Moira Brown, perhaps the oldest of Scotland's Tartan Army of soccer fans, will be in Boston when Scotland's team plays against Haiti on June 13. "I'm the luckiest person in this world," she says.

This week, Knicks fans had a big win after a big loss; fans of inflation were delighted and World Cup fans went broke. How will quiz fans fare?

For decades, immigrants who are legal permanent residents in the U.S. could get loans through the Small Business Administration, a core pillar of small-business lending. Not anymore.

FIFA has introduced several changes to the laws of soccer for the World Cup. These include efforts to eliminate time-wasting and to ensure potentially game-changing officiating mistakes are corrected.

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Trump's Department of Justice is seeking patient files that include the names of young people who have been treated in transgender clinics, as well as hospital staff who have provided care.

Are smartphones causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since the iPhone was introduced nearly two decades ago.

Friday's game, the first of three group stage matches for the U.S., has been eight years in the making as a generation of players has reached their prime just in time for a World Cup on home soil.

The U.S. is opening its 2026 World Cup on Friday evening against Paraguay. For the 26 Americans on the team, this match is the culmination of years of hard work and training.

Trump says a deal with Iran will be announced "soon," White House readies for UFC event as Trump navigates rocky political ground, Trump names new nominee for national intelligence director.

The resignations of the defence secretary and armed forces minister pile the pressure further on the PM's leadership.

The public sale is also expected to make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire.

From trade wars to soaring ticket prices, the 2026 World Cup is unlike any before it. Faisal Islam explores what this tournament reveals about our changing global economy.

The decision for the one-off vaccine programme follows the unprecedented outbreak in Kent this year.

Victims who were abused and prosecuted as children are still being failed, says grooming report author.

Iran says reports of a deal are "speculative" after the US president says a "great settlement" to end the conflict has been reached.

People tell BBC Your Voice the rising cost of private dentistry is putting them in a difficult position.

Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the king's eldest daughter, collapsed in December 2022 while exercising her dogs.

The economy shrank slightly in April as the Iran war began to have an impact on businesses, official data shows.

Grande called a White House video using her song Bye "heinous nonsense", joining multiple artists demanding Trump's team not use their music.

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Cruz/Wyden bill would help Americans sue federal officials over censorship.

The old app "still needs to be retired," AcuRite tells us.

"Some missions are using more than what their paperwork would say."

Latency, bandwidth, and fidelity all matter when you're chasing milliseconds.

Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.

Brutal self-assessment paints a picture of a Microsoft gaming division in crisis.

Alaska's multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.

Our ancestors' genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.

AI aside, Golden Gate includes a bunch of subtle-but-helpful improvements.

For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.