Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories Vice President Harris introduced the nation to her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, last night at a Philadelphia rally. It marked […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Lloyds Banking Group recently hired a new lead for its AI and analytics unit. The role was filled by Rohit Dhawan, who is also an executive at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Lloyds has […]
The last person listed as missing from the Hamas attack on Israel 10 months ago has been identified as killed, Israeli authorities say. Bilha Yinon, 75, was murdered along with her husband, Yaakov, at their home in Netiv Haasara, when hundreds of gunmen from Gaza attacked communities in southern Israel on 7 October. The Yinons’ […]
The inaugural NBA Basketball School Summer Camp in Lebanon, a joint collaboration between the National Basketball Association (NBA) Sport360, concluded successfully this weekend, marking a significant milestone in youth basketball development in the region. The camp provided an exceptional platform for participants to enhance their basketball skills under the guidance of four international and eight […]
BBC/Kevin Church The Royal Mint says there is value in things we are throwing away The company has built a large industrial plant on its site in Llantrisant in Wales to remove the precious metal from old circuit boards. The gold is initially being used to craft jewellery and later it will be made into […]
Getty Images Lower mortgage costs and more interest rate cuts could fuel a rise in house prices for the rest of this year, Halifax has said. The mortgage lender’s prediction came after property prices ticked up in July following a flat few months. Halifax said recent mortgage rate drops were “encouraging” for first-time buyers, those […]
As far-right riots broke out across parts of the UK this week, the chief executive of NHS England, Amanda Pritchard, warned in an email to NHS leaders that “for many NHS workers, seeing this flare-up of racism will leave them feeling afraid and unwelcome”. Newsportu spoke to Samir, 32, an NHS hospital doctor in south-west […]
Tens of thousands of women who have gone through the menopause might benefit from a new bone-strengthening drug, says the medicines watchdog National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Abaloparatide can protect against the bone-thinning condition called osteoporosis, which causes a high risk of broken bones in older age. It will become available on […]
Reuters María Corina Machado, who was barred from running for office, has managed to unite the opposition The Venezuelan attorney general, a close ally of President Nicolás Maduro, has announced he is investigating opposition leaders María Corina Machado and Edmundo González for alleged “incitement to insurrection”. The opposition leaders had earlier called on the security […]
Defence lawyer calls the $655 fine against 22-year-old protester a ‘dark day for freedom of expression’. A German court has imposed a $655 (600 euro) fine on a woman for using the slogan – “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” – during a protest last year, a ruling her lawyer decried […]