The chancellor is considering extending the government’s mortgage guarantee scheme, after UK bank bosses raised concerns over the state of the UK’s mortgage market at a high-level meeting at No 11 Downing Street. The meeting on Thursday – which was ...
TAIPEI — Chinese missiles flying over Taiwan and naval drills in the Strait in August that simulated a blockade by China have jolted the semiconductor industry into contemplating what once seemed a remote possibility: war over the major chip-producing island. ...
BEIJING — The mounting economic toll of China’s zero-COVID policy is raising investor hopes that Beijing may finally begin laying the groundwork for the tricky epidemiological and political task of shifting course following this month’s Communist Party congress. It is ...
NA KLANG, Thailand — Thai government buildings flew flags at half-mast on Friday to mourn the death of more than 30 people, including 23 children, after an ex-policeman burst into a daycare center in a knife and gun rampage that ...
PRAGUE — Leaders of the European Union (EU) and neighbors from Britain to Turkey met on Thursday to discuss security and energy emergencies plaguing them all since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a symbolic summit that underlined Moscow’s isolation. The gathering ...
Asda offers over 60s soup, a roll and unlimited hot drinks for £1 to help with cost of living crisis
Asda is offering over 60s some soup, a roll and unlimited tea and coffees for £1 as part of its new ‘winter warmer’ initiatives to support community groups struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. The offer can be taken up in ...
Jeremy Clarkson has been ordered to shut his farm’s café and restaurant after he “ignored” warnings from council officers that he was in breach of planning regulations. Clarkson, 62, has appealed against an enforcement notice issued by West Oxfordshire district ...
The boss of Rolls-Royce has said he regretted signing up to a government-backed net zero initiative ahead of the Cop26 climate summit. Warren East, the company’s chief executive, has tried to position the aircraft engine maker as a green leader ...
A catalogue retailer has been issued with a huge fine for using customers’ shopping habits to try to predict their health problems and then bombarding them with aggressive calls to sell related medical products. The Information Commissioner’s Office levied a ...
A Delaware judge has given Elon Musk until the end of the month to complete his Twitter takeover, delaying a highly anticipated trial over his bid to terminate the $44 billion deal. The world’s richest man must now buy the ...