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Climate change supercharged Europe’s floods, scientists warn

AFP Local residents rescue a woman from rising flood waters in the Romanian village of Slobozia Conachi Central Europe’s devastating floods were made much worse by climate change and offer a stark glimpse of the future for the world’s fastest-warming continent, scientists say. Storm Boris has ravaged countries including Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Austria […]

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Visa rolls out a platform that will help banks issue fiat-backed cryptos

Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Visa recently unveiled a new platform for banks, dedicated to helping financial institutions issue and manage fiat-backed tokens such as stablecoins on blockchain networks. The platform is known as the Visa Tokenized Asset […]

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EU hits China with tariffs in battle for sales

Big taxes will be imposed on imports of electric vehicles from China to the EU after the majority of member states backed the plans. The move to introduce tariffs aims to protect the European car industry from being undermined by what EU politicians believe are unfair Chinese-state subsidies on its own cars. Tariffs on electric […]

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Guardiola: Man City denied request to start next season later

The Premier League have rejected Manchester City’s request to postpone their first two games of next season to help the players recover after their FIFA Club World Cup campaign in the United States, Pep Guardiola said on Friday. City and Chelsea are the two English clubs who have qualified for the expanded month-long Club World […]

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Eye and ear checks to be offered to autism students at school

BBC News Nafsika, a teacher at the school, has been trained to carry out the hearing checks Children and young people in England with special educational needs, including severe autism, are to be offered NHS eyesight, dental and ear checks in their schools from next year. Students with learning disabilities can struggle to say when […]

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When to tip and when not to tip

Getty Images It’s the end of a meal out and you’ve been presented with the bill. Suddenly the pleasure of the food you’ve just eaten is replaced by a faint wave of anxiety as you realise you’ve got to work out how much to tip. If you tip too little will you face the wrath […]

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