Asian markets rose Friday following a tech-led rally on Wall Street that helped soothe traders' concerns that the Federal Reserve will likely not cut interest rates as early or by as much as hoped this year.

Upon the completion of an eight-month football ban for gambling breaches, Ivan Toney has attracted interest from Arsenal and Chelsea.

The United Kingdom experienced an unexpected rise in inflation to 4.0 per cent in December, marking the first increase in the past 10 months.

British annual inflation unexpectedly picked up in December, data showed Wednesday, dashing hopes of an early cut to UK interest rates and prolonging a cost-of-living squeeze before an election.

The Football Association has handed Sarina Wiegman a large salary bump to take her annual earnings to over £1 million.

Ajax are planning to have Jordan Henderson available to play as early as this Sunday, provided the transfer is sorted in time.

Rishi Sunak contradicts Grant Shapps as he warns that the UK is ready to strike Yemeni rebels once more if the group continue to hold hostages and attack shipments.

European countries have promised only low key military support to counter Huthi rebel attacks on Red Sea shipping, as they balance geopolitical and domestic concerns with economic fears.

European stock markets fell Monday as data showed Germany's economy shrank last year, while oil prices cooled despite fresh US-UK strikes on Huthi targets in Yemen.

The Met Police busted the Palestine Action Group's plan to disrupt the London Stock Exchange on Monday by arresting six pro-Palestine protesters across the UK.

For almost two years, despite sanctions from the West, Subway has continued to operate more than 500 of its stores across Russia.

Riding on the success of the UK firm Rapyd which raised £235 million, the UK fintech sector continues to be a leader in fintech funding despite a decrease in the number of deals secured in 2023 by over 100.

After a standoff at Manchester United with manager Erik ten Hag, Jadon Sancho will spend the rest of this season back at his former club.

Eriksson was the first foreigner to have been appointed as England manager.

London's mayor on Thursday called for closer ties with Europe and a better debate about immigration as he branded Brexit a "key contributor" to Britain's cost-of-living crisis.

According to Labour analysis, British children are falling behind their international counterparts when it comes to poor health outcomes.

Bayern Munich star Harry Kane will be reunited with his former Tottenham Hotspur teammate, Eric Dier, in Germany.

The Duke of Sussex will be honoured for his service in the British Army and for creating the Invictus Games.

The new train service is expected to be launched in December 2024.

These investments are integral to the EU's overarching mission to achieve climate neutrality with net-zero gas emissions by 2050.

Hamilton drove a car that Verstappen failed to rent recently.

The EU, racing to regulate the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence, said Tuesday it has started a preliminary study of Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar investment in ChatGPT developer OpenAI to see if it could be a disguised merger.

As well as the addition of Radu Dragusin, Tottenham Hotspur is set to bring in Germany forward, Timo Werner, on loan until the end of the season.

The "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" actor called the Duke of Sussex a "normal dude in a lot of ways".

Franz Beckenbauer is a football legend both as a player and coach.

The UK government has turned the zero-emission vehicle mandate into law after an extension of the EU electric vehicles trade rule last month, putting in place the biggest ZEV mandate in the world.

Five Western countries including the UK have legally supported claims of genocide against Myanmar at the International Court of Justice but refuses to call out Israel's war on Hamas.

Spain generated more than half of its electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar power in 2023 in a "historic" record, the national power grid said Thursday.

Sales of new cars in Germany increased in 2023, official data showed Thursday, but an end to government subsidy programmes saw electric vehicles lose ground on fossil-fuel models.

Twelve nations led by the United States on Wednesday jointly warned Yemen's Huthi rebels of unspecified consequences unless they immediately halt sea attacks that are increasingly disrupting global commerce.