Ministers will scrap the requirement for companies to prove their green and progressive values before they are awarded government contracts, and instead ask firms to prove they will help young people back into work.

Pentagon estimate given to Congress covers extended troop presence in the US capital through January 2029.

The extension of the United States National Guard deployment in Washington, DC, until January 2029 will cost roughly $1.4bn, according to a Defense Department estimate provided to Congress.

The US stock market rallied to records on Tuesday as profits kept piling up for companies and as oil prices eased.

The S&P 500 shot up 1.8%, and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a couple months ago. The Dow Jones industrial average added 907 points, or 1.7%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 2.6%.

A US federal appeals court says EPA likely acted unlawfully in trying to cancel Biden-era clean energy grants.

A United States federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration likely broke the law when it tried to cancel a multibillion-dollar clean energy programme, dealing a blow to the president’s broader push to dismantle Biden-era climate policies.

Excavation work continues as officials believe that there could be people buried dating back to the 1998-99 Kosovo war.

Authorities in Kosovo say they have identified a third potential mass grave site as investigations into suspected war crimes dating back to the 1998-99 war continue.

It’s the first Tuesday of a new month (in this case, August), which can only mean one thing: a new batch of Steam games is available for pennies on the dollar. That’s because the August 2026 Humble Choice lineup is now live. It’s a murderer’s row of good games, spearheaded by Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and Dead Cells. Normally, these games would cost around $218, but they're all available now for just $14.99. Let’s take a look a this month’s games.

A New York state police department fired its deputy commissioner on Tuesday after she allegedly acted as a getaway driver for her son in what is being investigated as an attempted murder.

Deeply rooted perennial plants may help build soil carbon (C) stocks, but most research has focused on shallow soils, resulting in gaps in our understanding of how the balance between decomposition and C inputs shifts and drives soil C accumulation with depth. To address this challenge, researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) assessed the distribution and assimilation of 13C-labeled simple carbon in meter-deep (3.3-foot-deep) pits under mature perennial miscanthus stands.

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CAA won’t have to face a lawsuit from Terrence Howard accusing the agency of botching negotiations for his contract on Empire, a court has ruled.

Howard in 2023 sued CAA, alleging his agents had a conflict of interest when they convinced him into taking below-market salaries for his six-season run starring in the series. The sweeping lawsuit targeted packaging fees, a lucrative commission paid to agencies for bundling key creative elements — like writers, directors and actors — into a single project.