EY is being investigated over its audits of the Post Office in relation to the Horizon scandal from March 2015 to March 2018. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC), the UK’s accounting regulator, said it will check whether EY met its standards “with particular reference to matters related to the Horizon IT system”. The software developed […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Apr 15, 2025, 11:14 AM ET Jude Bellingham has said Wednesday’s Champions League quarterfinal second leg against Arsenal is “a night made for Real Madrid,” backing his team to deliver a comeback “that would go down in history” at the Bernabéu. Madrid are famed for their Champions League comebacks — including […]
Even as the United States and China push their economies further apart with escalating tariffs, they share an inescapable challenge. Both depend on Taiwan for semiconductors. And navigating that reliance could prove to be one of the trickiest policy problems both countries face in their trade war. China and the United States both view Taiwan’s […]
Suranjana Tewari Asia Business Reporter Getty Images Li Chenggang is a former World Trade Organisation and UN representative China has unexpectedly appointed a new trade envoy, as officials said the US’ practice of “tariff barriers and trade bullying” is having a serious impact on the global economic order. Li Chenggang, a former assistant commerce minister […]
Share prices of big technology companies declined in Asia on Wednesday, dragging broader markets lower, after Nvidia, the American chip giant, revealed that the U.S. government would restrict sales of some of its chips to China. They are the first major limits that President Trump’s administration has put on semiconductor sales abroad. Nvidia dominates the […]
When Donald J. Trump championed the idea of a 10 percent blanket tariff during the campaign, many people, whether for or against, were taken aback by how radical the idea was. Alarms sounded about higher inflation, lost jobs, slower growth or recession. The prospect seemed so outlandish that most economists and Wall Street analysts who […]
Laura Bicker China correspondent The BBC’s Laura Bicker: ”A number of businesses in limbo” in China, after US tariffs on imports “Trump is a crazy man,” says Lionel Xu, who is surrounded by his company’s mosquito repellent kits – many were once best sellers in Walmart stores in the United States. Now those products are […]
Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News Clare Hutchinson BBC Wales News Garan Thomas This blaze on the Rhigos Mountain in south Wales in June 2023 destroyed an area the size of 140 football pitches Some of the UK’s rarest wildlife is being “torched alive” and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass […]
DORTMUND, Germany — There was almost a reluctance from Barcelona’s players to go and celebrate with their supporters on Tuesday after reaching a first UEFA Champions League semifinal since 2019. The satisfaction of moving into the final four was contrasted with what had been a humbling 3-1 defeat against Borussia Dortmund, with the competition’s new […]
President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday outlining a series of actions intended to lower drug prices, including helping states import drugs from Canada. The policies were more modest than proposals to reduce drug prices that Mr. Trump offered in his first term. And one of his new directives could increase drug prices. It […]