Starmer refuses to rule out putting up capital gains tax Q: What about capital gains tax? If you make that equal to income tax, you could raise £14bn. That must be attractive? Starmer says that won’t be in Labour’s manifesto. Rigby says in 2021 Starmer told her in an interview that Labour was looking at […]
Sport360Arabiya was honoured with the prestigious Best Sports Platform award at the Arab Media Forum (AMF). The 22nd edition of the awards – organised as part of Day 2 of the Arab Media Summit 2024 – took place on Tuesday, May 28 at Dubai World Trade Centre. The AMF is the Middle East’s largest media […]
18 hours ago By Will Grant, Mexico and Central America correspondent • George Wright, BBC News Reuters A police officer stands guard in Haiti’s capital A new government has been formed in Haiti as it tries to restore order in the violence-ravaged nation. The new cabinet completely replaces all the ministers from the government of the former Prime Minister, Ariel […]
SAN FRANCISCO — For weeks, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has waged a campaign to persuade Tesla shareholders to restore his nearly $50 billion pay package, the largest “ever observed in public markets,” according to the Delaware judge who voided it. The company released a video instructing shareholders how to cast ballots featuring Optimus, Musk’s humanoid […]
Chinese electric cars may become pricier in the European Union (EU) after politicians called them a threat to its own industry. It has “provisionally concluded” that Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers will face tariffs from 4 July “should discussions with Chinese authorities not lead to an effective solution”. The EU’s announcement comes as it continues […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Mastercard has announced the Integration of its new account opening and funding solution, which is a bill pay switch and deposit switch with the MasterCard open banking platform. This will allow users to […]
Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden is to open up about her ordeal with breast cancer in a new BBC documentary. The film, with the working title Amy Dowden: Fight of My Life, will be broadcast on BBC One this summer. It will be shown ahead of her return to Strictly, after she missed last […]
Fire erupts in building in southern Mangaf district, an area heavily populated with foreign workers in Kuwait. At least 35 people have been killed in a building fire in Kuwait, according to state media. The blaze on Wednesday morning in the southern Mangaf district also injured at least 15 others, the KUNA news agency reported. […]
One of France’s best-loved singer-songwriters, Françoise Hardy, has died at the age of 80. “Mum is gone,” her son, Thomas Dutronc, who is also a musician, wrote on social media. Hardy burst on to the music scene in 1962 and became a cultural icon who inspired the likes of Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan. Known […]
18 May 2024 By Georgina Rannard, Science reporter Getty Images There is good news for anyone who enjoyed the show-stopping aurora borealis last weekend – or missed it: there are almost certainly more on the way. The huge sunspot cluster that hurled energy and gas towards Earth will rotate back towards us in around two weeks. Scientists […]