment after the Mueller report’s release. After the release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s searing report on presidential obstruction, congressional Democrats have a… Read more »
The Supreme Court case over adding a citizenship question to the census, explained
The Court is hearing oral arguments Tuesday on whether the Trump administration broke the law by deciding to ask about citizenship on the mandatory 2020 census. The Trump administration wants… Read more »
3 winners and 3 losers from CNN’s marathon Democratic presidential town hall
A great night for the progressive movement — and Harvard. CNN’s five-hour Democratic 2020 town hall marathon, featuring hourlong question-and-answer sessions with five candidates, was a long night — and… Read more »
Uncompleted projects slated for commissioning during Buhari’s Lagos visit
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday commission projects of the Lagos State Government, some of which are yet to be completed. “Preparations are in top gear as the Lagos… Read more »