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Cash to self-isolate would have saved lives, Covid inquiry told
Covid inquiry Dido Harding said she had repeatedly urged greater financial support payments during the pandemic If the UK had spent more money helping people to self-isolate during the pandemic then fewer people would have been infected or died, the former head of NHS Test and Trace has said. Baroness Dido Harding, who was in…
Brussels, Washington, And The Kremlin’s Oil-And-Gas-For-War Exports
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the state armament program for 2027-2036 at … More the Kremlin. Given continued funding by gas exports to Europe, Moscow’s economy may be able to support further conflict in Ukraine and beyond.(Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) POOL/AFP…
The UK Conservatives face problems
Henry Zeffman Chief political correspondent BBC Listen to Henry read this article “Could this be like the 1920s where the Liberals got overtaken by Labour – but this time it’s the Conservative Party being overtaken by Reform?” It’s an interesting question – perhaps a little niche. But it’s certainly not a question you’d expect to…
Rachel Reeves will be forced to raise taxes this autumn, economists predict
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will be forced to raise taxes again in the autumn to meet her fiscal targets despite outlining the fastest rise in local levies for two decades in Wednesday’s spending review, experts…
Naf Naf: call for tenders issued to find buyers
Translated by Nicola Mira Published June 11, 2025 Naf Naf employees are yet again facing a time of uncertainty. Less than a year after the French womenswear chain changed hands after receivership proceedings, it was again placed in receivership on May 30. A search for buyers has just been triggered by the court in Bobigny,…
This devious cyberattack uses smartwatches to pinch data from air-gapped systems
Academic researchers found a way to broadcast sensitive data from airgapped systems It involves having malware installed on the computer, and an accompanying smartwatch The attack is rather difficult to pull off Security experts claim to have found a way to steal sensitive data from airgapped systems using smartwatches. Airgapped computers are physically isolated from…
Research shows how solar arrays can aid grasslands during drought
New research from Colorado State University and Cornell University shows that the presence of solar panels in Colorado’s grasslands may reduce water stress, improve soil moisture levels and — particularly during dry years — increase plant growth by about 20% or more compared to open fields. The findings were published in Environmental Research Letters this…
Olivia Munn On Her Creative Journey With ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’
Olivia Munn and Amanda Peet in “Your Friends & Neighbors” Apple TV+ On the new Apple TV+ drama series Your Friends & Neighbors, actress Olivia Munn plays Sam Levitt, a woman from humble beginnings who marries well and then rules over a group of high society ladies in the New York suburbs. Her comfortable lifestyle…
British sovereignty over Gibraltar sacrosanct, says David Lammy
Becky Morton Political reporter Reuters British sovereignty over Gibraltar remains “sacrosanct”, the foreign secretary has said, after the UK agreed a deal with the European Union over the territory’s post-Brexit future. David Lammy told the House of Commons the agreement included a clause “explicitly protecting our sovereignty”. The deal removes checks on people and goods…