By Reuters Published June 16, 2025 Japanese sportswear giant Asics will ramp up India manufacturing to 40%from 30% over the next few years to ensure steady supply, a top executive told Reuters, as the country’s regulations force global brands to pause imports of footwear. Asics to boost India sportswear production to 40% amid import restrictions,…
Getty Images Environment Agency warns England will have a shortage of 6 billion litres a day by 2050 England faces huge future water shortages and needs a “continued and sustained effort” to reduce demand, including more hosepipe bans and ‘smart’ water meters, warns the Environment Agency. The watchdog says that without dramatic action, England, which…
Philippa Roxby Health reporter BBC They are the bête noire of many nutritionists – mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread. So-called ultra-processed foods (UPF) account for 56% of calories consumed across the UK, and that figure is higher for children and people who…
Spit in a tube and, for about $100, discover secrets held by your DNA. That was the promise of 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic-testing company. It proved popular—more than 15m customers coughed up to receive tailored reports. Insights ranged from the banal (there is a 48% chance you have freckles) to the potentially helpful (you have…
Elizabeth MerrillJun 16, 2025, 08:20 AM ET Close Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. OMAHA, Neb. — In summer 2019, Jamie Aloy pulled together enough money to fly himself and his sons to Omaha for the Men’s College World Series. It…
CENTRAL PARK bisects upper Manhattan, creating two neighbourhoods and, apparently, two reading cultures. On the Upper West Side, the New York Times is “a standout for us” in terms of driving book purchases, says Victoria Harty, assistant manager of the local branch of Barnes & Noble, America’s biggest bookstore chain. On the east side, meanwhile,…
This had all the hallmarks of Trumpian political theatrics. In the Canadian sunshine here in the Rockies at the G7 summit, President Trump emerged from a meeting with Sir Keir Starmer brandishing a folder. Within it was the deal US and UK officials have been putting together to flesh out a tariffs agreement struck last…
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It took awhile for the San Francisco 49ers to get active in this year’s offseason. They made a handful of low-level free agent additions while watching several starters and key reserves leave to join other clubs. After the draft, the 49ers got busy with big-money extensions for tight end George Kittle, quarterback Brock Purdy and…
