A for sale sign is displayed outside of a home for sale on August 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images An abrupt turn higher for mortgage interest rates caused weekly demand from both potential homebuyers and current homeowners to drop. Total mortgage application volume fell 5.1% last…
Chinese stocks have suffered their worst fall in 27 years after efforts by Beijing to stimulate the world’s second-largest economy disappointed investors. Stock markets in Asia fell sharply after China’s top economic planning authority failed to announce further measures to improve flagging growth. On Tuesday, the National Development and Reform Commission held a press conference…
The underground rapper Lemfreck has beaten established stars such as Skindred and Gruff Rhys to win the 2024 Welsh music prize. The 30-year-old from Newport, born Lemarl Freckleton, was given the award in recognition of his ambitious, deeply atmospheric three-part 2023 album Blood, Sweat & Fears. At the time of its release he said he…
Prominent Sydney restaurateur Alan Yazbek has been charged with knowingly displaying a Nazi symbol in public. After Sunday’s pro-Palestine rallies, New South Wales police charged two men for allegedly displaying Nazi symbols. Guardian Australia understands one of the men was Yazbek, 56, who was arrested for allegedly displaying a swastika symbol and was taken to…
Piers Morgan has apologised to Beyoncé and Jay-Z following allegations made against them on his YouTube-hosted show Piers Morgan Uncensored. Singer-songwriter Jaguar Wright made an appearance with Morgan last week to discuss the numerous sexual assault allegations against rapper and mogul Sean Combs. During the interview she referred to Jay-Z, who she once worked for…
A collection of first editions of all six of Jane Austen’s novels, some of which would almost certainly have been handled by the writer herself, are going on display together for the first time at the house where she wrote them. The collection being exhibited at Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire, includes her brother…
The transport secretary is considering extending the HS2 line to Euston, her cabinet colleague Lisa Nandy has indicated, after Louise Haigh claimed it would make “absolutely no sense” to have the high-speed route terminate outside central London. Haigh also hinted at a cut-price “HS2-lite”, which would involve constructing a new section between Birmingham and Crewe…
Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, celebrating ‘100 Years of Wonder.’ Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images Price hikes are coming to Disneyland. While the California-based park’s entry-level ticket will remain at $104, the same price it’s been for six years, other ticket tiers, which are based on demand, will jump between $7 and $12,…
Popular US-based brand Crumbl Cookies has announced it will fast-track plans to open in Australia, after a rogue pop-up stand in Sydney created huge hype for the company’s kilojoule-filled products. The announcement comes after unaffiliated fans of the American company flew in hundreds of cookies to sell at a temporary store near Sydney’s Bondi Beach,…
A man shot by police in Wentworthville in Sydney last week after an alleged car theft has died, NSW police said. Two men were shot by police after officers were called to the scene at about 12.10pm on Friday, responding to a report of a stolen car in a Wentworthville car park in Sydney’s west.…
