Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has cut short his trip to the International Monetary Fund in Washington and is returning to the UK earlier than planned, as another major mini-budget U-turn is expected. Mr Kwarteng was due to attend a final day of meetings at the IMF’s annual gathering today. Instead, after a hasty briefing with journalists
The Bank of England is set to stop its government bond-buying scheme today after attempting to reassure the UK’s financial markets. The Bank launched the unprecedented intervention after the chancellor’s mini-budget caused chaos within the markets, as well as a potential pension pots crisis. It promised to buy up to £65bn in government bonds –
The US offshore wind industry has hit the ground running: Coastal states increased their long-term offshore wind targets by 58% in the third quarter of 2022. That sets a record for quarterly growth, according to the Business Network for Offshore Wind’s inaugural “US Offshore Wind Quarterly Market Report.” US offshore wind growth Groundbreaking federal policy,
We reviewed our Bullpen stocks during the Investing Club’s October “Monthly Meeting” on Thursday. The Bullpen is a collection of companies we actively monitor for their potential to be added in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust, which is the portfolio we use for the Club. Here’s a quick look the seven stocks and our latest thoughts
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Prof Michael Clark says the latest bombing in Zaporizhzhia is likely to be a revenge strike for the bombing of the Kerch bridge in Crimea. #ukraine #crimea #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skynews Follow us on
Retired Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton discusses the aftermath of the Kerch bridge explosion in Russian-annexed Crimea and why it marks “one of the biggest humiliations that Putin could experience.”
The congressional panel investigating the deadly attack on the US Capitol has voted to subpoena Donald Trump. It was a unanimous vote and the former president will now be compelled to give evidence to the committee about the events of 6 January 2021 which saw five people killed and hundreds, including many law enforcement officers,
Deep in the Buloburde bush in the Hiiraan region of central Somalia, there’s a ragtag regiment gathering around a missile launcher. Huddled tightly with their ears pressed against a small black phone, they receive intelligence and feed it back to the troops positioning the launcher. The Ma’awisley militia is made up of farmers turned fighters
Oct 11, 2022 Alexa Grasso and Viviane Araújo meet in a matchup of top-10 women’s flyweights headlining UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas. The fights at UFC Apex are on ESPN+, with the 7 p.m. ET main card preceded by prelims at 4 p.m. You can stream the fights here. Grasso (14-3), a
A Florida jury has recommended a sentence of life in prison for gunman Nikolas Cruz who killed 17 people at a Parkland school in 2018. Jurors could not unanimously agree he should be given the death penalty, despite the prosecution requesting he be executed and arguing the deadly attack was cold, calculated and meticulously planned.
Oct 13, 2022 One of the most tiresome things about the NHL awards is that we spend as much time debating their subjective parameters as we do which players and coaches should win them. Should the Norris Trophy rely so heavily on a defenseman’s offensive output? How much should team success factor into the Vezina
The chancellor has insisted he is “not going anywhere” amid the economic turmoil – and when asked if he was about to do a U-turn on corporation tax he said: “Let’s see”. Speaking earlier in the US where he is attending IMF meetings, Kwasi Kwarteng told reporters that he remains “totally focused” on delivering the
7:45 AM ET Timothy Bradley Jr. Claressa Shields and Savannah Marshall headline an all-women card at the O2 in London on Saturday (ESPN+, 2:30 p.m. ET) in a fight to crown the undisputed middleweight champion. Shields and Marshall are the best two fighters in the division — and two of the best in the entire
The head of the International Monetary Fund has delivered a blunt condemnation of the UK government’s mini-budget – pointing out government and Bank of England policies should not be working against each other. Kristalina Georgieva was speaking at a news conference in Washington after the government’s mini-budget unleashed chaos in the markets when it was
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US President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrive for the family photo during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (GCC+3) at a hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Joe Biden is angry at Saudi Arabia
Queen has released a lost song recorded with late frontman Freddie Mercury more than 30 years ago. Originally taped in 1988 during the British band’s sessions for their 13th album The Miracle, Face It Alone did not make the final cut and was later forgotten. The song was rediscovered when Queen’s production and archive team
Sky News’ Security and Defence Analyst Michael Clarke explains how a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea has been hit by a huge explosion. For the latest developments in Ukraine: https://qrcode.skynews.com/skynews/ukraineblog #ukraine #crimea #bridge #vladimirputin SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order to conscript men to fight in his war in Ukraine has created an exodus of draft dodgers. CNN’s Ivan Watson speaks to some of the thousands who left their homeland behind in defiance of Putin. #CNN #News