UCL A remote cluster of Scottish islands could help solve one of our planet’s greatest mysteries, scientists say. The Garvellach islands off the west coast of Scotland are the best record of Earth entering its biggest ever ice age around 720 million years ago, researchers have discovered. The big freeze, which covered nearly all the […]
Montreal, Canada – The United States has faced widespread condemnation this week for authorising the sale of more than $20bn in additional weapons to Israel as the top US ally wages war in the Gaza Strip. But while the newly approved arms transfer has renewed global scrutiny of Washington’s unwavering support for Israel, in Canada, […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Rositsa Radovanova has become the General Manager for Europe at Eightcap. Before her promotion, Radovanova was the company’s Client Success Manager for Europe. She announced the promotion on her LinkedIn page today. Radovanova […]
CHICAGO — Now and then, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone allows himself to soak up the reality of having one of the best vantage points in all of baseball, standing on the top step of the dugout as Aaron Judge approaches the batters’ box. “I try to remind myself what I’m getting to watch […]
Getty Images As many as 74,000 prosecutions for alleged rail fare evasion in England and Wales are set to be quashed following a landmark ruling. UK rail companies had been fast-tracking alleged ticket dodging offences using a process called the single justice procedure (SJP), which allows magistrates’ hearings to be held behind closed doors. But […]
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Fourteenth Amendment. Of all the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 14th is a big one. It’s shaped all of our lives, whether we realize it or not: Roe v. Wade, Brown v. Board of Education, Bush v. Gore, plus other Supreme Court cases […]
Uncertainty over the future of Tata Steel in south Wales is already causing job losses in the broader industry, the Welsh secretary has warned, as the government scrambles to reduce the toll of redundancies in Port Talbot. Speaking on Wednesday ahead of announcing the first £13.5m tranche of funding to support laid-off workers, the secretary […]
The first money from a £100m fund to help workers and firms affected by restructuring plans at Tata’s Port Talbot steel plant is being released, UK ministers will announce on Thursday. Tata closed one of its two blast furnaces on the site last month and plans to shut the second in September, as it moves […]
Consumer prices in the US rose at the slowest pace in more than three years last month, bolstering the case for the central bank to start cutting interest rates. Overall, prices rose 2.9% over the 12 months to July, the smallest annual increase since March 2021 and down from 3% in June, the Labor Department […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. IG Group Holdings has declared the launch of a program to repurchase shares worth £75 million. This represents the initial segment of the previously announced £150 million buyback plan. The company is moving […]