Ministers will make it harder for new properties to be turned into holiday homes under plans to see off a Tory rebellion on planning rules. Michael Gove, the housing secretary, is in talks with a group of up to 60 ...
ELON MUSK said on Wednesday he expects a wireless brain chip developed by his company Neuralink to begin human clinical trials in six months, after the company missed earlier timelines set by him. The company is developing brain chip interfaces ...
NEW YORK — Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former chief executive officer of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, attempted to distance himself from suggestion of fraud in his first public appearance since his company’s collapse stunned investors and left creditors facing ...
The Biden administration has banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose “an unacceptable risk” to US national security. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Friday it had adopted the final ...
WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) sees scope for a further gradual, safe recalibration of China’s zero-COVID policy that could allow economic growth in the country to pick up in 2023, an IMF spokesperson said on Wednesday. China’s strict ...
LONDON — Britain is to trial using low Earth orbit satellites to provide high-speed internet connections to remote homes and businesses, with the initial sites supported by equipment supplied by Elon Musk’s Starlink system. The government said on Wednesday it ...
LONDON — As a fluent English speaker, Indian-trained nurse Deepa was surprised to learn she had to sit a language test to practice in Britain, her home for many years. She was even more shocked when she failed it — ...
European women’s work-life balance has worsened since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020, a European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) report shows. The EIGE’s Gender Equality Index 2022, which has a thematic focus on care, ...
Determining whether we are in a risk-on or risk-off climate is challenging, especially after a fantastic day of gains in every major US index. We should be in a risk-on environment. The Chinese stock market even rose, with technology and ...
As of today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has advanced to just over +20% from its October low, which by some standards means it has entered a new bull market. Does that mean that the worst is over and that ...