Beijing’s Calculated Gambit: Can China Broker Middle East Peace?
As the crisis in the Middle East enters its second thirty days, destabilising global energy supplies and pushing crude costs to record highs, China has…
Income-based energy support plan emerges as bills set to soar in autumn
The government has announced plans for energy bill support based on household income as wholesale prices rise sharply amid Middle East tensions, with Chancellor Rachel…
2.7 Million Workers Receive Wage Boost as Minimum Pay Rises Across UK
Around 2.7 million workers across the UK are due to get a wage increase this week as the national minimum wage takes effect. The over-21s…
Oracle slashes workforce in major restructuring drive
Oracle, among the world’s biggest software and cloud computing companies, has revealed “significant” job cuts on Tuesday as part of a major restructuring drive. The…
Australia’s online watchdog has criticised the world’s biggest social platforms of failing to properly enforce the country’s ban on under-16s using their platforms, despite legislation…
Why Big Tech Blames AI for Thousands of Job Losses
Technology giants including Google, Amazon and Meta have announced thousands of job cuts in recent weeks, with their executives pointing to machine learning as the…
Lloyds IT Failure Exposes Data of Nearly Half Million Customers
Nearly half a million clients of Lloyds Banking Group experienced their banking data compromised in a significant IT failure, the bank has disclosed. The system…
NHS to Provide Weight-Loss Injections for Heart Attack Prevention
The NHS is to provide weight-loss injections to more than a million people in England facing the threat of heart attacks and strokes, representing a…