1 hour ago By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, BBC News, @nicktriggle • Jim Reed, Health reporter, BBC News PA The failures and weaknesses in the UK’s pandemic preparations are expected to be laid out in the first report published by the Covid inquiry. Baroness Hallett, who is chairing the public inquiry, will set out her findings at lunchtime. Her report will […]
A new law is set to prevent any future government from sidelining the UK’s independent forecaster from assessing its economic plans like former prime minister Liz Truss did for her short-lived mini-budget. Powers will be given to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to make judgements on any major taxation or spending announcements in a […]
6 hours ago By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News Twitter/@VenteVenezuela Milciades Ávila was arrested at a house he was staying at on Wednesday morning The head of security of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been detained, members of their party say. The security chief, Milciades Ávila, was taken away from the house where he was staying […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith formally filed notice on Wednesday that he will appeal a Florida judge’s decision to dismiss the 40-count mishandling of classified documents and obstruction case against former president Donald Trump. The appeal, laying out Smith’s argument for why the case should not be dismissed, is expected to land in coming weeks in […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. DWS, a top fund company in Europe, has launched a new stablecoin as it is set to unveil Germany’s first legal cryptocurrency next year. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Stefan Hoops, shared the […]
Russia and China swarmed X and other social media platforms hours after the shooting at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa., seizing on the most prominent assassination attempt of the internet era to stoke disorder, in part by blaming President Biden and other Democrats for the violence. “Biden calls Trump ‘threat to the nation,’ […]
There has been outrage in Italy after a female tourist in Florence was pictured miming a lewd act on a statue of the Roman god Bacchus. In the photos – which were shared online by the social media account Welcome To Florence – the woman can also be seen kissing the life-size statue at nighttime. […]
The U.S. women’s national soccer team will depart for the Paris Olympics this week with a new coach, fresh talent, a nine-game unbeaten streak and a renewed drive to play for a title after glum performances at recent major tournaments. But the Americans also will arrive in Marseille, France, ahead of their July 25 opener […]
The White House is seen in the early morning before Inauguration Day ceremonies on Jan. 20, 2021. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP John Adams called the vice presidency “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” Another vice president, John Nance Garner, was […]
UK inflation held steady at the Bank of England’s target of 2% in June, with the cost of living at the lowest level in nearly three years. Prices rose at 2% in the year to June, unchanged from May and partly driven by hotel prices going up, according to the latest official figures. Some experts […]