A £1.2bn class action claim accusing the owner of Royal Mail of abusing its “dominant position” in the market for sending bulk mail has been given the green light to proceed to trial by UK competition authorities. Bulk Mail Claim Ltd, a recently formed company representing an estimated 290,000 customers who claim they were overcharged…
Fifa has banned the former Gabon youth-team coach Patrick Assoumou Eyi, known as “Capello”, for life after its adjudicatory chamber found him guilty of committing repeated acts of sexual abuse against multiple players. Eyi – who left his post as head coach of Gabon’s under-17 team in 2017 – admitted charges of raping, grooming and…
The “stop the boats” slogan was “too stark”, Rishi Sunak has said, reflecting on his time in office, adding that he even regrets ever using the phrase because it was “too stark … too binary”. The former prime minister, who led the Conservative party to one of its worst election defeats in history, described it…
Australian great Steve Smith has quit one-day international cricket, but says prolonging his stellar Test career is a priority. Smith told his teammates of his ODI retirement after captaining Australia to a Champions Trophy semi-final loss against India in Dubai. The 35-year-old signalled his intent to continue his Test career until at least the Ashes…
Some companies are “stuck in neutral” in their approach to artificial intelligence, according to Microsoft’s UK boss, who said a significant number of private and public sector organisations lack any formal AI strategy. A Microsoft survey of nearly 1,500 UK senior leaders across public and private sectors, as well as 1,440 employees, found that more…
Designers need to “fundamentally rethink our relationship with the natural world”, according to the curator of a new exhibition which argues the needs of nature and animals should be considered when creating homes, buildings and products. Justin McGuirk, the curator of the upcoming More Than Human exhibition at the Design Museum in London, said our…
The speaker of New Zealand’s parliament has told lawmakers to stop complaining about the use of the Māori name for the country, after the deputy prime minister strongly objected to hearing it in the house. In a ruling on Tuesday, Gerry Brownlee said that while “New Zealand” is the official name, the Māori name “Aotearoa”…
Michigan senator Elissa Slotkin followed Donald Trump’s record-long joint congressional address on Tuesday by focusing on the risk of a declining democracy, directly challenging citizens to take an active role in holding elected officials accountable – herself included. The first-term Democratic senator, who represents a state won by the president, explained how preserving democracy requires…
Angus Taylor has appeared to backflip on the Coalition’s commitment to crack down on insurance companies if they do not bring down premiums. In February, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, told Sky News the Coalition was prepared to “intervene” in the insurance market. “As we’ve done with the supermarkets, where we have threatened divestment, if…
The former fire chief in Los Angeles, Kristin Crowley, failed to regain her job on Tuesday after she was ousted by Mayor Karen Bass last month following the most destructive wildfires in the city’s history. Crowley made her case to the LA city council on Tuesday for why she believes her firing was unwarranted, to…
