Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes rescued his side by scoring two goals in a 4-2 home win over Premier League bottom club Sheffield United on Wednesday as more trouble looms for embattled manager Eric ten Hag.Twice United fell behind with Jaden Bogle and Ben Brereton Diaz on target for the visitors but Fernandes helped avoid another damaging result.- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, NWSL and more (US)He equalized from the penalty spot in the 61st minute after a foul on Harry Maguire, the scorer of United’s first equaliser.Fernandes then put his side ahead with a powerful left-footed shot, before Rasmus…
Author: Surbhi Jain
Britain’s King Charles III (centre), flanked by Queen Camilla, waves as he arrives at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on March 31. Holly Adams/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Holly Adams/AFP/Getty Images Britain’s King Charles III (centre), flanked by Queen Camilla, waves as he arrives at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, on March 31. Holly Adams/AFP/Getty Images LONDON – King Charles III will soon return to royal duties. In a statement sent to reporters on Friday, Buckingham Palace said the king “will soon return to public-facing duties following a period of treatment and recovery following his recent cancer diagnosis.” It…
Investors are abandoning dreams of an imminent rate cut as inflation remains persistent, a problem that could prompt Federal Reserve policymakers to keep borrowing costs high for the long term.The latest readings of the Fed’s most-watched inflation measure, released on Friday, showed that price rises were well ahead of the Fed’s 2 percent target.The personal consumption expenditure index rose 2.7 percent in March from a year earlier, up from 2.5 percent in February. And after stripping out volatile food and fuel prices to get a clear read of price trends, inflation remained steady at 2.8 percent on an annual basis.The…
The fast-fashion company reported having more than 45 million average monthly users in the EU, earning it the “very large online platform” (VLOP) designation. The label applies to the largest technology companies such as Amazon, AliExpress, Meta and TikTok and requires them to comply with rules around content moderation and user privacy and security. In February, the EU Commission issued more general rules that apply to all but the smallest platforms. The European Commission specifically noted new requirements for Shein around illegal products on its website. The company will have four months to submit a risk assessment report and will…
Image Credit: TeslaThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-running investigation of Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes linked to its misuse, which included 13 deaths and “numerous serious injuries.” Also, NHTSA is launching a new investigation to evaluate whether the Autopilot recall fix implemented by Tesla in December is effective enough. NHTSA’s defect investigation office said in documents released Friday that it had completed “an extensive work” that found evidence that “Tesla’s weak driver engagement system was not appropriate for Autopilot’s permissible operating capabilities.” “This mismatch resulted in a significant safety gap between drivers’…
Manchester United twice fought back from behind to beat Sheffield United 4-2 at Old Trafford on Wednesday. Watch full replaySheffield United took the lead twice through Jayden Bogle and Ben Brereton Diaz after Harry Maguire had equalized in the first half. Bruno Fernandes then scored a penalty and a brilliant strike from distance to make it 3–2 before United’s Portuguese talisman set up Rasmus Hjolund for the decider, after which both teams continued to create chances for their opponents. Made mistakes. The win took Eric ten Hag’s side to 53 points on the season and moved up to sixth in…
Alphabet ( GOOGL ) reported first-quarter earnings and earnings that handily beat consensus estimates, while the Internet giant announced its first-ever dividend and a new $70 billion share buyback. Google shares soared as Alphabet’s cloud computing and YouTube units beat estimates as well as its core digital advertising business. x “We continue to believe that Google is at the beginning of a major new secular growth cycle driven by generative artificial intelligence innovations in the consumer, advertiser and enterprise space,” Evercore ISI analyst Mark Mahaney said in a report. Google said its first quarterly dividend will be 20 cents. It…
They’re doing fine, fine, fine. Matthew McConaughey and his wife Camila Alves were joined by their three children for a rare red-carpet appearance in Austin, Texas on Thursday. The couple, married since 2012, were photographed with sons Levi, 15, and Livingston, 11, as well as daughter Vida, 14. The actor’s children posed for pictures together on the red carpet. Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock The family attended the Mac, Jack and McConaughey Gala – an event for McConaughey’s non-profit organization that he co-founded with football coach Mack Brown and singer Jack Ingram. The 54-year-old Oscar-winning actor chose a navy suit for the occasion,…
(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures advanced as blockbuster earnings from Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc. pointed to a surge in artificial intelligence that has kept gains on track for technology stocks.Most read from BloombergGoogle owner Alphabet rose as much as 12% in premarket trading, set to add more than $230 billion to its market capitalization and give it a valuation of more than $2 trillion. Microsoft rose 4%. The companies shattered Wall Street estimates with their latest quarterly results, partly driven by demand for AI services.The strong earnings were a relief to investors worried about high valuations in the tech…
A bitter legal battle between the crypto industry and the Securities and Exchange Commission grew more intense on Thursday as ConsenSys, a prominent backer of the Ethereum blockchain, filed a lawsuit against the agency in Texas federal court. The complaint seeks to end the impending SEC lawsuit against the company over the features of its popular MetaMask wallet, but also asks the court to resolve one of the largest legal uncertainties hanging over the crypto industry, saying It has been noted that Ethereum’s digital token, Ether, is not. Security. In its 34-page legal filing, ConsenSys used dramatic language to argue…