From 27 August, plug-in solar panels will be legal to sell and use in Great Britain. The government has amended existing plug and electricity safety regulations, removing the principal legislative obstacle that had kept these devices out of mainstream British…
Salman Rushdie took the witness stand in a Buffalo federal courtroom on Thursday, sitting yards from the man who nearly killed him, and described in measured detail the attack that cost him his right eye and came within a millimetre…
The Limits of the Source Material The Daily Mail opinion piece by Quentin Letts, published under the headline urging Gary — almost certainly Gary Lineker — to pay additional tax privately rather than making a public performance of it, could…
Spain’s coastline is in crisis — and the bill is rising. A new report from Greenpeace, Destrucción a toda costa 2026, concludes that the Spanish littoral has reached a state of “unprecedented fragility”, the product of decades of intensive urban…
A landmark partnership between NFG SA and the Danpullo family has produced Danpullo Capital SA, a new Cameroon-based investment holding company designed to manage family assets while pursuing long-term investment opportunities across Central Africa. The agreement, which spans Geneva, Douala…
When the IMF first structured its 48-month Extended Fund Facility for Ukraine, anti-corruption conditionality sat at the heart of the arrangement. The $8.1 billion programme, negotiated against the backdrop of an active conflict and an economy under severe strain, made…
A New Prime Minister, an Old Problem Andy Burnham opened his first Cabinet meeting as Prime Minister with a solemn appeal for loyalty and a pledge to lead what he called a “one-team approach.” The irony was not lost on…
A vote in Paris this week drew a line that no European legislature had previously crossed. French lawmakers approved a bill on Tuesday banning children under the age of 15 from using social media, making France the first country in…
The NHS’s emergency catch-up programme for the meningitis B vaccine has opened to considerable fanfare and rather less vaccine. Launched on Monday to reach Year 13 students and young people entering full-time residential education this autumn, the initiative was prompted…
American pump prices have crossed $4 a gallon once more, as the resumption of US military operations against Iran sends fresh shockwaves through global oil markets. The national average for a gallon of regular petrol stood at $4.003 on Monday…