The UK’s borrowing bill rose in April on the back of stubbornly high inflation forcing up the government’s debt interest payments. Official figures showed that public sector borrowing climbed to £25.6 billion last month, up from £13.7 billion in the ...
Train passengers face losing access to wifi after the government told rail companies to stop providing the service unless they can demonstrate its business case. The move is being pushed by the Department for Transport in order to cut costs ...
Brexit regret has reached record levels, according to new polling which said just 9% of Brits consider it to be more of a success than a failure. According to a YouGov survey, 62% of people describe it as more of ...
Ireland is set to become the first country in the world to put health warnings on alcohol products. Dublin’s health minister Stephen Donnelly signed new regulations on Monday, which will warn drinkers about the health risks of drinking alcohol, as ...
The average UK side hustle generates a whopping £22,900 a year in supplemental income for entrepreneurs, new data has revealed. While side hustles that provide services or manual jobs continue to thrive, e-commerce has been at the heart of this ...
BEIJING — A fraud in northern China that used sophisticated “deepfake” technology to convince a man to transfer money to a supposed friend has sparked concern about the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to aid financial crimes. China has ...
JERUSALEM — Israel aims to parlay its technological prowess to become an artificial intelligence (AI) “superpower,” the Defense Ministry director-general said on Monday, predicting advances in autonomous warfare and streamlined combat decision-making. Steps to harness rapid AI evolutions include the ...
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 5% in April, higher than forecast, official data showed on Tuesday. Core inflation — which excludes private road transport and accommodation costs — rose 5% year-on-year in April whereas a Reuters poll ...
LONDON — International securities watchdog IOSCO unveiled on Tuesday the first global approach to regulating cryptoasset and digital markets, drawing on lessons from last year’s collapse of the FTX exchange that fueled concerns over consumer protection. The industry, which typically ...
TOKYO — The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies this weekend pledged to “de-risk” without “decoupling” from China, an approach that reflected European and Japanese concerns about pushing Beijing too hard, officials and experts said. US President ...