Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. General Motors (NYSE: GM) stock rose almost 15% yesterday and had its second-best day since it emerged from bankruptcy in 2009 as the legacy automaker beat Q3 earnings and raised its 2025 guidance. […]
Reuters The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has said Israel has a legal obligation to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by the UN and its entities to ensure the basic needs of Palestinian civilians there are met. An advisory opinion from the UN’s top court also said Israel had not […]
Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondent Getty Images Under the new proposals water companies could face automatic fines for some rule breaches Fining English water companies for spilling raw sewage will soon become quicker and easier, the government has said. New proposals would see automatic fines of up to £20,000 issued for some minor offences and make it […]
Children paid a “huge price” to protect others during the Covid pandemic, Boris Johnson has told the inquiry looking at the impact on young people. The former prime minister repeated an apology made previously for things the government got wrong, but said he was proud of what teachers and schools did to cope with the […]
Getty Images Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office list warning of the risks of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or tainted alcoholic drinks. Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Uganda are included in the updated travel guidance following incidents involving Britons in those countries. The advice previously covered Thailand, Laos […]
BBC The Daily Mirror asks “what did the palace know?” as it continues its reporting on Prince Andrew. It reports the allegation that the “prince tried to ‘dig dirt’ on his accuser”. Former Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker is quoted as saying “there are questions that others in the Royal Family need to answer”. Elsewhere, […]
Uruguay has legalised euthanasia, becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law that allows assisted suicide. The Dignified Death bill was passed in the senate on Wednesday, with 20 out of 31 legislators present voting in favour. The bill allows mentally sound adults in the terminal stage of an irreversible disease to […]
Available for over a year ‘There are real consequences to our physical and mental health’ Katty Kay speaks to Dr Vivek Murthy, former US Surgeon-General about the challenge posed by loneliness and isolation in the modern world. Dr. Murthy, the first person of Indian descent in the post, was appointed during the second Obama administration. […]
Japan has approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its manufacturer says, allowing women in the country to take such medication without prescription for the first time. ASKA Pharmaceutical said wider access to the pill would “empower Japanese women in the area of reproductive health”. A date for it to go on sale has […]
BBC Freya Mandapalli, 19, is among many medical students who are choosing to study abroad A growing number of young people are choosing to study in Eastern Europe due to a strict cap on medical school places in the UK. Freya Mandapalli from Preston is one of them. The 19-year-old has healthcare in her blood. […]