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Ryan McGeeSep 17, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseSenior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Inspirational thought of the week:Time everlastingTime to play B sidesTime ain’t on my sideTime I’ll never knowBurn out the dayBurn out the nightI’m not the one to tell you what’s wrong or what’s rightI’ve seen suns that were freezing and lives that were throughBut I’m burning, I’m burning, I’m burning for you– “Burnin’ For You,” Blue Oyster CultHere at Bottom 10 Headquarters, currently located behind the huge pile of to-go containers that Jess Sims brings…

The boss of Nvidia says he is “disappointed” that China has reportedly ordered its top technology companies to halt purchases of the firm’s artificial intelligence (AI) chips.Jensen Huang told BBC News the US needs “to make sure that people can access this technology from all over the world, including China.”He added: “The advance of human society is not a zero-sum game.”Mr Huang is one of a number of tech bosses, including Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, accompanying US President Donald trump on his state visit to the UK.”President Trump is very clear,” Mr Huang said. “He wants America to win, and President…

Fed cuts interest rate by a quarter pointThe Fed just announced an interest rate cut by a quarter point, which was largely anticipated amid a weakening labor market.This is the first time the Fed has cut rates since December 2024. Rates now stand at a range of 4% to 4.25%, the lowest since November 2022.Stay tuned for a press conference Fed chair Jerome Powell is expected to give at 2.30pm ET.chartShareUpdated at 14.43 EDTKey eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureMarkets appear to be relatively unresponsiveness to the Fed’s highly anticipated rate cut. Both the S&P and…

The United States Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, so they will now be between 4.00 percent and 4.25 percent, as a slowing labour market stalls economic growth.The Fed, the US central bank, announced its decision on Wednesday afternoon.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listEconomists had widely expected a 25 basis point cut, with CME FedWatch — a group that tracks probability of monetary policy decisions — putting the odds at 96 percent. One basis point is one-hundredth of one percentage point.Before Wednesday, the Fed had last cut rates in December by…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureRight then, the preambles have been entirely and completely completed, and as soon as Liverpool break from their huddle we can get on with kicking off.ShareThe players are in the tunnel. The crowd have assuaged their lonely-walk-based fears. Not much stands between us and football.ShareInevitable Norwegian/English translation fail: Christian Svanes Kolding gets in touch to point out that Fet does not, as I ludicrously asserted, mean oily at all. “Your faithful half-Norwegian/half-Danish minute-by-minute enthusiast who is marooned in southern California would like to correct you,” he writes. “Fet does…

Once a games franchise hits its fourth outing, it is certainly mature – yet maturity is not a word generally associated with Borderlands, the colourful and performatively edgy looter-shooter from Texas. This series is characterised by a pervasive and polarising streak of distinctly adolescent humour. But in Borderlands 4, developer Gearbox has addressed that issue: it features plenty of returning characters in its storyline, but this time around they are more world-weary and less annoyingly manic. Borderlands has finally matured, to an extent. And not before time.Borderlands 4 still flings jokes at you thick and fast, and they are still…

ReutersPresident Trump was greeted by the King and Queen as well as other senior royals at Windsor Castle.It is his second state visit to the UK and is accompanied by the usual pomp and pageantry.Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesBands played during the final preparations for the ceremonial greeting and troop inspection by the King and President TrumpJose Sarmento Matos/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBystanders took photographs as the Marine One helicopter departed from Winfield House, the US Ambassador’s residence in central LondonAaron Chown/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesPresident Trump disembarked from Marine One at Windsor Castle alongside First Lady Melania TrumpIAN VOGLER/POOL/AFPThe pair were greeted by the…

Deborah Willis Photograph: Courtesy of Dario Calmese / Trunk ArchiveWhen Dr Deborah Willis was an undergrad student at the Philadelphia College of Art, she asked the question that informed her work for years to follow: “Where are all the Black photographers?”From photos by Gordon Parks in Time magazine to Black image-makers capturing daily life in Ebony and Jet magazines – she knew that Black photographers, like her father, were making their impact on the world. Growing up, her father was an amateur photographer, and her father’s cousin owned a photo studio, and seeing them photograph people as a child created…

At a high-profile global summit held by China this month, there were strong statements directed at the west’s “bullying” as well as renewed calls to stabilise “global governance”. The meeting was the clearest indication yet that China is vying to become a world superpower, aiming to marshal an anti-western bloc. But the foundations of that position partly lie in Africa and the Caribbean, where China has been building relationships for decades.A stable partner or a trap?Iconic modernist space … the Friendship Hall, on the banks of the river Nile. Photograph: Courtesy of Ahmed OsmanIt’s always odd to me to read…

Jessica LawrenceBBC News NIBBCElaine Agnew has had her operation cancelled which she has been waiting nearly a year for”Significant” IT issues at services across the Southern Health Trust will continue into Thursday with the majority of planned surgery and out-patient hospital appointments being cancelled.A major incident is still ongoing at sites, including Craigavon and Daisy Hill hospitals, as ambulances are being diverted while work continues to resolve the problems, the trust said.The Department of Health said the cause of the issues is currently unknown and an “urgent investigation” is under way to try and restore services as soon as possible.Patients…