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Comment on this storyCommentFirst lady Jill Biden has tested positive for coronavirus, and she will isolate and begin a course of antiviral treatment, according to the White House.“After testing negative for COVID-19 on Monday during her regular testing cadence, the First Lady began to develop cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” her…

Stock futures inched higher Tuesday as the market tried to recover from its worst say since June.Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 40 points, or 0.1%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also gained 0.1%.Palo Alto Networks surged in the premarket on the back of strong quarterly results, while Zoom Video shares slumped…

Major League Baseball says it has opened an official investigation into alleged illegal gambling involving Japanese MLB star Ohtani Shohei and his interpreter, Mizuhara Ippei. In a statement released on Friday, the operator of the top US baseball league said it has been gathering information since it learned…

Jacob Rees-Mogg, a key ally of Liz Truss, has defended the Tory leadership frontrunner’s suggestion that British workers need “more graft” as “sensible”.Rees-Mogg, the Brexit opportunities minister, told the Mail on Sunday that her comments reflected “poor productivity in the British economy”.He said they “attracted confected political criticism…

The Daily Telegraph Editor Ben English expects Chris Minns to commit to holding planning authorities to account as the NSW Premier looks to outline his future plans for Sydney at the Bradfield Oration.The Premier will be joined by leaders from Sydney’s business, university, tourism and cultural sectors to discuss what the harbour city needs to…

The long hot summer is drawing to a close. And while resolutions to the current economic and political strife appear a long way from resolution — the UK’s summer of discontent, for instance, is turning into an autumn of industrial unrest — we will enter a new season of leadership in the next seven days.The UK’s Conservative party leadership…

As police continue to seek out information from the public about two, there is a tool authorities haven't used yet that some say could be key to solving the case. NSW Police renewed their appeal for information to the public over a week ago, releasing the names and photographs of Amaal, 23, and Asra Abdullah Alsehli, 24, to encourage anyone to…

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, stoking international fears of a catastrophe on the continent. The Zaporizhzhia plant is in southern Ukraine, near the town of Enerhodar on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is one of the 10 biggest nuclear plants in the world. Built during the Soviet…

Aug 11 (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) said on Thursday it plans on reopening its restaurants in Ukraine over the next few months in an early sign of western businesses returning to the country, even as the conflict with Russia continues.The world's biggest burger chain closed all its restaurants in Ukraine and Russia in March, following…

A British wife drowned trying to save her husband after he apparently had a fatal heart attack in the swimming pool of their luxury villa in France.Diana Shamash, 80, leapt into the water fully clothed to try to help property mogul David, 82, at the couple's holiday home near Montpellier.But she was dragged under by the weight of her clothes,…