Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Standard Chartered has become the first Euro settlement bank to begin operation on Partior, a global integrated ledger market platform. The company has added blockchain technology directly into its payment systems. The bank […]
Hunt says the Conservatives ‘will bring down taxes’ The chancellor was asked if he would bring down what was described as “stealth taxes”, by which the questioner meant the freezing of income tax thresholds. Jeremy Hunt replied: I can’t today tell you what will be in the Conservative manifesto for the next parliament. But what […]
Recounting her own experience of giving birth to her first child, Ms Atkins said she had had “amazing care” but before the birth had been put on a ward with mothers who had had “very, very traumatic experiences”. “Seeing other mums in a great deal of distress, it was quite frightening actually,” she said. The […]
Speaking to the BBC, one of the study’s co-authors, Dr Suzanne Onstine, said “locating the actual [river] branch and having the data that shows there was a waterway that could be used for the transportation of heavier blocks, equipment, people, everything, really helps us explain pyramid construction”. The team found that the river branch – […]
Seafarers have told the BBC port officials routinely demand cash, cigarettes, food and drink as bribes before allowing ships through. So-called “gratuities” are against international anti-corruption laws. But the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network said it received 5,183 reports in 2023. The International Association of Ports and Harbours is working to tackle it. Ex-captain Stephen Gudgeon said […]
Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Cambodia is pushing for an infrastructural renaissance, but it will need some help from its friends abroad to chip away at an estimated price tag of $36.6bn. That was the final sum calculated by the Cambodian government and published earlier this year in a 174-project master plan that would overhaul the […]
Who’s pitching tonight? For 100 years, that wasn’t just a casual question. It was the question that defined baseball. The answer always had a chance to give you goosebumps. Maybe it was Tom Seaver versus Steve Carlton. Maybe it was Sandy Koufax versus Bob Gibson. Maybe it was Pedro Martinez versus Randy Johnson. They weren’t […]
A British diplomat has been given a week to leave Russia in an escalation of a diplomatic spat over spying. The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement the removal of Capt Adrian Coghill was in response to “unfriendly anti-Russian actions” from Britain. On 8 May, external, the Russian defence attache was expelled from London […]
While Dr McConkey works with children, he said he is also aware of the impact of the shortages on adults. “I’ve heard of some adults asking their bosses to make reasonable adaptations because of the fact they aren’t having access to medication and in some cases those people have lost their jobs,” he said. “So […]
In a Supreme Court term that coincides with the 2024 presidential primary season, the justices are at the center of many of the nation’s most politically sensitive debates. At the top of the list: former president Donald Trump’s eligibility to return to the White House and a challenge to a key element of the criminal […]