After Tony Blair swept to victory in 1997, his aides set out to establish who some of their new and unexpected Labour MPs actually were. Unlike them, Keir Starmer will have a clear idea. A group of his advisers led by his campaign chief, Morgan McSweeney, has maintained a vice-like grip on the selection of […]
There were streakers, kissers and wannabe prize fighters. There were arrests, threats and flying chairs. There were bruises, there was blood and there was beer. So, so much beer. There was plenty of blame to pass around: the fans, the umpires, the team officials, the managers, local broadcasters and radio hosts. Oh, and according to […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Card giant Mastercard recently made an announcement with bunq, where the two firms revealed their new partnership. The goal of the team-up is to create an open banking and AI tool at Money […]
Juventus and Massimiliano Allegri have decided to terminate the contract of their former head coach by mutual agreement, the Serie A club said on Monday. The 56-year-old was dismissed in May over his behaviour during and after the Coppa Italia final in which he was sent off as Juventus beat Atalanta 1-0 to win a […]
More than 300 House lawmakers were reimbursed at least $5.2 million for food and lodging while on official business in Washington last year under a new, taxpayer-funded program that does not require them to provide receipts. The program, which kicked off last year after a House panel passed it with bipartisan support, was intended to […]
Early in her career, Arati Prabhakar led the development of a self-piloting ship for a secretive U.S. military research agency. Now she’s the White House’s top technology official — the first to hail from a defense background since the Cold War and a representative of Washington’s new hard-line consensus on China. For three decades, the […]
The number of visas available to migrants would be reduced each year under a new Conservative government, the prime minister has promised. For the first time, MPs would get a vote on annual government proposals aimed at regularly reducing numbers, which would be based on recommendations from the expert Migration Advisory Committee (MAC). Although no […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. The Interledger Foundation is an organization focused on creating an open, compatible payment platform. The organization is pledging to support fintech companies that utilize its protocol to introduce payments to developing markets and […]
Nigel Farage announced his decision to stand for parliament in a typically colourful speech in which made several eye-catching claims. How many of these were accurate? Have 2.4 million people settled in the UK in the last two years? Essentially, no, this is false. Official statistics showed that 1.2 million people arrived in the UK […]
Donald Trump has joined TikTok, despite attempting to ban it on national security grounds during his presidency. In 2020 he signed a presidential executive order attempting to ban the platform for its links to China, which was ultimately blocked by US courts. He has since criticised recent attempts to curtail it, saying this would empower […]