Week in pictures: 23 – 29 April 2022
Image caption, A woman flees from foul-smelling white foam in a street in Mosquera, near Bogotá, in Colombia. It is...
Month: April 2022
Tennis great Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison
11:09 AM ETAssociated Press LONDON -- Tennis great Boris Becker was sentenced to 2½ years in prison Friday for illicitly...
Report: Chelsea sale focuses on Dodgers’ Boehly
12:36 PM ETThe consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly is in exclusive negotiations to buy Premier League...
Spoelstra: Sixers ‘totally different’ with Harden
2:23 PM ETMIAMI -- As the Heat prepare for their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers, Erik Spoelstra...
Pels’ Zion on extension: Can’t sign fast enough
2:23 PM ETAndrew LopezESPN METAIRIE, La. -- Zion Williamson didn't hesitate.Speaking to the media for the first time since September,...
Friction and years of playoffs losses: Is this the end of the Rudy Gobert-Donovan Mitchell era in Utah?
8:00 AM ETRYAN SMITH AND Dwyane Wade, the tech billionaire and recently retired NBA legend who are the faces of...
British Virgin Islands: UK should take back rule – report
In a televised statement BVI governor John Rankin, who it is recommended should take over the rule of the territory,...
Boris Becker jailed: Tennis champion sentenced over bankruptcy
Becker had told the jury his career earnings of $50m (about £38 million) were spent on an expensive divorce from...
Chelsea: Todd Boehly set to be preferred bidder despite late offer from Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Todd Boehly owns a stake in three sports teams in Los AngelesA consortium led by LA Dodgers owner Todd Boehly...
Prepay energy customers disconnect over price rises
Energy firm Utilita has over 800,000 customers, most of them on prepayment smart meters. At the company's headquarters in Eastleigh,...
Angela Rayner was at a lockdown event with Starmer
The rules on indoor gatherings were the same in June 2020, when Boris Johnson attended a gathering for his birthday,...
Cold water swimming: what is the safest way to do it?
Prof Mike Tipton, from the University of Portsmouth - who has been studying the impact of cold water immersion on...
This Spendy Hair Dryer Works Quick With Less Heat
I've been truly amazed by a hair dryer twice before: when I tried the RevAir Reverse-Air Dryer, which can straighten...
How I Use Targeted Ads as My Personal Shopping Assistant
There are medications that treat my ADHD symptoms, but they aren’t magic pills that can make me remember everything I’ve...
House prices up 12% but rises expected to slow, says Nationwide
Employment levels have also been relatively steady, despite the pandemic, which has helped to keep demand high, said Robert Gardner,...
Number of firms in critical financial distress rises sharply
Begbies Traynor, which publishes regular health checks on the state of British businesses, said its "Red Flag Alert" research reflected...
A Ukrainian father’s terrifying journey to a Russian prison and back
A few houses over, Sasha's parents, Nadia and Volodymyr, were also beginning to worry. Sasha had stopped answering their calls,...
Exercise is good for joints with wear-and-tear arthritis
Tracey Loftis, from the charity Versus Arthritis, said: "Our own research into the support given to people with osteoarthritis showed...
