A Conservative peer has been accused of using antisemitic tropes after telling a debate in the Lords that Jewish people should pay for a proposed Holocaust memorial in London because they have “an awful lot of money”. Archie Hamilton, who served as a minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major and was made a peer…
The EU’s ambassador to China has urged Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants, saying that its rapid approval of new projects was increasingly at odds with its green ambitions. Speaking at an EU-hosted event in Beijing, Jorge Toledo said the war in Ukraine had underlined the need for energy security, but that the EU…
When Corrinne Durber was told by Paddy Power she had won £1m but received only £20,000 she had a choice: fold or double down. The gardener from Gloucestershire went for the latter and on Wednesday her tenacity paid off – she won a high court case forcing the gambling giant to hand over exactly £1,076,867.57.…
Environmentalists have urged the Trump administration to reverse its decision to cut off funding for key conservation work aimed at saving iconic at-risk species, including anti-poaching patrols for vulnerable rhinos and elephants. International conservation grants administered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) have been frozen by Trump, throwing conservation non-profits around the world…
A full-blown trade war would pose a “substantial” threat to the British economy, Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned. Donald Trump struck Canadian and Mexican imports with new duties of 25% at midnight on Tuesday, and also levied extra 20% tariffs against Chinese goods, triggering retaliatory moves. He also threatened to place sweeping…
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz speaks at the Wall Street Journal Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California, on Oct. 21, 2019. Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty Images CrowdStrike shares dropped 9% after issuing weak earnings guidance as the company signaled ongoing pressure from its global IT outage that rattled businesses in July. The cybersecurity…
Authorities misidentified a deceased dog while investigating the deaths of the actor Gene Hackman and his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, according to a pet care specialist. The news comes as authorities have been searching for answers after the deaths of Hackman and Arakawa, whose partially mummified bodies were discovered on 26 February at their Santa…
A court permanently blocked Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban from taking effect on Wednesday, months after Arizona residents voted to pass a ballot measure adding abortion rights into the state constitution. “For two years, I’ve seen firsthand how our state’s abortion ban has harmed my patients, with countless lives and futures changed because politicians thought their…
Residential apartment buildings in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images New apartment construction hit a record high last year, but all that new supply is apparently not enough to cool the competition in the market. Getting a rental is actually becoming even…
House Republicans are launching an assault on sanctuary city policies after summoning mayors from four major US cities to the Capitol on Wednesday to defend their approach to immigration enforcement. Before a packed room on Capitol Hill, the House oversight committee, led by its Republican chair, James Comer of Kentucky, sought to portray sanctuary cities…
