Channel 4 first flashed onto British TV screens under the watch of a Conservative government led by Margaret Thatcher. Forty years later, in a move described by critics as “cultural vandalism”, the current Conservative government…
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There has been widespread discussion of Russia’s threat to use tactical nuclear weapons in its war on Ukraine. Russia is estimated to have thousands of tactical nuclear weapons – possibly the world’s largest stockpile –…
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority today (August 7) unveiled a global network of regulators that will collaborate on a joint fintech sandbox, among other roles. The Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) brings together 12 bodies,…
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2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A destroyed car marked with the letter ”V” is seen near the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear…
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Emmanuel Macron remains ahead in the polls after the first round of the French presidential election, even if a second term is not the formality that it appeared to be a couple of months ago.…
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Scientifically and emotively, we think every volcano has its own “personality”. However, we’ve discovered that volcanoes share behaviour traits – and this could form the basis for an eruption warning system. Whakaari White Island, a…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com — Deja vu of a 2020 China in lockdown is weighing on oil, even as the EU-Russia face-off over Ukraine suggests crude prices have little way to go but…
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If you could take work-life balance to its most literal extreme, what would it look like? That’s the central theme of Severance, the sci-fi series that has just finished airing on Apple TV. Employees working…
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The US is not the only country to create monetary policy spillovers via both macroeconomic and financial channels, research published by the Bank of England finds. Silvia Miranda-Agrippino and Tsvetelina Nenova say the world is…
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Many people know modern dogs evolved from the grey wolf. But did you know most of the more than 340 modern dog breeds we have today only emerged within the past 200 years? Dogs were…
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