Category: World

The UK and 90 other countries have negotiated a set of new rules designed to make global trade faster, fairer, cheaper and more secure Once in force the agreement will permanently ban customs duties on digital content, lower costs for UK businesses and help protect UK consumers from online fraud Global adoption of digital customs...

Nineteen new Olympic swimming records were set in Tokyo three years ago, including a handful of world records. The world’s best swimmers continue to defy physics and get better, and that trend could continue in Paris. The U.S. and Australia dominated the pool in 2021, combining for 51 medals, and that success is reflected in...

Women’s 1500m Entries | timetable | world rankings | 2024 world list | world all-time list | how it works • Faith Kipyegon has the chance to become the first woman to win three titles in the same individual track event at the Olympics• Field features three of the five fastest 1500m runners in history, with Gudaf Tsegay and Jessica Hull in the mix• Sifan...

Threats to Britain from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are “alive and well” and “no longer a distant possibility”, the head of the UK’s defence review has said. Former NATO chief Lord Robertson is leading a “root and branch” review of the UK’s armed forces, launched by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, to assess the defence...

LONDON — A new state energy company, set up by Britain’s fledgling Labour government to promote clean, sustainable power sources, has found a partner for its first venture: the king. The Crown Estate, the monarchy’s property firm, owns much of the seabed surrounding Britain. Great British Energy will work with the firm to develop offshore...

The scale of harm caused by gambling in Great Britain could be eight times higher than thought, according to the largest ever survey of the impact of the industry, piling pressure on ministers to enact promised gambling reforms. An estimated 2.5% of adults have struggled with “problem gambling”, according to the Gambling Survey for Great...

CNN  —  A British policeman has been suspended after multiple videos emerged on social media showing officers beating at least three people inside Manchester Airport in an incident the city’s own force has labeled “truly shocking.” The viral videos, in which one officer could be seen kicking and stomping on the head of a man in...

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The public voted for change at the general election. Perhaps nowhere more than when it comes to energy. Every person and business has paid the price of our country’s energy insecurity. As Vladimir Putin sought to use energy as a weapon in his illegal invasion of Ukraine, bills went through the roof in a cost...

Cloud computing company Amazon Web Services (AWS) will provide around £8 million worth of cloud computing storage access to support UK Biobank, the world’s leading biomedical database contribution unlocks a further £8 million in match-funding from government backing supports research that is being used to develop new diagnostics, treatments and cures for devastating diseases like...