The headline numbers don’t do justice to the significance of the inflation data. On the surface, this only looks like a small fall, with the consumer price index (CPI) dropping from 6.8% in July to 6.7% in August. So what, you might ask? After all, it’s a far smaller drop than the one we heard
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk‘s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received approval from an independent review board to begin recruitment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients. Those with paralysis due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may qualify for the study, it said but
“Incoming!” One word and then Gosha’s life changed forever. The mortar exploded right next to the 30-year-old Ukrainian soldier. If his friend, Vasian, hadn’t shouted, Gosha wouldn’t have turned. The mortar would have exploded in his face. Instead it was his arm. “Blood was streaming like hell,” Gosha recalls. Image: Warped metal and broken cars
The rate of inflation has eased slightly to 6.7% confounding the predictions of economists that it would rise. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the consumer prices index (CPI) measure slowed in the 12 months to August, from the 6.8% figure reported the previous month, thanks to food rising at a weaker pace during
A father who called the police after he found out his 11-year-old daughter had been sending images of herself to a man online was told his child could be face charges of making indecent images of children Police in Columbus, Ohio say they are investigating a report that their officers told the worried parent their
Hunter Biden will plead not guilty to a federal firearms charge following the collapse of a plea deal. Lawyers for President Joe Biden’s son confirmed their intention in a letter to the judge while also asking for the initial court appearance to be held remotely. The 53-year-old was indicted last week for possessing a gun
A New Zealand-based startup just got $18 million to commercialize graphite made of wood chips for EV batteries in Europe and the US. Graphite made of wood chips and sawdust Swedish-Finnish renewable forestry giant Stora Enso, Hong Kong-based battery maker Amperex Technology (ATL), and other partners are investing in CarbonScape, which uses forestry and timber industry
In this article ABNB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Naba Banerjee, Airbnb Source: Prashant Joshi | Airbnb Naba Banerjee is a proud party pooper. As the person in charge of Airbnb’s worldwide ban on parties, she’s spent more than three years figuring out how to battle party “collusion” by users, flag “repeat party houses”
More than a year and a half into this war, President Biden has felt the need to urge the world not to succumb to appeasement with Russia. Allowing any carving up of Ukraine will render everyone less safe – that was the gist of the argument he made in the UN General Assembly. In an
Rishi Sunak looks set to weaken key climate pledges in a move that has drawn heavy criticism from Tory MPs and environmental groups. The prime minister said he remains committed to the net zero target by 2050 but will achieve it “in a better, more proportionate way”. It comes after a report in the BBC
Lenders to Cazoo, the British-based online car retailer, will take control of the company’s shares as part of a deep financial restructuring expected to be announced within days. Sky News has learnt that Cazoo was on Tuesday putting the finishing touches to a $630m debt-for-equity swap that will leave Viking Global Investors, a US-based fund,
Barbara Fried, mother of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, leaves the courthouse, after U.S judge revoked Bankman-Fried’s bail, in New York, August 11, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is looking to claw back luxury property and “millions of dollars in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds” from the
A TV executive who worked at a company that hired Russell Brand has described the allegations against the star as “depressing”. Phil Edgar-Jones was creative director of Remarkable Pictures, part of Endemol UK, and oversaw Big Brother during its Channel 4 years. Speaking to Sky News, he said: “There was never any sense that he’d
Joe Biden has said the world must stand up to Russia’s “naked aggression” and support the people of Ukraine. Speaking to the UN General Assembly, he said Moscow alone bears responsibility for the war, stands in the way of peace, and has the power to end the conflict immediately. The US president urged UN members
Andrew Sachs’ granddaughter Georgina Baillie has argued that YouTube suspending earnings from Russell Brand’s channel is “cancel culture”. Baillie, 38, who had an on-off relationship with Brand in the 2000s, said although she didn’t know all the details of the allegations, some of the evidence is “compelling”. The actress was at the centre of the
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 19, 2023, 05:05 AM ET The UK television broadcaster of Manchester United‘s trip to Bayern Munich in the Champions League this week billed the match as a clash between “two of the biggest teams in the world” in their advertising push, but Erik ten Hag and his players will arrive in southern
The UK economy will have the highest inflation rate among the world’s richest nations this year, according to new forecasts. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in its interim economic outlook report that it expected the UK’s inflation rate to average 7.2% during 2023. That was a rise on its previous
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Two parents and their two children have been shot dead as police say they are not treating the case as murder-suicide. Three dogs were also found shot dead in the home in Romeoville, a village around 26 miles from Chicago in the US state of Illinois, shortly after 8.43pm local time on Sunday (2.43am UK
Members of the rescue teams from the Egyptian army carry a dead body as they walk in the mud between the destroyed buildings, after a powerful storm and heavy rainfall hit Libya, in Derna, Libya September 13, 2023. Ahmed Elumami | Reuters Storm Daniel has left Libya, a country grappling with conflict and economic crisis