President Donald Trump on Thursday shifted focus amid an Oval Office full of White House officials and pharmaceutical executives — and with the U.S. war in Iran entering its eighth week — for an extended ramble about hiring his hotel company’s preferred swimming pool builder to renovate the historic reflecting pool on the National Mall.The president had been listening to executives from Regeneron — the company behind the Covid-19 treatment that saved his life when he contracted the virus in October 2020 — when he segued from…

In a high-rise building overlooking New York’s Times Square, a studio is currently under construction from which Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer will be Netflix’s faces of the World Cup.Floor-to-ceiling windows behind them will reveal the neon lights and dazzling carnival of tournament fans, and cameras will pan around a set created by Emmy award-winning designer Joe Celli. The kind of setting we’ve come to expect of Britain’s established broadcasters at every big tournament.It’s a measure of the transformation of sports media…

The Prince of Wales has joked about AI taking over jobs in motor racing as he got into the driving seat of Jaguar's Formula E race car.Prince William, 43, quipped that 'AI drivers' might eventually be 'much quicker' as he was treated to a full tour of Jaguar TCS Racing's headquarters in Kidlington, Oxfordshire.The 6ft 3 heir to the throne, who towers over the typical race car driver, sat with his head above 'the halo' in Jaguar's I-TYPE 7 model, on Thursday, also his youngest son's birthday.He said during the visit that his…

Households ‘really do have the jitters now’ as price rises bite, according to new figures that show consumer confidence plunging.A closely watched poll from market research firm GfK showed confidence ‘deteriorating sharply’ as the Iran war takes its toll on the cost of living.The findings came as companies in Britain’s services sector reported the sharpest rise in cost inflation for decades, leading many of them to pass these on in the form of higher prices.And a separate report from the Confederation of British Industry…