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Kevin Spacey facing four counts of sexual assault against three men
Crown Prosecution Service authorises criminal charges against the 62-year-old actor
Infant formula: the superfood you never think about
Continuing shortages in the US have shone a light on a staple food that most often stays out of the spotlight – infant formula.
Why Gen Z workers are already so burned out
The youngest employees are already feeling pressured and exhausted – even in the earliest stages of their careers.
US Tourists Left Stunned After Being Charged Nearly Rs 50,000 For Snack And Drinks In Greece
The restaurant, DK Oyster, profusely denied claims and stated that "absolutely no violations had taken place".
"Painful, Cruel And All False": Johnny Depp On Amber Heard's Testimony
Taking the witness stand as the six-week-long trial in Fairfax, near the US capital, nears an end, Mr Depp was asked by his lawyers what it had been like to listen to Ms Heard's testimony
Johnny Depp "Never" Threw Me Down Any Stairs: British Model Kate Moss
Amber Heard, during her testimony earlier this month, mentioned a reported incident in which Johnny Depp was alleged to have pushed his former girlfriend Kate Moss down a flight of stairs.
"She Went McNuts": US Woman Throws A Fit At McDonald's After Wrong Order
The woman, identified as Tianis Jones by authorities, had gone to the restaurant to pick up her order but became overly irritated after the employees had got her order wrong.
Russia To Repay Foreign Debt In Rubles After US Ends Exemption
Russia-Ukraine War: The US Treasury it was closing the escape clause to the drastic financial sanctions imposed on Moscow.
Texas Shooter Shared Plan On Facebook, Used AR-15 Rifle For Attack: Governor
Texas Shooting: Texas Governor said that gunman shared his plan--'I'm going to shoot an elementary school", on Facebook before arriving at the school.
Chinese takeover of UK's largest microchip producer faces national security review
A review of the reported £63m deal had been demanded by MPs while a former National Cyber Security Centre chief had warned it posed a greater threat to British interests than Huawei's involvement in the 5G network.
Cosmetic surgery adverts targeting teenagers banned
The new rules apply to all media and cover procedures that are designed to change a person's physical appearance - including breast augmentation or reduction, "tummy tucks", eyelid surgery, nose reshaping, and facelifts.
Chelsea FC takeover official as government approves sale
"We are satisfied the proceeds of the sale will not benefit Roman Abramovich or other sanctioned individuals," Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said.
JD Sports founder Peter Cowgill ousted 'with immediate effect'
Sky's Ian King says the City has been shocked by Mr Cowgill's sudden departure despite a string of negative headlines and criticism he had too much control of the FTSE 100 company.
M&S pulls out of Russia and warns of hit to sales due to cost of living crisis
The retailer joins a growing list of big brands, including McDonald's and Starbucks, that have decided to withdraw from Russia over the war in Ukraine.
Cost of living: SSE boss defends 23% rise in annual profits and dismisses calls for windfall tax
SSE's chief executive, Alistair Phillips-Davies, dismissed calls for a windfall tax on the profits of energy companies, pointing to the company's plans to invest £24bn in British energy infrastructure during this decade, including in new...
British software company Access worth £9bn as Singapore takes stake
Loughborough-based The Access Group is finalising a deal that will see it become more highly valued than FTSE-100 software giant Sage.
Cost of living: Petrol price reaches new record high at 170p a litre and diesel at 181p, data shows
AA fuel price spokesman Luke Bosdet says it is "particularly galling" when supermarkets of the same brand charge "significantly more" at one location compared with another in the same region.
Dieselgate scandal: More than 90,000 VW drivers in England and Wales will get payouts
A five-year fight for compensation has resulted in the owners of tens of thousands of VW vehicles securing a payout which VW said was the result of its wish not to enter a potentially costly and protracted legal battle.
Fallen Chadian Captain wins second-ever UN peacekeeping award for ‘exceptional courage’
Late Captain Abdelrazakh Hamit Bahar of Chad, was named on Tuesday as the recipient of United Nations Peacekeeping’s highest award, for exceptional courage, serving in Mali, which will be presented on Thursday at UN Headquarters in New Y...
Passengers stranded as India airline hit by ransomware attack
India's SpiceJet airline said its systems faced an "attempted ransomware attack" on Tuesday, delaying flights and leaving many stranded at airports.
US stocks rally as Fed minutes meet expectations
Investors fear that overly aggressive interest rate hikes by the Fed could tip the economy into recession.
Volkswagen to pay out £193m in 'dieselgate' settlement
Volkswagen is to pay £193m to more than 90,000 drivers in England and Wales after it settled a High Court claim over the installation of emissions cheating devices in its vehicles.
The female pilot battling aviation stereotypes
Bethan Haley is 24 and a qualified commercial pilot. Some passengers doubt her abilities. Not because of her age, but because she's a woman.
One of the most influential people of 2022: Andy Jassy, who led Amazon Web Services (AWS) since its inception in 2003
Moving computing into the cloud is one of the great functional transformations of technology in my lifetime. Andy Jassy, who led Amazon Web Services (AWS) since its inception in 2003, was a great leader in that transformation. With AWS, ...
George Soros on China, Xi Jinping, and the Threat from Within: Delivered at the Hoover Institution
Ahead of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Open Society Foundations Chair and Founder George Soros speaks on the threat China poses to open societies around and why 2022 will be a pivotal year in the growing conflict between open and close...
Elon Musk: “Tesla is building a hardcore litigation department where we directly initiate & execute lawsuits. The team will report directly to me.”
The Doers vs The Takers: Tesla is building a hardcore litigation department from where Tesla will directly initiate & execute lawsuits. Elon Musk is Looking for hardcore streetfighters, not white-shoe lawyers like Perkins or Cooley who t...
California parents could soon sue for social media addiction
California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under a bill tha...
World Economic Forum Panelist Demands 'Recalibration' Of Free Speech.
Australian e Safety Commissioner Julie Inman called for a "recalibration" of free speech while speaking on a panel during the opening day of the World Economic Forum.
Russian rouble become the world's best-performing currency, the highest exchange rate in four years
The Russian rouble strengthened to levels not seen since March 2018 against the dollar on Tuesday, boosted by export-focused companies selling foreign currency to pay taxes and shrugging off a slight easing of capital controls.
‘We have to make peace with nature’
A portable solar generator in a black case, and an eggplant grown in organic soil, were among the diverse items that a group of young climate leaders in Jakarta shared with the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed this weekend, emb...
Hungary’s Orban says EU summit should not discuss oil embargo
Hungary is not in a position to agree to the proposed EU sanctions until all outstanding issues resolved, Prime Minister Viktor Orban says in a letter to Charles Michel.
Climate Change Causing People To Sleep Less, Claims Study
Lack of sleep has a lot of potential health implications, including hearth disease and health problems.
Bank of England tells banks: 'Take climate action now or face profits hit'
The stress test involved measuring the ability of the 19 banks and insurers to understand how climate change will affect their business models and if they hold enough capital to cover climate-related risks.
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg personally sued over massive Cambridge Analytica data breach scandal
The political consultancy was accused in 2018 of illegally harvesting the personal data of as many as 87 million Facebook users and Facebook has been the subject of a number of lawsuits - but this is the first time Zuckerberg is being su...
Glencore 'to admit' charges related to alleged $25m bribes for oil contracts
Another hearing is scheduled for 21 June as the Serious Fraud Office claims victory following a three-year investigation into activities at Glencore Energy (UK) Ltd.
Powell: ‘Soft’ economic landing may be out of US Fed’s control
Powell has portrayed the Fed’s drive to raise interest rates as consistent with a so-called ‘soft landing’ for the United States economy.
Nato head warns over risks of close economic ties with Russia and China
Jens Stoltenberg tells business leaders in Davos that values should matter more than profits
Schools don’t need to bin Shakespeare – but it’s time for us to teach him differently
Decolonising the curriculum doesn’t mean losing traditional texts, but studying the power imbalances my pupils already experience, says secondary school teacher Nadeine Asbali
‘Historic’ global tax deal on multinationals delayed until 2024
Some doubt the OECD-brokered agreement, which would levy more tax on the world’s largest firms, will ever be implemented
Breast-Feeding Mom Saves Pet Goose From Bald Eagle Attack
A woman in Canada jumped into action to save her pet goose from a hungry bald eagle. Cait Oakley was in the middle of breastfeeding her baby girl, she told Inside Edition’s Les Trent, when “I saw a massive eagle just swooping down right ...
Davos is back and the world has changed. Have the global elite noticed?
The last time top politicians, CEOs and billionaires gathered in a Swiss mountain village to discuss society's biggest problems and pitch their solutions, the coronavirus outbreak in China was little more than a remote threat. The econom...
Davos is dead
Amid a pandemic and a cost of living crisis, the people have no patience left for the virtue signalling of the Davos set.
Oxfam at WEF Annual Meeting 2022: Pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours
As the rich & powerful from across the globe gather in Davos for the WEF Annual Meeting 2022, Oxfam International said the pandemic has seen a new billionaire emerging every 30 hours.
Which countries could go the Sri Lanka way
Sri Lanka's debt crisis is a warning to the world. The World Bank says a global debt storm is coming. It could engulf 70 developing countries & make their economies fall like dominoes. What are the threats they face? How can they be aver...
Coin In Bitcoin Name Doesn't Make It Money: IMF Chief
IMF chief said crypto products may be offering faster services at a much lower cost and better inclusivity, but for that also there was a need to separate apples from bananas and regulation would be key there.
NASA Accuses China Of Stealing Space Technology
NASA's Bill Nelson said: "Yeah, they're pretty good at stealing, And I think that's incumbent upon us to take cybersecurity very, very seriously."
Elon Musk wants a 25% discount on his Twitter bid if 25% of Twitter's users are spam bots - are they?
The billionaire, who claims to be spending less than 5% of his time on the $44bn takeover, has made a number of comments in recent weeks criticising Twitter - and has clashed with its chief executive over how the bot count is established.
Cost of living: Bank of England chief hits back at criticism it has 'stoked inflation'
Andrew Bailey uses a speech to reject criticism from predecessor Lord King in an interview with Sky News that the Bank, and others, were guilty of a mistake that amounted to a "failure of the economics profession".
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