Bitcoin’s value has been dropping recently, but it has still been a top-performing investment over the past few years. Did you know that in the past five years, Bitcoin (BTC 1.80%) has vastly outperformed the S&P 500? While the broad index has risen by 83% during that time frame, the top cryptocurrency has appreciated by

EPA Nato countries’ pledge to spend 5% of their economic output on defence is Donald Trump’s “biggest foreign policy success,” the alliance’s chief has said. In an interview with the BBC, Mark Rutte said it was thanks to Donald Trump that Nato was “stronger than it ever was”, adding that Trump “is good news for

Osmond Chia,Business reporterand Danielle Kaye,Business reporter Getty Images The Warner Bros. logo is displayed at Warner Bros. Studio on December 5, 2025 in Burbank, California. Warner Bros Discovery has told its shareholders to reject Paramount Skydance’s $108.4bn (£80.75bn) takeover bid. Paramount had said its offer was “superior” to a $72bn deal that Warner Bros struck

Richard Bloschock knows his days are numbered as he steps onto the sugar sand. The serenity of Island Beach State Park is where his father taught him how to surf fish when he was a boy. Years later, he brought his own sons here to teach the next generation of Bloschock men how to cast

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The cost of dozens of festive groceries and treats have seen above-inflation increases of as much as 70 per cent, shoppers have been warned ahead

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Pentagon leadership’s intensifying scrutiny of speech that is critical of conservatives and the Trump administration is fueling anxiety in the ranks and has some service members scrambling to protect their careers. In interviews with Business Insider, troops and legal advisors detailed how behavior has changed amid the recent crackdown, which has some facing administrative actions

Helen Livingstoneand Katy Watson,Bondi Beach Thousands of mourners gather for Rabbi Schlanger’s funeral, Katy Watson reports The first of the funerals for victims of the Bondi Beach shooting has taken place in Sydney, with thousands gathering to mourn Rabbi Eli Schlanger. He was among 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on a festival

Max Matzaand Nardine Saad,in Los Angeles Watch: Prosecutor announces charges against Nick Reiner in parents’ deaths Prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed murder charges against Nick Reiner over the deaths of his parents, Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele. Nick Reiner is facing two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance alleging

The country had clocked up an average of 1,622 hours of sunshine by December 15, according to provisional figures from the Met Office. This is comfortably above the previous record of 1,587 hours for the whole of 2003. Across the UK, England has experienced its sunniest year on record, while Scotland had its second and