December 10 marks the Human Rights Day, a day designed by the United Nations to commemorate the U.N. General Assembly adopting, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the UDHR). The UDHR ...
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UK’s Rishi Sunak Bans Fracking But Government Green Lights New Coal Production
NUSA DUA, INDONESIA – NOVEMBER 16: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shakes hands with President … [+] Joe Biden of the United States of America during a bilateral meeting at the G20 summ...
Energy Security Versus Climate Security – See How Your Country Ranks Among Others — Some Are Predictable, Some Are Surprises.
German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck forecasts gas storage levels as … [+] part of energy supply security in June 2022. AFP via Getty Images Energy security is a sou...
London Dinosaur Stock Market Is Going Extinct But Still Has Meat On It
FTSE 100 Financial Times Stock Exchange Index United Kingdom getty The U.K. market is a lame duck. While Brexit promised revolution and the freedom to swashbuckle, it didn’t deliver, so, now cut off f...
Saudi Arabia And Israel’s NSO Face Fresh Spyware Challenge From Khashoggi Ally
File photo of Dr. Azzam Tamimi speaking at the ExpoIslamia Convention at the Manchester Evening News … [+] Arena, Manchester, UK (Photo: Tony Spencer – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images...
London Accuses Tehran Of Threatening Lives Of Journalists In UK
Protest outside the Iranian embassy in London on September 24, 2022, following the death of Mahsa … [+] Amini in police custody in Iran six days earlier (Photo: Matthew Chattle/Future Publishing...
Who Is UK PM Rishi Sunak And How Will His Economic Plan Impact US Investors?
Key Takeaways The UK has another new Prime Minister, with Rishi Sunak one of their richest ever leaders with a household wealth between he and his wife of over $830 million. He’s also the youngest eve...
15 U.K. Stocks To Buy When The Balloon Goes Up
London Stock Exchange Share Index Getty We are at a very delicate time for global markets and a very touchy moment for the U.K. and its FTSE 100 index. It is quite possible that the roof is about to f...
The FTSE Cannot Escape A Runaway Dollar
U.S. currency in a bull market. getty We find ourselves in the lap of the gods. A desperate economic crisis is not fate, yet every day we grind close to the abyss. The U.K. is the ‘”canary in the coal...
3 UK Prime Ministers So Far This Year
FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: COMPOSITE OF IMAGES – Image numbers 612413014,1241854307) In this … [+] composite image a comparison has been made between the two remaining Conservative Leader c...
UK Dividends Fall 8.3% In Q3, Link Group Raises Full-Year Dividend Forecasts
Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images Getty Images UK dividends dropped 8.4% in the third quarter following the delisting of BHP Group, Link Group has reported. BHP’s exit from the FTSE 100 in January saw t...
Another UK Prime Minister Resigns And Banks See Benefits As Earnings Season Kicks Off
Getty Images TL;DR UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has resigned amid economic turmoil created by her economic plan Earnings season has kicked off with the banks benefiting from higher interest rates The m...
The Cost-Of-Living Crisis Is Making People Take Serious Risks With Food
A food safety watchdog is warning against eating food past use-by date getty In the midst of the UK’s current cost-of-living crisis, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers against eating...
Liz Truss Resigns As UK Prime Minister. What’s Next For Volatile Financial Markets?
Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images Getty Images On Thursday, UK prime minister Liz Truss bowed to mounting pressure and resigned as prime minister of the United Kingdom. Truss lasted just 44 days in the ...
Family Offices Could Teach UK Banks A Thing Or Two About Uncapped Bonuses
The move was proposed by former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in a bid to make London more attractive … [+] for global banks and for workers amid what is being widely described as a talent shortage....
The U.K. Canary In The Federal Reserve Coal Mine
Yellow canary on its perch getty Miners used to keep canaries in their mines because the bird had very fragile lungs and when the air became toxic the bird would fall off its perch dead, long before t...
Confidence Amongst UK Investors Set To Improve, Market May Have Bottomed
Photo: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images AFP via Getty Images A third of UK retail investors have reduced the amount they invest in response to the cost-of-living crisis and worsening confidence i...
U.S. Urged To Curb Arms Sales To Bahrain Over Claims Of Forced Confessions And Torture
A protester holds a Bahraini flag in front of riot police during clashes following a protest against … [+] the arrest of the head of the banned Shiite opposition movement Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Ali Sa...
Vodafone Speeds Up Talks To Merge With Rival Three
The logo of British mobile phone giant Vodafone welcomes visitors at their retail shop in central … [+] London on January 30, 2018. (Photo by BEN STANSALL / AFP) (Photo credit should read BEN ST...
A Week Of Two Halves For JD Sports
A more positive partnership: JD Sports announce greater collaboration with sports giant Nike in the … [+] week when a less than orthodox partnership with Elite Sports & Rangers football team...
Russian Oil Price Cap Could Be Biden’s Biggest Energy Folly Yet
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 08: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House … [+] March 8, 2022 in Washington, DC. During his remarks, Biden announced a full ban on...
A Dry Dock, Tender And Training Can Advance Australia’s New AUKUS Sub
A myopic focus on subs over foundational support may sink AUKUS U.S. Navy While the primary public focus of the Australia, United Kingdom and United States (AUKUS) security pact centered on Australia’...
Revolut gets approval in the UK
Revolut, recently valued at $33 billion, has received approval to operate in the United Kingdom. UK approves the Revolut financial platform The approval came about 6 months after the application submi...
HMV Signs First Artist To New Record Label
LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 15: A pink sign glows at the entrance to the HMV music and video shop in … [+] Piccadilly on January 15, 2013 in London, England. Management have announced that a...
UK inflation falls for the first time in a year
Falling gasoline prices pushed the British inflation rate below 10% in August, in the first easing of upward pressure on the cost of living in nearly a year. UK inflation falls Experts say this first...
British Cycling Backpedals On Advice For People Not To Cycle On Day Of Queen’s Funeral
4th April 1942: Princess Margaret Rose (1930 – 2002) and Princess Elizabeth (right, and who later … [+] became Queen Elizabeth II) preparing to set out on bicycles in the grounds of the Ro...
This U.S. pension plan faces a bigger crisis than the U.K.’s
Could the U.S. pensions behemoth be hit by the kind of crisis that just swept across the U. K.? Don’t bet on it, says ratings agency Fitch. This kind of turmoil is “unlikely,” it says. We can only add...