The consequences of a crypto reserve Cryptocurrencies are again riding high, after President Trump announced that he would create a national crypto reserve with five tokens, including three lesser-known and highly volatile ones. It’s the latest boost that Trump has given the crypto industry, which spent some $130 million backing him and other Republicans. But […]
More than one million low-paid workers in the UK are to be entitled to 80% of their weekly salary as sick pay from the first day of illness, under government plans. At the moment, UK workers earning less than £123 a week are not entitled to any statutory sick pay. “No one should ever have […]
BBC Leaseholders and some renters currently pay a service charge Ministers have outlined plans to abolish the leasehold system in England and Wales. Proposals to change the law would ban the sale of new leasehold flats. Under the leasehold system, third-party landlords known as freeholders own the building and a leaseholder buys the right to […]
BREAKINGBREAKING, The attack took place in a bus station, police said, killing a 70-year-old man and injuring four others. A 70-year-old man has been killed and four others wounded in a stabbing attack in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, officials said. The attack took place in a bus station on Monday, Israeli police said, […]
Naomi Girma, women’s soccer’s first million-dollar player, was injured and replaced in her Chelsea debut on Sunday. The United States defender was taken off after 59 minutes of a 2-2 draw against Brighton and it was not immediately clear how serious the unspecified injury was. “We’ll need to assess her tomorrow, but it doesn’t look […]
Julian Paszkiewicz Radio 4, You & Yours Stephen Stephen said dealing with the fraud had taken him seven hours a day to resolve since it first began three weeks ago A man targeted by fraudsters who got his mobile phone number from an energy company said he often woke up in the night thinking “what […]
BBC As a Ryanair flight from London approached Vilnius, Lithuania, on 17 January, its descent was suddenly aborted. Just minutes from touching down, the aircraft’s essential Global Positioning System (GPS) suffered an unexplained interference, triggering an emergency diversion. The Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 had already descended to around 850ft (259m) when the disruption occurred. Instead […]
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) head to a private room to hold a meeting during a summit at Lancaster House on March 2 in London, England. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption WPA Pool/Getty Images British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday laid out a framework for […]
Mixue Ice Cream and Tea may be unfamiliar to many of us but the Chinese firm has more outlets than McDonald’s and Starbucks. On Monday, the bubble tea chain’s shares jumped by nearly 30% as they started trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company raised $444m (£352m) in the financial hub’s biggest initial […]
Getty Images The Covid public inquiry will start four weeks of hearings on Monday, looking into the purchase and distribution of billions of pounds’ worth of medical equipment during the pandemic. In total, it’s thought £48bn was spent on personal protective equipment (PPE), the test-and-trace programme, hospital supplies and the vaccine rollout. Nearly 10% of […]