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As fears of a second wave of the coronavirus build up, so do fears of a tighter lockdown and of

There may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon, as according to the International Monetary Fund, the world economy, while dire, may not be quite as bleak as it was June.

As the country looks towards winter, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today outlined government’s plan to protect jobs and support businesses over the coming months with a new Job Support Scheme and an extension of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme.

A new app to help control the spread of COVID-19 has been launched by the National Health Service (NHS) across England and Wales today.

The Queen is set to lose about 300,000 of her subjects— not to the dreaded coronavirus pandemic, but to the decision by the Caribbean island of Barbados to relinquish the crown and to become a republic next year.

As the pandemic intensifies its hold on the economy, Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey seems to be dampening down speculation about the introduction of negative rates although noting that they are a part of the Bank’s toolbox.

With the UK COVID-19 infection rate growing and with more and more sections of the country under some form of lockdown, many are preparing for an imminent nation-wide lockdown.

The death of US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) on the weekend has added even more grit to the already tense presidential campaign in that country.

Christmas 2020 may still be on the cards, but New Years Eve is another story, as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on Friday that the celebrations would be cancelled.

As Australian flag carrier airline Qantas struggles through the travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it has sold out all seats on its first ‘flight to nowhere’ in just 10 minutes.

The Bank Rate is the rate at which a country’s central bank lends to commercial banks in that country. So it is the rate that other banks in that country use to decide their own lending and borrowing rates.

The Bank of England (BoE) is keeping the Bank Rate at 0.1 percent, in its effort to meet the two percent inflation target and to help sustain growth and employment at a time of extreme economic and financial impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With many people now working from home due to the coronavirus, some two thirds of employers in a recent survey say that homer workers are more or as productive as when they were in the workplace.

In its first all-online launch programme, Apple has launched its latest watch and iPad — but not the much anticipated iPhone.

Shinzo Abe resigned today (September 16) as Japan’s prime minister and his cabinet followed suit to make way for a new leader, Yoshihide Suga.

Ocado Retail, the grocery delivery service, says it has successfully switched over from Waitrose to Marks and Spencer (M&S), two weeks after making the switch on September 1.

Latest unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that unemployment has risen to 4.1 percent for the quarter ending in July.

One industry that is doing well during the pandemic is takeaway delivery services, allowing people to treat themselves to a meal from their favourite restaurant without having to leave the safety of their homes. The increased demand has seen some of the players offer new services and innovation, including in-restaurant payment options and home delivery of groceries.

The UK has secured a free trade agreement with Japan, which is the UK’s first major trade deal as an independent trading nation and will increase trade with Japan by an estimated £15.2 billion.

Cheaper wine may be in the future of many heading across the Channel, as British passengers travelling to EU countries

The UK economy continued on its trajectory of recovery in July —growing by some 6.6 percent according to a release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But it still has far to go before making up for all the GDP that has been lost since the coronavirus outbreak.

As online shopping shoots up due to the coronavirus, British supermarket chain Morrisons is hiring some 6,000 new employees to keep up with the demand.

In a move to get around recent US restrictions, Chinese mobile producer Huawei says its own operating system — dubbed HarmonyOS — should be on its smartphones by next year.

Lloyd’s of London confirmed on Thursday that it expects to pay out up to £5 billion in COVID-19 customer claims,

The Rolling Stones on Tuesday defied the gloom of the coronavirus outbreak to launch the band’s first flagship store

South Africa’s economy shrank by more than half in the second quarter, an unprecedented decline, as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the continent’s most industrialised state, the statistics agency said Tuesday.

A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced a Christian man to death after convicting him of sending text messages containing “blasphemous

Apple on Tuesday fired off invitations to a September 15 online event expected to star the first iPhone tailored

Agence France-Presse announced Tuesday that it had lodged a complaint with French regulators over a standoff with Google, saying the US giant is refusing to move forward on paying to display the agency’s content in web searches.

Increasingly rum as an industry has been waking up to the ever-expanding market for premium spirits, and has been promoting some mature rums, far from the image of partying pirates singing yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, and fighting instead with your grandfather’s whiskies for attention.

The Turkish fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Monday branded a Saudi court ruling overturning five death sentences in his 2018 murder a “farce”.

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The British pound sank Monday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to revive investor fears of a no-deal Brexit, dealers said.

China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic.

Samsung Electronics clinched a $6.6 billion agreement to provide 5G network equipment to Verizon in the United States, a regulatory filing showed Monday, expanding its presence in the strategically crucial market.

At the Koon Chun Sauce Factory workers are scrambling to cover hundreds of thousands of bottles with new “Made in China” labels as the popular Hong Kong brand falls victim to spiralling diplomatic tensions.

With no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, worldwide demand for surgical gloves — as for other types of personal protective equipment — is booming, leaving manufacturers struggling to keep up.

The English Premier League abruptly announced the termination of the big-money contract with its broadcaster in China in a two-paragraph statement on Thursday.

Congressman Joe Kennedy, long seen as a rising star, crashed to defeat Tuesday in his bid for a US Senate seat, the first time the storied American political dynasty lost a state election in Massachusetts.

A legendary American political dynasty is at stake Tuesday with Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, challenging a veteran progressive incumbent for his seat in the US Senate.

Pope Francis renewed a call on Tuesday for the cancellation of debt owed by poor countries in the

Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, committed stock manipulation, breach of trust and other offences when two other subsidiaries, Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries, merged in 2015, prosecutors have said.

The Arab world’s last living music legend Fairuz, who French president Emmanuel Macron was to visit Monday in Beirut, is a rare symbol of national unity in crisis-hit Lebanon.

Chadwick Boseman, star of the ground-breaking superhero movie Black Panther, has died at the age of 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer.

A Swiss region that has faced heavy criticism for allowing wealthy foreigners to pay large sums to shoot protected

Amazon has unveiled a wristband that goes beyond simply tracking activity to gauging how happy a person is by the sound of their voice.

In the Protestant Lutheran Church of Sweden, which has 5.8 million members in a country of 10.3 million and where ministers hold the title of priest, “women are here to stay.”

Melania Trump put a kinder, gentler sheen on Donald Trump’s reelection campaign with a star turn at the Republican convention Tuesday where she broke ranks to speak compassionately about coronavirus victims and recalled her own immigrant story in an appeal for racial harmony.

Footballing minnows Adelaide United issued a long-shot bid to entice superstar Lionel Messi to join its ranks Wednesday, touting the remote South Australian city as a coronavirus safehaven for playing and raising his family.

As fast as he may be, the worlds fastest athlete Usain Bolt, was unable to outrun COVID-19.

Swiss prosecutors are investigating the purchase of a mansion in Britain by ex-Spanish king Juan Carlos’s former lover in 2015, three years after she received 65 million euros from him.

British and other foreign tourists won’t be allowed to visit Bali for the rest of 2020 due to coronavirus concerns, its governor said, scrapping a plan to open up the Indonesian island from next month.

Apres-ski partying will be curbed in a ski resort in Austria that became one of Europe’s coronavirus hotspots early in the pandemic, authorities said.

For the month of August diners are entitled to a 50 per cent discount when they eat in at restaurants that are registered with the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

As anti-pandemic measures put a cramp in many people’s personal lives, social networking products are helping people to stay sane and are differentiating themselves and finding their own gaps to fill and own.

French resorts and holiday destinations are buzzing at the height of the season despite the pandemic but, with foreigners staying away and the shadow of the coronavirus looming large, this is no ordinary summer.

Britain saw the highest number of monthly housing sales agreed in more than a decade in July as coronavirus restrictions were eased, according to research published Monday.
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Confidence among investors in Germany soars to its highest level in years.
US and UK trade talks to continue into autumn Britain | US | trade | Brexit Britain said Wednesday that US and UK trade talks would

Serena Williams shrugged off the absence of fans to make a winning return from her six-month coronavirus layoff on Tuesday, defeating lowly ranked Bernarda Pera in three sets at the WTA Top Seed Open tournament in Kentucky.

Long associated with narrow, cobbled streets in Europe and congested Asian megacities, scooters are now becoming a common sight in car-loving America as commuters shun public transport because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Britain’s economy contracted by a record 20.4 percent in the second quarter with the country in lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Wednesday.

Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez on Thursday made permanent his move to Inter Milan on a three-year contract, ending his

Visitors to Spain’s Canary Islands can now benefit from free insurance cover if they get the coronavirus, the region’s government

“Slim to none” are the chances that Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios will be playing at the French Open, according to

The secret is out and lingerie company Victoria’s Secret is struggling to keep itself covered through the age of COVID-19.

People who care about their credit scores tend to obsess about some things they probably shouldn’t, such as the possibility

The pandemic claimed its latest corporate victim on Wednesday, with Virgin Atlantic filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States

Richard Branson, founder of space-travel company Virgin Galactic, will be the company’s first passenger when it runs its first commercial

Egypt has invited SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk to come to see the pyramids for himself after he made

UK regulators have given the go-ahead for Amazon to buy a stake in Deliveroo, the UK-based takeaway delivery group, after

The COVID-19 pandemic has more than halved profits at Diageo, the British drinks group which produces a wide range of

As the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic intensify, EasyJet has declared a pre-tax loss of £324.5 million for its third quarter to June.

Microsoft is back on track to acquire the US operations of the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a Chinese-owned company, in

Liverpool’s multiple triumphs over the last 14 months have been the highlight of the career of the club’s principal owner

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COVID-19 struck the battered cruise industry again today when Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten announced a closure of its voyages. The

The US stock market started the week with a strong opening today, with the Dow Jones average up 0.8 per

Virgin Galactic and Rolls-Royce have partnered to create a supersonic commercial aeroplane that will fly even faster than the Concorde.

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Supermarket Asda posted like-for-like sales growth of 9.6% to £5.4bn (excluding fuel) in its Q2 results for the 3 months

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The pandemic has had ‘next to no impact’ on online sales, despite initial claims of a significant acceleration, new data

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Californian-based firm Alef Aeronautics reveals it has notched up 2,500 in pre-orders, totalling revenue of $750m on delivery, for the

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The UK economy saw unexpected growth in the second quarter and became the only advanced economy to regain

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Tech giants who reap your data though your devices should pay you for it with shares in their

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Musk v Zuckerberg ? Surely, they can’t be serious! The word this weekend was that at least

One of the UK’s biggest retail chains – founded by an entrepreneur with one shop 93 years ago

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The American takeover of English football gathered pace with the acquisition of Championship strugglers Birmingham City by gridiron legend

The cost of borrowing money has gone up yet again to a 15-year high meaning more pain

Fashion retailer Next has bucked the downward trend among retailers on UK High Streets with news that profits

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Patricia Bright – one of the UK’s rising influencers – is being brought in to help entrepreneurs in small

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This is not your everyday entrepreneur start-up. It was born on the desire for a kiss; boomed

Greggs – the cheap and cheerful pastry purveyor – forecast 10% growth in pre-tax profits despite rising costs

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In 2023, the e-commerce industry is predicted to generate $6.3 trillion globally. In context, Forbes highlighted that: 20.8% of retail

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The Nigel Farage Coutts Bank battle claimed its highest profile scalp today, with the resignation of NatWest chief executive,

TEASER…In this week’s podcast (which launches Thursday), Matt Haycox interviews media personality and former girl band singer Kerry Katona about

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The cost of a comfortable retirement has gone up by nearly a fifth, according to data. Average spending by

The number of families contributing to their under-18 year old children’s pension pots has soared from 25,000 in

Fine words at a lavish wedding, in a castle, banished any lingering doubts that serial entrepreneur Len Findlay may

Twitter users are slating the new ‘X’ rebrand, which is understood to be part of Twitter owner Elon Musk’s ambition

Unregulated online legal services like “quickie divorces” and DIY wills are to be the subject of a consultation by

The cost of living crisis continues to put the squeeze on pockets but luckily Britons will soon have

The roots of Gianni Guitteaud’s career, as an entrepreneur, went down long before he was born. They were

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Embattled NatWest chief executive, Dame Alison Rose, has apologised to Nigel Farage for “deeply inappropriate comments” but has declined

Equities jumped for joy yesterday with the FTSE posting its strongest performance in eight months after better-than-expected UK inflation

Unions will stage a fresh wave of strikes at Amazon in August, to push a pay claim and recognition

There’s a medical breakthrough that could mean business in a huge market for entrepreneurs with deep pockets prepared

There was a sigh of relief from the British economy today as inflation figures were down on the previous

TEASER…In this week’s podcast (which launches Thursday), Matt Haycox interviews former Apprentice star and ‘king of bosh’ Tom Skinner about

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I was sitting in Dubai, reflecting on some of the many questions I get asked which has inspired this editorial

She’s back and she’s top of the bill at a cinema near you. As Warner Bros’ hotly anticipated Barbie

Burnout a state of physical and mental exhaustion often caused by prolonged stress — can severely hamper an entrepreneur’s ability

In a 2023 digital landscape, TikTok for business growth is how you go from ordinary to extraordinary. The shift

Gianni Guitteaud is an up-and-coming AI entrepreneur with a new company and fresh ideas. He has worked in London

In the fast moving world of AI, the biggest threats to progress are clampdowns on data by governments and

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Watch out, social media influencers, your days of giving out unqualified, unregulated financial advice to the general public are

They may appeal to the young, hip and edgy but cryptocurrencies are also surprisingly popular with super wealthy investors,

Renters and mortgage holders are bearing the brunt of the cost of living crisis, research has found. According to the

Where has time gone this year?! I like to think I am getting younger every day but the speed at

Yesterday Huw Edwards was named as the BBC presenter who was alleged by The Sun to have paid a

It is decision day tomorrow (July 14) for union plans to spread strike action against the world’s second largest

Bud Light’s parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev lost a reported $4bn in market cap, after customers turned away in droves following

Huw Edwards was one of the most respected broadcasters at the BBC in a career at the corporation spanning

Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter at the heart of allegations about payments to a young
Shortly after we published this comment piece, Huw Edwards was named as the mystery presenter. Obviously, this changes the perspective

He was one of the first to sign up for Threads, but now he’s not so sure.

Once upon a time a household name who was alleged to have paid a young person for sexually explicit photographs

The union leading the Prime Day strike at Amazon – between July 11 and 13 – is planning to

Threads, Mark Zuckerberg’s newly launched social media platform, is set to hit 100m followers in its first week. By

Large companies are far more popular workplaces than smaller ones, according to research. This is hardly surprising because

These are tough times for entrepreneurs in the UK economy and commercial insurance broker Simon Lancaster reckons it is

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An online petition that was signed by more than 315,000 people has been rejected by the Government today.

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The British economy seems to be defying predictions of doom and gloom following Brexit and during the continuing Covid pandemic.

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In its effort to draw Conservative MP Geoffrey Cox into the story on supposed government corruption, the Labour party is now throwing shade on the sunny British Virgin Islands.

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COP26 moved into discussions about finance today, with the UK taking the lead as Chancellor of the Exchequer declared that the country would become the “first-ever net zero aligned global financial centre”.

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Prince Charles and Prince William appear to be making a concerted effort to bring more relevance to the monarchy.

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As the British economy seems to reel from the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic, Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition got the chance to speak face to face with Labour supporters at the party’s conference in Brighton today.

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As the world prepares to tackle climate change yet again at the next global summit on how to protect the planet – Scott Morrison, the prime minister of the country that is seen as the largest polluter per capita, says he doesn’t think he’ll bother to go.

The pandemic may have hit global health and economies, but it has done little to prevent countries from holding their national elections. Next up is Germany.

US President Joe Biden is now facing a new problem within his Democratic Party, as more and more voices are coming out against his policy at the Southern Border, especially with Haitian people seeking refugee status.

he relationship between the US and UK seemed to improve further when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited US President Joe Biden at the White House yesterday.

Joe Biden wanted to burnish his image with a speech to the UN General Assembly — and largely did so.

“There is no question of the lights going out this winter…There will be no throwback to the 1970s” according to Kwasi Kwarteng.

As the UK sets about some return to normality, even as the pandemic rages around the globe, it was announced that England would be scrapping the traffic light system used for overseas travel.

The announcement of Aukus — a new US,UK and Australia security pact — seems to have ratcheted up Cold War II tensions to a new level.

A few ministers got the chop today, as others rose to new positions, as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson reshuffled his cabinet.

While many people across the globe have not yet had even one vaccination shot, the UK has announced that it will now be rolling out booster shots, along with other wealthy countries.

Emma Raducanu at the age of 18 has made the front pages of all UK national papers, as she has won the US Open, taking home prize money of US$2.5 million.

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So the promise was worth less than the paper it was written on. But is the gamble worth the political risk?

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The Taliban now has control of Afghanistan – but after 20 years of fighting the world’s greatest military powers, it now faces a new challenge that could defeat the best educated and most sophisticated governments.

It didn’t take long for Joe Biden and his supporters to find a new topic to pull the public’s attention away from the defeat in Afghanistan — thanks to a Texas law on abortion.

US President Joe Biden yesterday tried to put a positive spin on the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, calling it an “extraordinary success”.

The last American soldier has now left Afghanistan – but he is not the last American in the country that is now ruled by the Taliban.

An explosion at the Kabul airport threatens the evacuation of people and rescue animals alike. Who gets precedence?

Deflect! That seems to be the main strategy for US President Joe Biden as he manoeuvres around the criticism he has been receiving for his Afghanistan policy.

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Both the CNN anchor and her interviewee were in tears on CNN earlier today, as they spoke about the tragic situation at the Kabul airport.

As much of the world is concerned about the pandemic and the scenes of chaos coming out of Afghanistan, a new political move in Scotland might bring into question one of the main platforms for its independence movement.

As a vet from the Afghan war, some people may imagine that Prince Harry may have something to say about the US and Nato withdrawal and the Taliban taking over the country.

As the Taliban is in resurgence and is on the verge of being recognised as the government of Afghanistan, the chaotic withdrawal of the United States from that country appears to signal a world power that is in decline.

“We don’t want any internal or external enemies” the Taliban said in a news conference today, in an attempt to show the world the friendly but Islamic face of the new power.

The withdrawal method proves ineffective in Afghanistan, as Taliban takes over the country.

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If it was such a bad idea for the UK to leave the EU, one would imagine that the number of potential refugees who would leave France to try to make it to England’s shores would be on the decline.

With all eyes on the Olympics and the success of Caribbean countries such as Jamaica and Cuba – many may have missed another great achievement from a representative of the tiny country of Barbados — Rihanna.

So it looks like some of the mud that Democrats threw at Donald Trump during his presidency is now hitting the faces of some of the previous throwers — namely Barack Obama and Andrew Cuomo.

Olympics tries to find its feet with no spectators and no Bolt By Ricky Browne The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are

Freedom Day means that the UK is returning fast to how life existed pre-Covid-19. But not completely, as much of the globe is still locked off from travel — and that includes the USA for most British residents.

The Cuban government seems to have successfully put down the mass protests that took place across the island three weeks ago.

The UK is sending out its first batch of vaccines overseas this week – with Jamaica one of several countries in line to benefit.

No news is bad news for the world’s media By Ricky Browne The world is entering the silly season –

It appears that the United Kingdom is coming out of its third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.

So sad to see the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan – all the fireworks, and all the technical and creative expertise – and virtually nobody in the stadium to give it a real sense of occasion.

City booted off UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites By Ricky Browne Liverpool can no longer measure up to Egypt’s

Jeff Bezos of Amazon, the world’s richest billionaire, made it into space and back today – nine days after fellow billionaire Richard Branson of Virgin fame did a very similar trip.

Its Freedom Day — let the Limbo party begin!

Is this the last hurrah for racism in English football?

Rioting in KwaZulu-Natal could have far reaching effects for South Africa and southern Africa in general.

If we don’t say anything, maybe nothing will happen. But protests in Cuba continue, even in the face of little international support.

Songs of protest are coming out of Cuba, as young people cry for freedom, tired of more than 60 years

International ravel is supposed to be easier now for British residents — but many will find they are stuck in amber.

So it’s official. The Olympics will be held this year with zero spectators in the stands – creating a surreal aspect to the event that is traditionally watched by pretty much every nation on Earth.

President Jovenel Moïse of Haiti was assassinated today, in a move that is likely to show the country whether or not it is already at rock bottom.

Plans are rolling ahead for the UK to remove Covid-19 protocols for July 19, referred to by many as “Freedom Day.”

As England gets closer to its dream of winning the Euro cup, eyes are also on 18-year-old Emma Raducanu, who is the UK’s player in this year’s Wimbledon.

Pickappepa Sauce got an unexpected boost to its potential sales in the UK, when it received high praise from British celebrity TV chef and domestic goddess Nigella Lawson on her show on the BBC earlier this week.

In case anyone was wondering, the sleeping dragon of China is fully awake now, and it is demanding respect from countries that were used to feeling superior.

England managed to beat Germany in a major football match for the first time since winning the World Cup at Wembley in 1966 – thanks to two goals, the first from Jamaican-born Raheem Sterling, and the second from Harry Kane, the England captain.

Covid-19 rages on, but sports is back showing some return to normality – at least in much of the developed world.

By Ricky Browne Sajid Javid, the former Home Secretary and the former chancellor of the exchequer is now the new

#Shagging was trending on Twitter in the UK today on the heels of a ‘World Exclusive’ by The Sun, that Health Minister Matt Hancock had been involved in an affair with one of his aides – with photographic evidence splashed across the front page.

The new green list has just come out? Who made it, and where can British tourists now fly off to?

Why has Russia designated the prestigious Bard College as ‘undesirable’? Another attack on freedom?

When it comes to Covid-19 the world is not level. Take a look at London and Tokyo and their upcoming games.

JP MORGAN SET TO ADD NUTMEG TO ITS SHELF OF PRODUCTS US investment bank JPMorgan Chase is acquiring UK digital

Phillips DreamStation turns into a nightmare for both sleep apnea patients and for Phillips itself.

Brands need to think carefully from now on before putting their products in front of influencers.


Freedom Day has officially been postponed in the UK, as some scientists say that the UK is entering its third wave.

Special relationship between US and UK looks strong By Ricky Browne The UK has pledged to donate more than 100

By Ricky Browne Cryptocurrencies in general, and Bitcoin in particular, made a step towards greater acceptance yesterday, when El Salvador

As US President Joe Biden and his wife head to the G7 meeting in Carbis Bay in St Ives, Cornwall – world leaders will get their first opportunity on almost two years to get some movement on the areas that they consider most important. The summit will happen over this weekend, from the 11th to the 13th.

As the non-ending race to be the richest human on earth continues, it has now branched off into a new subset – who will be the first billionaire to make it into space.

The Government has narrowly dodged a bullet as it missed being challenged in Parliament by its own backbenchers over its decision to cut overseas aid.

What’s in a name? Will Port Elizabeth be just as sweet with the name Gqeberha?

Scotland’s namesake New Caledonia may get independence before it does.

Haitian-Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka has made headlines as she decided to pull out of the French Open rather than acquiesce to the tournament’s demand that she participate in post-match press conferences.

By Ricky Browne The UK has given approval for what will be its fourth Covid-19 vaccine – the Janssen (Johnson

Opinions may differ, but as far as Health Secretary Matt Hancock is concerned, he has been completely honest during this pandemic, while saving lives.

Its always entertaining to see someone sling mud whilst simultaneously trying to wash his hands clean. It takes great dexterity. But that is what the British public got a chance to view yesterday.

Not since the days of the Sun King, Louis XIV, has a Frenchman, famed for his luxury, been deemed one of the richest men in the world – although Napoleon might have had a good attempt at it.

It appears that UFO sightings are being taken more seriously now than ever before.

Is Israel an apartheid state – the inheritor of the system that died in South Africa about 30 years ago?

More than a week after Israel and Palestine restarted their forever war, US President Joe Biden came out and said he rather wished they would have a cease fire.

Some countries just can’t get a break in this global order — Guyana seems to be one of them.

Ma Thuzar Wint Lwin, otherwise known as Miss Universe Myanmar, has brought a new meaning to the term ‘beauty with a purpose’.

Its got to the point when people must start to wonder if there aren’t any victims in this world.

As the deaths escalate in the war between Israel and Palestine – with a rate of more than 10 Palestinians killed for each Israeli killed – US President Joe Biden has come out and placed his support withIsrael.

Will he play Lip Service as US Secretary of State? By Ricky Browne Antony Blinken appeared out of seemingly nowhere

Usain Bolt was quick to make a post on his Instagram of fellow Jamaican Fraser McConnel winning his rally cross race in Denmark.

Hunter Biden, the 51-year-old son of US President Joe Biden, has published a memoir Beautiful Things about his chequered life, but the rationale behind it is not clear.

An American policeman kneeled upon a young man restraining him until he was dead — the whole thing caught on video — and nobody cared.

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A higher tax for corporation along with the introduction of free ports were among the highlights of Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s budget speech at Parliament today.
There is much talk of vaccine diplomacy and vaccine apartheid these days – with the spotlight shining largely on developed countries which are said to be hoarding vaccines, and on three major developing countries which are giving away their vaccines – Russia, India and China.
Sputnik V has flown higher on the Covid-19 radar, as the Russian vaccine is now believed to have an efficacy rate of about 92 percent – putting it into the same orbit as the American vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna.

Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of Myanmar (also known as Burma), has lost a lot of fans globally, is likely not to get much sympathy on an international level now that she has been locked up by the military in what appears to be a coup d’etat.
As an angry hoard of Trump supporters took over the US Capitol building for about four hours on January 6 — resulting in the deaths of at least four people — much of the world stood aghast.

The world is filled with news today about the pandemic and how it is hitting people and the economy. But today all eyes are really only on one story, and that is on how a crowd of thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC, resulting in at least four people dying.

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A Jamaican lion died on Tuesday. He was Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart, Jamaica’s greatest entrepreneur, a tourism mogul and a driving force for the country’s private sector.

A new year has started, but hopes that the coronavirus pandemic will be quickly contained are fading faster than US President Donald Trump’s hopes of being sworn in for a second term.
Some people can’t wait for the day when they are trending on social media. Prince Andrew is probably not one of those people.

Pity poor Margaret Keenen who at the age of 90 has become Bill Gates’ first victim in his evil plot to control the world — or at least according to the logic behind many anti vaxxers.
Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has arisen quickly from relalitve obscurity, and yet could be in line to be the UK’s next prime minister, at least according to some political observers.

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Between the discovery of an effective Covid-19 vaccine, the drama over the US election, and Britian on the verge of having no trade deal with Europe, there is a lot of news at the moment But not so big that people will drop everything at the prospect of getting a free lunch from Tesco.

A trial has shown a new vaccine produced by Pfizer to be 90 percent effective against Covid-19, it was reported today.

Who needs to fly if you can sail? That may have been the question on the minds of many people dying to escape on holiday. But, anybody who felt unperturbed by the coronavirus ripping through cruise ships, and was planning a bargain cruise of a lifetime to end the year, may now have to think again.

The furlough scheme has been extended to the end of March today, according Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said, just as England’s population of 56 million people entered a new lockdown.

There is no clear winner yet in the US presidential election.Democratic candidate Joe Biden was believed to be on 224 electoral votes with 213 for President Donald Trump.

Although more than 100 million votes have already been cast, today is the the official election day for the United States. It marks a referendum on Donald Trump’s straight-talking yet convoluted and divisive presidency, with Democratic candidate Joe Biden urging Americans to end to restore “our democracy.”

Everyone knows the US election is on November 3, but no one knows how long it will take before the country — and the world– finds out the results. Many are worried that unless the victor wins by a large margin, the election result will not be clear for at least some days, as the states count the postal votes.

Pirates of the Caribbean star Johnny Depp has failed in his his libel lawsuit against The Sun which had labelled him a wife beater.

When Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, contracted the coronavirus in March, the nation was told. But it now appears that his son Prince William also caught the virus a short while later, but that is only coming out now.
Just as the UK prepares for more COVID-19 restrictions, the World Health Organization (WHO) is now saying that lockdowns are not helpful, and all they do is increase poverty.

There was very little good news coming out of a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic coming out of Downing Street this morning, as the country prepares for more protocols to control the disease.

As the pandemic continues its stranglehold, it may be no time to die, but unfortunately for the James Bond franchise and film theatres globally, it is no time to go to the movies either.

Yesterday’s US Vice Presidential debate was a remarkably civil affair, compared to the previous week’s Presidential debate, with the most contentious moment happening when a black fly landed on Vice President Mike Pence’s white hair, just at the point when he uttered the words “the greatest insult”.

The US Vice Presidential debate is set to take place in Salt Lake City, Utah tonight, with the political stage vastly different from the first Presidential debate a week ago, with even more focus on the coronavirus.

Entrepreneur and Funding Guru Matt Haycox climbed to the snow-capped peak of Mt Kilimanjaro on October 6, accomplishing the goal he set out for himself while trying to raise money for his charitable children’s foundation.

The good news is that global trade, devastated by the pandemic crisis, is likely to fall by less than was

As the coronavirus intensifies, Britain is on the road to getting 100 percent of its energy from offshore wind turbines according to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

While US President Donald Trump has contracted COVID-19, yet another president is in now isolation due to the virus, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen now in self-isolation.

As Britain’s transition period out of the European Union fast approaches, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has signaled that, if it comes down to it, the country can live without a new trade deal.

US President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Friday that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for COVID-19 and would be going into quarantine immediately.

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Hit by plunging oil prices connected to the coronavirus, energy company Royal Dutch Shell is set to eliminate between 7,000 and 9,000 positions by the end of 2022., the company said on Wednesday.
While many people have been looking to put 2020 in the rear view mirror, and are relishing the idea of starting a crisp new year with all the public events that can muster, those dreams are fading fast.
In fact, by the looks of it, 2021 is looking to be 2020 version 2.0.
London’s New Years celebrations were cancelled last week. As of yesterday, the latest landmark event to be knocked off pubic calendars is Trinidad’s Carnival for 2021, originally set to culminate on February 16.

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There may be a glimmer of hope on the horizon, as according to the International Monetary Fund, the world economy, while dire, may not be quite as bleak as it was June.

As the country looks towards winter, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has today outlined government’s plan to protect jobs and support businesses over the coming months with a new Job Support Scheme and an extension of the Self Employment Income Support Scheme.

A new app to help control the spread of COVID-19 has been launched by the National Health Service (NHS) across England and Wales today.

The Queen is set to lose about 300,000 of her subjects— not to the dreaded coronavirus pandemic, but to the decision by the Caribbean island of Barbados to relinquish the crown and to become a republic next year.

As the pandemic intensifies its hold on the economy, Bank of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey seems to be dampening down speculation about the introduction of negative rates although noting that they are a part of the Bank’s toolbox.

With the UK COVID-19 infection rate growing and with more and more sections of the country under some form of lockdown, many are preparing for an imminent nation-wide lockdown.

The death of US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) on the weekend has added even more grit to the already tense presidential campaign in that country.

Christmas 2020 may still be on the cards, but New Years Eve is another story, as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on Friday that the celebrations would be cancelled.

As Australian flag carrier airline Qantas struggles through the travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it has sold out all seats on its first ‘flight to nowhere’ in just 10 minutes.

The Bank Rate is the rate at which a country’s central bank lends to commercial banks in that country. So it is the rate that other banks in that country use to decide their own lending and borrowing rates.

The Bank of England (BoE) is keeping the Bank Rate at 0.1 percent, in its effort to meet the two percent inflation target and to help sustain growth and employment at a time of extreme economic and financial impact from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With many people now working from home due to the coronavirus, some two thirds of employers in a recent survey say that homer workers are more or as productive as when they were in the workplace.

In its first all-online launch programme, Apple has launched its latest watch and iPad — but not the much anticipated iPhone.

Shinzo Abe resigned today (September 16) as Japan’s prime minister and his cabinet followed suit to make way for a new leader, Yoshihide Suga.

Ocado Retail, the grocery delivery service, says it has successfully switched over from Waitrose to Marks and Spencer (M&S), two weeks after making the switch on September 1.

Latest unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that unemployment has risen to 4.1 percent for the quarter ending in July.

One industry that is doing well during the pandemic is takeaway delivery services, allowing people to treat themselves to a meal from their favourite restaurant without having to leave the safety of their homes. The increased demand has seen some of the players offer new services and innovation, including in-restaurant payment options and home delivery of groceries.

The UK has secured a free trade agreement with Japan, which is the UK’s first major trade deal as an independent trading nation and will increase trade with Japan by an estimated £15.2 billion.

Cheaper wine may be in the future of many heading across the Channel, as British passengers travelling to EU countries

The UK economy continued on its trajectory of recovery in July —growing by some 6.6 percent according to a release from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But it still has far to go before making up for all the GDP that has been lost since the coronavirus outbreak.

As online shopping shoots up due to the coronavirus, British supermarket chain Morrisons is hiring some 6,000 new employees to keep up with the demand.

In a move to get around recent US restrictions, Chinese mobile producer Huawei says its own operating system — dubbed HarmonyOS — should be on its smartphones by next year.

Lloyd’s of London confirmed on Thursday that it expects to pay out up to £5 billion in COVID-19 customer claims,

The Rolling Stones on Tuesday defied the gloom of the coronavirus outbreak to launch the band’s first flagship store

South Africa’s economy shrank by more than half in the second quarter, an unprecedented decline, as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll on the continent’s most industrialised state, the statistics agency said Tuesday.

A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced a Christian man to death after convicting him of sending text messages containing “blasphemous

Apple on Tuesday fired off invitations to a September 15 online event expected to star the first iPhone tailored

Agence France-Presse announced Tuesday that it had lodged a complaint with French regulators over a standoff with Google, saying the US giant is refusing to move forward on paying to display the agency’s content in web searches.

Increasingly rum as an industry has been waking up to the ever-expanding market for premium spirits, and has been promoting some mature rums, far from the image of partying pirates singing yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum, and fighting instead with your grandfather’s whiskies for attention.

The Turkish fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Monday branded a Saudi court ruling overturning five death sentences in his 2018 murder a “farce”.

By Martin Parry Tokyo’s postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice-president

The British pound sank Monday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson appeared to revive investor fears of a no-deal Brexit, dealers said.

China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the pandemic.

Samsung Electronics clinched a $6.6 billion agreement to provide 5G network equipment to Verizon in the United States, a regulatory filing showed Monday, expanding its presence in the strategically crucial market.

At the Koon Chun Sauce Factory workers are scrambling to cover hundreds of thousands of bottles with new “Made in China” labels as the popular Hong Kong brand falls victim to spiralling diplomatic tensions.

With no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, worldwide demand for surgical gloves — as for other types of personal protective equipment — is booming, leaving manufacturers struggling to keep up.

The English Premier League abruptly announced the termination of the big-money contract with its broadcaster in China in a two-paragraph statement on Thursday.

Congressman Joe Kennedy, long seen as a rising star, crashed to defeat Tuesday in his bid for a US Senate seat, the first time the storied American political dynasty lost a state election in Massachusetts.

A legendary American political dynasty is at stake Tuesday with Joe Kennedy III, the grandnephew of assassinated president John F Kennedy, challenging a veteran progressive incumbent for his seat in the US Senate.

Pope Francis renewed a call on Tuesday for the cancellation of debt owed by poor countries in the

Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, committed stock manipulation, breach of trust and other offences when two other subsidiaries, Samsung C&T and Cheil Industries, merged in 2015, prosecutors have said.

The Arab world’s last living music legend Fairuz, who French president Emmanuel Macron was to visit Monday in Beirut, is a rare symbol of national unity in crisis-hit Lebanon.

Chadwick Boseman, star of the ground-breaking superhero movie Black Panther, has died at the age of 43 after a private four-year battle with colon cancer.

A Swiss region that has faced heavy criticism for allowing wealthy foreigners to pay large sums to shoot protected

Amazon has unveiled a wristband that goes beyond simply tracking activity to gauging how happy a person is by the sound of their voice.

In the Protestant Lutheran Church of Sweden, which has 5.8 million members in a country of 10.3 million and where ministers hold the title of priest, “women are here to stay.”

Melania Trump put a kinder, gentler sheen on Donald Trump’s reelection campaign with a star turn at the Republican convention Tuesday where she broke ranks to speak compassionately about coronavirus victims and recalled her own immigrant story in an appeal for racial harmony.

Footballing minnows Adelaide United issued a long-shot bid to entice superstar Lionel Messi to join its ranks Wednesday, touting the remote South Australian city as a coronavirus safehaven for playing and raising his family.

As fast as he may be, the worlds fastest athlete Usain Bolt, was unable to outrun COVID-19.

Swiss prosecutors are investigating the purchase of a mansion in Britain by ex-Spanish king Juan Carlos’s former lover in 2015, three years after she received 65 million euros from him.

British and other foreign tourists won’t be allowed to visit Bali for the rest of 2020 due to coronavirus concerns, its governor said, scrapping a plan to open up the Indonesian island from next month.

Apres-ski partying will be curbed in a ski resort in Austria that became one of Europe’s coronavirus hotspots early in the pandemic, authorities said.

For the month of August diners are entitled to a 50 per cent discount when they eat in at restaurants that are registered with the Eat Out to Help Out Scheme.

As anti-pandemic measures put a cramp in many people’s personal lives, social networking products are helping people to stay sane and are differentiating themselves and finding their own gaps to fill and own.

French resorts and holiday destinations are buzzing at the height of the season despite the pandemic but, with foreigners staying away and the shadow of the coronavirus looming large, this is no ordinary summer.

Britain saw the highest number of monthly housing sales agreed in more than a decade in July as coronavirus restrictions were eased, according to research published Monday.
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Confidence among investors in Germany soars to its highest level in years.
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Serena Williams shrugged off the absence of fans to make a winning return from her six-month coronavirus layoff on Tuesday, defeating lowly ranked Bernarda Pera in three sets at the WTA Top Seed Open tournament in Kentucky.

Long associated with narrow, cobbled streets in Europe and congested Asian megacities, scooters are now becoming a common sight in car-loving America as commuters shun public transport because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Britain’s economy contracted by a record 20.4 percent in the second quarter with the country in lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Wednesday.

Manchester United forward Alexis Sanchez on Thursday made permanent his move to Inter Milan on a three-year contract, ending his

Visitors to Spain’s Canary Islands can now benefit from free insurance cover if they get the coronavirus, the region’s government

“Slim to none” are the chances that Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios will be playing at the French Open, according to

The secret is out and lingerie company Victoria’s Secret is struggling to keep itself covered through the age of COVID-19.

People who care about their credit scores tend to obsess about some things they probably shouldn’t, such as the possibility

The pandemic claimed its latest corporate victim on Wednesday, with Virgin Atlantic filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States

Richard Branson, founder of space-travel company Virgin Galactic, will be the company’s first passenger when it runs its first commercial

Egypt has invited SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk to come to see the pyramids for himself after he made

UK regulators have given the go-ahead for Amazon to buy a stake in Deliveroo, the UK-based takeaway delivery group, after

The COVID-19 pandemic has more than halved profits at Diageo, the British drinks group which produces a wide range of

As the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic intensify, EasyJet has declared a pre-tax loss of £324.5 million for its third quarter to June.

Microsoft is back on track to acquire the US operations of the popular video-sharing app TikTok, a Chinese-owned company, in

Liverpool’s multiple triumphs over the last 14 months have been the highlight of the career of the club’s principal owner

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COVID-19 struck the battered cruise industry again today when Norwegian cruise line Hurtigruten announced a closure of its voyages. The

The US stock market started the week with a strong opening today, with the Dow Jones average up 0.8 per

Virgin Galactic and Rolls-Royce have partnered to create a supersonic commercial aeroplane that will fly even faster than the Concorde.

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