In a briefing with reporters, White House officials denied that domestic politics had influenced the decision. They said Beijing had shown no sign of moving away from practices that harm the US, including rules that force western companies to share information with the aim of stealing it and subsidies that have put firms in a […]
More than 40% of public-service spending was already on health, IFS research economist Max Warner said. And to keep increasing the budget, other areas of government spending would have to be cut. “Whichever party takes office after the next election, budgets for the next fiscal year and the choice of how much to give to […]
Video captured the moment a lorry clipped a van, overturned and crashed into a broken-down horsebox, killing the animal inside. The lorry driver failed to move out of lane one of the northbound M1 in Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Police, external said the overhead gantry showed the lane had been closed when the collision happened at about […]
TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. unless it is sold in the next 12 months. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption toggle caption Michael Dwyer/AP TikTok sued the Biden administration in response to a new law that bans the video app in the U.S. […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. BlueSnap, a payment processing company, has agreed to pay $10 million in settlement to the Federal Trade Commission. The company was charged after it was caught processing payments for fraudulent and deceptive companies. […]
In melanoma, Prof Long – herself a renowned medical oncologist – and her team discovered that immunotherapy works better when a combination of drugs is used, and when they are administered before any surgery to remove a tumour. And so, Prof Scolyer last year became the first brain cancer patient to ever have combination, pre-surgery […]
At its annual developer conference this week, tech giant Google is expected to tout big changes to its signature product, search. Instead of directing users to a list of websites or showing them an excerpt, Google’s AI will craft paragraphs of text that tries to answer users’ questions directly. AI reporter Gerrit De Vynck says […]
Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates has said she will resign as a co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “This is not a decision I came to lightly,” Ms Gates wrote in a statement posted to X on Monday. Her last day of work will be 7 June. Ms Gates started the foundation – […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. The Chief of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been called to parliament to provide reasons why progress on the watchdog’s ‘naming and shaming’ project hasn’t been suspended. To act as a deterrent, […]
These are the first parliamentary elections since the Indian government revoked the region’s semiautonomy. Voters are going to the polls in Indian-administered Kashmir. These are the first parliamentary elections since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government revoked the region’s partial autonomy in 2019. The prime minister says repealing Kashmir’s special status has helped integrate it with […]