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If Game 1 is a sign of things to come, it will be a fun, and stressful, WNBA Finals.
Here are the stories making headlines across the UK this Friday.
Small caps led Thursday's decline on hot inflation and Fed comments. The Tesla robotaxi is due tonight with TSLA stock near a buy point.
Susan Lucci has shared a series of gorgeous pictures of her years with late husband Helmut Huber, on what would have been his 86th birthday.
An adorable hippopotamus delighted tourists after being spotted taking an afternoon nap in a pond at Shou Shan Zoo in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in late March. The relaxed animal was the very definition of chill.
South Korea’s central bank on Friday cut its policy rate for the first time in more than four years as pressure to revive a sluggish economy outweighed concerns about the country’s level of household debt. The Bank of Korea lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.25% following a meeting of its monetary policy committee, in its first move to lower borrowing costs since May 2020, when the economy was weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. The bank raised the rate by a quarter percentage point in August 2021 over concerns about inflation and soaring household debt, driven in part by skyrocketing house prices, and then froze rates for over three years.
China's ByteDance, the parent of social media platform TikTok, has laid off more than 700 workers from its Malaysian unit as the company shifts focus towards greater use of AI in content moderation, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. The employees, most of whom were involved in the firm's content moderation operations, were informed of their dismissal by email late Wednesday, the sources said, requesting anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to media. In response to Reuters' queries, TikTok confirmed the layoffs on Friday, but said it was unable to give a precise figure on the number of employees affected in Malaysia.
Two-time Paul Morgan medallist Pat Carrigan has put it on his Brisbane teammates to trigger the side's NRL improvement following coach Kevin Walters' demise.
A Prada coat and Yohji Yamamoto jacket worn by Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, who died alongside John F. Kennedy Jr. in a 1999 plane crash, will be sold.
Drop "excuses” and get behind Harris, the former president says at a stop in Pittsburgh.
The "We, Robot" Tesla robotaxi event is set to get started at any moment from the Warner Bros. studio lot. Tesla stock wavered Thursday ahead of the highly anticipated "product launch," but isn't far from a buy point. Chief Executive Elon Musk is expected to show off a robotaxi, which a number of reports say will be a two-seat car with butterfly-wing doors.
The former PM hopes the family of Dawn Sturgess will “take comfort” from the forthcoming inquiry.
The 29-year-old was taken into custody in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited to Perth where the alleged incidents occurred.
Twelve people have been rescued after the elevator at a former Colorado gold mine tourist attraction malfunctioned, with one person confirmed dead.
A state premier has revealed how his wife’s urging helped trigger a national conversation about social media and Aussie kids.
Seven is attempting to block media from accessing “salacious” parts of court documents in a case filed against the network by a former journalist.
Some 400 pro-establishment electors are set to approve the sole candidate for Macao’s chief executive job on Sunday, making him the Chinese casino hub ’s first leader born in mainland China. Nearly the entire election committee — 386 of 400 members — have nominated Sam Hou Fai, the territory's longtime chief judge, for the Oct. 13 vote. Local political observers say many Macao residents appear indifferent to Sam's origins.
Ye is being sued by a former employee who is accusing him of "erratic" behavior, including requesting an investigation into the Kardashian family.
Anyone at Penrith will tell you that before he was a four-time premiership winner, James Fisher-Harris was the club's hero at its lowest ebb.
Several AFL players look set to remain unclear about their futures until next week, as negotiations continue during the trade period.
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