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Nov 26, 2025 - World

A US federal jury in Brooklyn has awarded nearly $82 million to a 29-year-old Brazilian student tourist after she lost her left arm and left leg in a subway accident in 2016.

Nov 26, 2025 - World

A tech investor who once dated OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had his $11 million cryptocurrency stolen Saturday evening.

Nov 26, 2025 - World

Forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility appear to have leaked before Rachel Reeves gives her statementTax, pensions, savings: what to expect in the budgetReeves’s high-stakes budget in five key chartsCould you do better than Reeves? Play our gamePaul Nowak, the TUC general secretary, has rejected the concerns raised by the Resolution Foundation (see 9.54am) about the rise in the minimum wage rates. Asked about the thinktank’s comments, Nowak told Times Radio:I don’t accept those concerns ...First of all, that recommendation is based on the Low Pay Commission, which brings together employers, unions, independent experts, they’re tasked with making a recommendation on the minimum wage, which balances getting money into people’s pockets and the impact on unemployment. Continue reading...

Nov 26, 2025 - World

White House pressure campaign has not found willing participants in all states – including Republican-led onesThe unprecedented push to create new congressional districts mid-decade is hitting roadblocks in the form of local elected officials from both parties.Republicans face headwinds in the 2026 midterms: the party in power often loses ground in the election after a presidential win, and Trump’s agenda isn’t going over well. The 2025 off-year elections showed voters favoring Democrats at higher-than-expected margins. Trump wants to keep the House in Republican control by redrawing congressional maps to create more Republican-friendly districts. He first pressured Texas, which responded by drawing five additional red districts, which led California to advance a now-approved ballot measure to create five more Democrat-friendly districts to offset Texas’s maps. Continue reading...

Nov 26, 2025 - World

US volunteers who have poured into Ukraine to help amid war are dismayed by Trump’s continuing pressures on KyivAmericans involved in the Ukrainian war effort are embarrassed and dismayed by Donald Trump’s continuing pressures on Kyiv and think his administration’s latest peace plan is tantamount to backstabbing and another catastrophic failure of US foreign policy.“Complete bullshit and a betrayal by Trump,” said an American special forces veteran who has helped train and advise the Ukrainian military since the full-scale Russian invasion began in February 2022. “But are you even surprised?” Continue reading...