Government officials will this week fly to China in an effort to convince the owner of British Steel to finalise plans for a state funding package amid hundreds of job cuts at the company. Sky News has learnt that civil servants from the Department for Business and Trade are travelling to meet executives from Jingye
Russia’s president had a message of defiance for the West as he suspended participation in the last major nuclear arms control treaty with the United States. Vladimir Putin also vowed to conduct nuclear weapons tests if Washington chose to do so and challenged the nuclear weapons posture of the UK and France. If anyone in
Joe Biden has said Vladimir Putin expected his enemies to “roll over” when he invaded Ukraine but was met with the “iron will” of its allies – as the Russian president suspended a key nuclear treaty with the US after accusing the West of starting the war. The American president gave a historic speech from
Check you out, Mr. fashion killa. You’re on the hunt for some stylish new kicks, and you’ve decided on a pair of the best leather sneakers for men. Bravo. When it comes to casual footwear, you’ll struggle to find anything better. And if you were in any doubt about their importance to a guy’s wardrobe,
K-pop group TWICE have announced a 2023 world stadium tour ahead of their upcoming mini album, READY TO BE. The “READY TO BE” tour kicks off on April 15th with a two-night stand at Seoul’s KSPO Dome. TWICE will make stops in Sydney, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and more before wrapping up the trek in
You might be a sci-fi connoisseur, but can you identify science fiction books from the descriptions of people who truly hated them? See if you can guess the sci-fi book based on its 1-star reviews below! Bad reviews can be a bit of a sticking point for authors, and understandably so. No one likes to
Singapore’s new digital retail banks are offering lower fees, more incentives and waiving minimum account balances to win over customers from traditional banks. But how viable is this in the long run? Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Digital retail banks in Singapore are pulling out all stops to win new customers. Trust
A deal to resolve post-Brexit trading issues in Northern Ireland is not likely this week, a minister has suggested. Maria Caulfield told Sky News Rishi Sunak is “working really hard” to fix problems with the contentious Northern Ireland Protocol, amid signs of a possible Tory rebellion. Asked about the prospect of a breakthrough this week
Public borrowing in the financial year to date is £30.6bn less than predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), according to the last set of official figures before next month’s budget. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported a £5.4bn surplus for the chancellor in January – aided by the highest January figure for
Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for starting the war in Ukraine and claimed Russia responded with force “in order to stop it”. In a speech describing his aims for the second year of his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president said Ukraine was in talks with the West about weapons before Russia invaded its
US President Joe Biden has become the latest and most powerful Western leader to visit Kyiv since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year. The show of solidarity for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his people came as a surprise to many, as the White House said last week that the US president had no
Championing the next wave of emerging talents, Frequency is establishing itself as a powerful player within the independent label space, having just launched a custom YouTube Content ID system and expanded with a new publishing arm. The tastemaker imprint’s early days date back to 2013, when founder Kelvin Ruijters noticed a lack of availability of
Shopping for yourself? A no-brainer. Shopping for others? That’s a whole other story. Whether you’re gifting your dad, sister, or life-long friend, securing the perfect present can feel more like a hike up the steepest mountain rather than a leisurely walk through the park. Enter: Amazon’s outlet store full of designer finds for everyone on
Travis Barker is doing all he can to heal himself before Blink-182’s upcoming tour — he’s already wearing medical hardware after suffering from a gnarly finger injury. Travis and his wife, Kourtney Kardashian, were seen Monday walking hand-in-hand — gently, we hope — through the streets of WeHo. Both were slurping iced matcha drinks, so
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation,” wrote Henry David Thoreau in Walden. If you’re looking for quiet desperation in modern-day America, you’d be hard-pressed for a better place to find it than the “dubiously named” Oasis Mobile Estates in Riverside County, California, the setting of Asale Angel-Ajani’s debut novel, A Country You
Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989. But he has been dissatisfied with the way his original vision for the web has panned out. Rita Franca | Nurphoto | Getty Images Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, called cryptocurrency “dangerous” and likened it to gambling in an
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