Nadhim Zahawi, the new chancellor, will next week throw the government’s support behind a new initiative designed to shore up London’s position as a global destination for major company flotations. Sky News has learnt that Mr Zahawi will use his speech at Tuesday’s Mansion House dinner to give his backing to the Capital Markets Industry
Month: July 2022
The country is bracing itself for extreme disruption, as forecasters predict possible temperatures of 40C (104F) in parts of the country this week. Amid warnings that lives are at risk, a “national emergency” has been declared by the UK Health Security Agency and the Met Office has issued its first-ever red warning for extreme heat.
Europe is facing a heatwave as temperatures reach a record-high across Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece and Montenegro. Spain Fires have broken out in Spain where temperatures have peaked over 40C. Helicopters and firefights work on containing the dozens of burning fires during the second heatwave of the year in Guadapero, Spain. People have been cooling
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $56 million in funding to boost US solar manufacturing and recycling. Of those funds, $10 million will come from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. That money should provide a much-needed boost to the US solar manufacturing industry as around 90% of US solar panels are currently
An office worker carries a large fan in central London on July 12, 2022. On Friday, the Met Office issued a Red Extreme heat warning for parts of the country. Yui Mok | PA Images | Getty Images The U.K. on Friday issued a “Red Extreme” heat warning, with authorities saying temperatures could potentially hit
2:25 PM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Having flown in from Europe that day, Gareth Bale‘s internal clock, as he stood in front of more than
There are growing concerns people’s lives could be at risk as the Met Office indicated it is likely a new UK record temperature could be set early next week. Meteorologists have said there is an 80% chance the mercury will top the UK’s record temperature of 38.7C (101.7F) set in Cambridge in 2019. The heatwave
San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks outside City Hall in San Francisco. Eric Risberg | AP San Francisco Mayor London Breed said her technology-heavy city will have to adjust to the new reality that many workers aren’t coming back to the office. In an interview airing Friday evening on CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith,”
In this article TWTR “The past two years have been an absolutely nightmare of supply chain disruptions, one thing after another, and we are not out of it yet,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said. Patrick T. Fallon | Reuters Elon Musk wants time to prepare for a trial over his contentious withdrawal from an agreement
Mexican military forces have captured notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the torture and murder of a US DEA agent in 1985. Caro Quintero, 69, was arrested after a search dog named Max found him hiding in shrubland in the town of San Simon in Sinaloa state during a joint operation by
In this article TWTR The Twitter logo and trading information is displayed as a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 3, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Twitter’s board of directors unanimously recommended that its shareholders vote to approve Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition
In this article DIS ESPN Mike Windle | ESPN | Getty Images Disney is increasing the price of its sports streaming service ESPN+ to $9.99 per month, a 43% increase. The previous price of ESPN+ had been $6.99 per month. The increase will kick in on Aug. 23. An annual subscription to ESPN+ will jump
In this article AAPL Chesnot | Getty Images As Apple seeks to bolster its subscription service to compete with Spotify, the company is adding exclusive performances from artists, who will be able to use Apple’s studios to cover classics and recreate their own hits. On Friday, the company introduced Apple Music Sessions, featuring content from
The United States said on Friday it would resume flights to the International Space Station with Russia, despite its attempts to isolate Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine. “To ensure continued safe operations of the International Space Station, protect the lives of astronauts and ensure continuous the US’s presence in space, NASA will resume integrated
The final five candidates in the Conservative leadership race have clashed over their tax plans in a fiery first TV debate. While former Chancellor Rishi Sunak dismissed tax cut pledges by his rivals as an “unfunded spree of borrowing and more debt”, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss hit back, saying: “You cannot tax your way to
A five-year-old boy has shot dead his eight-year-old brother in a “tragic accident” at a US home. After a 911 call on Thursday afternoon, sheriffs went to a house in Jefferson County, Arkansas, to find a child “unresponsive” inside. The county coroner was called and the child was declared dead. Four other siblings and the
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