Higher interest rates helped HSBC achieve record annual profits last year but the sum was dented by the economic slowdown in its biggest growth market. Europe’s largest lender, which is UK based but largely Asia focused, reported pre-tax profits of $30.3bn (£24bn) for 2023 – a 78% rise on 2022’s sum. While much of that
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A Trident missile has misfired and crashed into the ocean off the coast of Florida during a rare test launch by a British nuclear submarine in an embarrassing blow for the Royal Navy. The Ministry of Defence on Tuesday night confirmed an “anomaly” had occurred with the drill involving HMS Vanguard, but a spokesperson insisted
Two men have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. A woman was killed and 22 other people were injured in the 14 February shooting, in Kansas City, Missouri. Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays have been charged with second-degree murder and other gun-related
Photo: Greenalia Spanish renewables developer Greenalia is rolling out an impressive 1.9 gigawatts (GW) of solar, wind, and battery storage in Texas, with more on the way. That’s because the company just closed $200 million of three-year credit facilities – its first in the US – enabling it to scale up in the US market
File photo showing an international oil tanker passes through the Suez canal in Ismailia, Egypt. Scott Nelson | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures hovered near three-month highs Tuesday as the conflict in the Middle East rages on. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March fell 4 cents, or 0.05%, to $79.15 a barrel. The
A former YouTuber who gave parenting advice online has been jailed for up to 30 years after she admitted to physically and emotionally abusing her children. Ruby Franke, a mother of six from Utah who gave parenting tips via a once-popular video blog called “8 Passengers”, convinced her two youngest children that they were evil,
In this article ADBE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT David Wadhwani, senior vice president of digital media for Adobe, speaks during the launch of Adobe Creative Cloud and CS6 in San Francisco on April 23, 2012. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Adobe on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence assistant in its
Feb 19, 2024, 03:33 PM Open Extended Reactions Sam Costelow started in Wales’ narrow defeat to Scotland. (Photo by Ian Cook – CameraSport via Getty Images After a weekend off following the first two sets of fixtures, the Six Nations returns on Saturday with Ireland seeming in all-conquering form, England unbeaten and Wales still looking for
Inspired by the lives of some of the biggest names in fashion, Apple TV+ has released a new series centred around some of the star designers who lived in Paris during the Second World War. It stars Ben Mendelsohn as fashion designer Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche as the matriarch of the House of Chanel,
The Home Office has fired the chief inspector of borders and immigration who claimed UK Border Force had failed to check the occupants of hundreds of private jets at a London airport. The department said it had “terminated the appointment” of David Neal on the grounds he had “lost the confidence of the home secretary”.
Four films about The Beatles are in the works – with each star getting a biopic to share their side of the story of the band that changed the world. The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd and The Beatles – Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon
The Body Shop has announced it is closing half of its stores in the UK – including seven today and cutting 40% of roles at its London-based head office. It comes after the embattled retailer entered administration last week, putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk. The Body Shop has roughly 200 outlets across the
The father of a baby whose birth certificate was allegedly defaced to remove reference to Israel has told Sky News his daughter did nothing wrong and being Jewish in the UK is “very hard”. Israel, the father of five-month-old baby Ronnie – whose certificate was allegedly altered – said the incident needed to be registered
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 19, 2024, 11:19 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — They don’t call it the Fair American Race. They do not call it the Satisfying American Race, the
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, arrives for the Inaugural AI Insight Forum in the Russell Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 13, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images When Nvidia reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the market close Wednesday, it will
Labour has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza for the first time, saying the situation there is “intolerable”. The party leadership has been under pressure to back an immediate end to the fighting in the strip, with Sir Keir Starmer previously only calling for a “sustainable ceasefire” or “humanitarian pauses”. Shadow foreign secretary David
Washington’s unwavering diplomatic support for Israel at the UN has put the US in an increasingly isolated position as many of the world’s countries have called for an end to the fighting in Gaza. President Biden is also under pressure domestically and within his own party to change the course of the war. As one
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Barclays has revealed a revival plan to shore up support among investors that includes cutting costs and risk while bolstering returns. The UK-based lender’s shake-up, that Sky News reported last month had already resulted in 5,000 job losses, will also see an overhaul of management, some business disposals and £10bn returned to shareholders over three
An infamous cybercrime gang that holds victims’ data to ransom has been disrupted by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and a coalition of international police agencies. A post on Lockbit’s extortion website on Monday said: “This site is now under the control of the National Crime Agency of the UK, working in close cooperation with