Elon Musk’s growing power in government appears to be making some of his businesses more of a magnet for investors. Case in point: Banks have managed to sell off most of the $12.5 billion worth of debt owed by X, his social network, to eager buyers. Investors are essentially betting that the company’s future is […]
Eleanor Lawrie and Michael Buchanan Social affairs, BBC news Rachel Halliwell When 12-year-old Semina Halliwell was lying in hospital, she asked the consultant if she was going to die. Semina told him she had wanted “go to sleep for a couple of days”. She was placed in an induced coma but died soon after, on […]
When President Trump announced he would impose new tariffs on imports from countries around the world, he launched a frontal attack on the global free trade system created in the aftermath of World War II. Mr. Trump’s move, announced Thursday and set to begin as soon as April, represents a bet that the United States […]
Robert F Kennedy Jr, one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, has been sworn in as the next US Health and Human Services Secretary. The former presidential candidate will now oversee key health agencies with about 80,000 employees and a trillion-dollar budget. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had questioned his baseless […]
Tom Espiner BBC business reporter Getty Images Parents could save up to £540 a year by switching from premium baby milk formula to a basic brand, a regulator has said following a probe into the market. Parents can feel guilty about using lower-priced brands, because they think they are somehow inferior, the Competition & Markets […]
Football very rarely goes to plan. AC Milan’s new strike force were supposed to quickly start scoring a lot of goals. Feyenoord selling their best player was supposed to mean their season was over. Bayern Munich were supposed to crumble away from home again. Oh, and VAR was supposed to eradicate horrendous refereeing decisions. As […]
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Sylvia Zhang Prof Mingmin Zhao (right) has been working on a radio vision system for robots If you want to find out whether your robot can see through smoke, well, you’re going to need some smoke. But a University of Pennsylvania student got a shock when they began setting up a […]
Rows of white concrete buildings near the Pearl River in southern China house one of the world’s fastest-growing industries: Gritty workshops are churning out inexpensive clothing that is exported straight to homes and small businesses around the world. No tariffs are paid, and no customs inspections are conducted. The laborers who make these goods earn […]
India’s Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump agreed on a security agenda that will also address ‘terrorism’. United States President Donald Trump plans to dramatically ramp up weapons sales to India this year, including supersonic F-35 fighter jets, following a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi met with Trump in Washington on […]
Liverpool manager Arne Slot must wait to discover the extent of his ban after he was sent off amid fractious scenes at the end of Wednesday’s Merseyside derby. Slot approached referee Michael Oliver after a melee between the two sets of players following the full-time whistle had seen Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucouré and Liverpool’s Curtis Jones […]