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The billionaire founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kampard, has died, aged 91. The world famous furniture store confirmed the death of its founder in a tweet this morning saying that he had passed away peacefully at home. Kampard, who was born in 1926, founded the store when he was just 17. The post added: « Ingvar will…

Talks to update Nafta took a step forward after negotiators in Montreal agreed to measures aimed at preventing corruption, the first official “chapter” completed since October, said five people with knowledge of the process. The efforts to clamp down on graft and bribery had been pushed by Mexico as a new issue for the 24-year-old…

In many ways, you could think of this year’s Grammy Awards as a huge market correction. This time last year was, after all, when Adele took the crown for Album of the Year over Beyoncé’s triumphant and critically acclaimed Lemonade, much to the chagrin of the entire internet. It reignited a tired debate about representation…

Juventus eventually earned a 2-0 victory after Chievo went down to nine men for two utterly bizarre red cards for Samuel Bastien and Fabrizio Cacciatore. The Flying Donkeys practically committed suicide at the Stadio Bentegodi with two entirely avoidable incidents. Stefano Sorrentino didn’t particularly have a save to make on the night, but Bastien had…

Theresa May will hold talks with her top team on how to head off major losses in the upcoming local elections, as one of the country’s top pollsters warned Brexit could hit Tory electoral chances. Elections expert Sir John Curtice, who predicted last year’s shock election result, said the Conservatives could lose more than half of their London boroughs…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned Saturday as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee amid allegations of sexual harassment and assault. Wynn has been a prolific Republican donor and led the RNC’s fundraising efforts during President Donald Trump’s first year, helping the committee rake in more than $130 million. « Today I accepted…