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Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inboxSign up to our free IndyTech newsletterTesla has announced a 55 per cent year-on-year fall in profits in the first quarter, down to $1.1bn.The news comes against a background of 14,000 staff being laid off earlier this month, as well as issues over deliveries and the recall of 4,000 Cybertruck vehicles.More follows … Source link

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterFormer England bowler Stuart Broad has criticised Nottingham Forest’s response to the VAR controversy at Sunday’s Premier League match against Everton as “slightly too emotional”.Broad, the second-highest England Test wicket-taker, was made a CBE for services to cricket during a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday, and is a long-time fan of the football club.Following Forest’s 2-0 loss at Everton, the club risked Football Association and Premier League sanction over their extraordinary response to three rejected penalty appeals.In a statement on Sunday,…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailFlorida hasn’t given its electoral votes to a Democrat in over a decade — and since former president Donald Trump moved his primary residence there, it has become ground zero for his Make America Great Again movement. But President Joe Biden and the brain trust of his re-election campaign think opposition to the state’s abortion ban could put the state in play this November. As Mr Trump continues to cool his heels in a New York City courtroom,…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterGerman players are unlikely to make any major political statements at Euro 2024 after their World Cup protest in Qatar was met with a tepid domestic reception, ex-international Thomas Hitzlsperger has predicted.Seven European nations at the 2022 global showpiece – including England – initially planned to wear ‘OneLove’ anti-discrimination armbands but were dissuaded following the threat of sporting sanctions from FIFA.Instead, the Germans covered their mouths for a World Cup team photograph in protest, while the tournament remained overshadowed by the host…

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailIn his testimony during Donald Trump’s hush money trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker outlined a “mutually beneficial” scheme to keep the supermarket tabloid loaded with stories boosting his election chances in 2016, while ensuring “negative” stories never saw the light of day.As part of the arrangement, Mr Pecker would tip off Mr Trump’s then-personal attorney Michael Cohen to “negative” stories about then-candidate Trump – particularly those involving women, according to Mr Pecker.The former American Media Inc…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterAntony has explained his controversial celebration after Manchester United clinched their place in the FA Cup final following a penalty shootout victory over Coventry City.The Brazilian ran in front of the Coventry players with a hand cupped to his ear after they were denied the chance to become the first lower-tier side in England’s oldest football competition for the first time since 2008.Antony’s actions have been widely criticised, and even manager Erik Ten Hag admitted he was in the wrong.Taking to social…

Trump describes college Pro-Palestine protests as a ‘disgrace’Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailDonald Trump’s criminal hush money trial is now well underway with the prosecution and defence teams having presented their opening statements on Monday.Tabloid media mogul David Pecker, who published The National Enquirer and was part of the “catch-and-kill” scheme at the heart of the case, also began giving testimony and has returned to the stand today.Judge Juan Merchan will also rule today on complaints raised by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s…

Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offersSign up to the Independent’s betting newsletterDiogo Jota has been ruled out for two weeks and will miss most of the rest of Liverpool’s season.The forward, who has had an injury-hit campaign, got a knock during Sunday’s 3-1 win at Fulham, which was his first start since February.And he will now miss Wednesday’s Merseyside derby along with Liverpool’s games against West Ham and Tottenham in a blow to Jurgen Klopp’s title-chasing team.Klopp said: “He will be out for two weeks. Before which game where he didn’t start, he…

Pro-Palestine protesters occupy Columbia university lawnThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USNew York Police Department (NYPD) officers arrested students staging pro-Palestine encampment protests at New York University (NYU) last night after leaders in the university said the group behaved in a disorderly and disruptive manner.The arrests come after approximately 100 Columbia University students were arrested for conducting protests against the school’s financial ties to Israel amid the Gaza war.But tensions on the university’s campus have been mounting as some Jewish students say…

‘We’ll give it a real go’ – Arteta on fighting for the title ahead of Chelsea match on TuesdayArsenal host Chelsea in a midweek London derby in the Premier League tonight. The Gunners have the chance to move four points clear of Manchester City in the Premier League table, but the Blues and Mauricio Pochettino will be out to deny the hosts and land a blow in the title race.Chelsea have won the Premier League five times since Arsenal last won the title 20 years ago, but Mikel Arteta’s side are set to finish above the Blues for the second…