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Goldmans puts brakes on UK move on Brexit worries
Goldmans Sachs is the latest bank to indicate the UK's attractiveness may have diminished following Theresa May's historic Brexit speech. The bank's chief executive Lord Blankfein said in a Bloomberg interview Goldmans had put the brakes on moving significant parts of its business to the UK. ...
Hot news. Dozens feared dead in Italy avalanche
At least 25 people, including several children, were feared dead Thursday after a devastating avalanche buried an Italian mountain hotel under snow and mud. As night fell, the prospects of anyone being rescued alive from the ill-fated Hotel Rigopiano looked bleak, with rescue efforts hampered by heavy snow that had blocked...
Donald Trump is already helping the working class
It’s not uncommon for a Republican to be pro-business. But President-elect Donald Trump showed Tuesday night he’s pro-worker, too, by saving 1,000 jobs at the Carrier plant in Indiana. His standing up for the blue-collar workers who helped get him elected is no small feat, even for the very accomplished billionaire,...
UK ramps up borrowing forecasts, sees slower growth due to Brexit
Britain ramped up its borrowing forecasts on Wednesday as the economy slows in the wake of the Brexit vote, finance minister Philip Hammond said in the country's first budget plan since voters decided to leave the European Union. The weaker growth and tighter public finances outlined by Hammond leave Prime Minister Theresa...
Sensation!: Kurt Cobain really predict Donald Trump’s presidency
The Simpsons may have predicted a Donald Trump presidency but fans of Kurt Cobain can breathe a sigh of relief because the rumour of Cobain predicting Trump’s ascension to leader of the free world appears to have finally been debunked. A picture has been circling on the internet for several months now, suggesting that...
Pupils and parents at Fort William school vote to scrap homework
A primary school has scrapped homework after a poll of parents and told pupils to read comics and books at home instead. Parents at the 193-pupil Inverlochy Primary School, in Fort William, voted 62 per cent in favour of the move. Pupils voted 79 per cent in favour, and teachers were split 50/50. Pupils will be encouraged to...
Armed Extremists Sabotage Reconciliation in Aleppo, Syria
Damascus, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) The Front for the conquest of the Levant, formerly Al-Nusra, threatens to kill anyone attempting to abide by the process of reconciliation in Aleppo, as reported by military sources. About two thousand armed men intend to cease hostilities and use the humanitarian corridors enabled in this city,...
£1billion Rosetta just crashed into a comet – here’s why you should be excited
Europe’s comet-chasing space probe Rosetta was dipping out of orbit Friday for a slow-motion crash onto the icy surface of the alien world it’s been following for more than a decade. Scientists sent their final command to the probe late last night, ordering Rosetta to fire its thrusters for 208 seconds and perform a...
World’s largest radio telescope starts looking for life on other planets
The world’s largest radio telescope has begun searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life in a project demonstrating China’s rising ambitions in space and its pursuit of scientific prestige.Beijing has poured billions into such ambitious scientific projects as well as its...
Syria’s civil war is a melee of fighting factions and allies
As the U.S. and Russia struggle to negotiate terms of a cease-fire in Syria, the five-year civil war has unleashed such an array of fighters that some forces are both allies and enemies, depending on which groups they encounter on the battlefield. To understand the complexities of a war involving more than a dozen local...
Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri executed for treason
An Iranian scientist who provided the US with information about the country's nuclear programme has been hanged for treason, the government has confirmed. Shahram Amiri was executed for giving "vital information to the enemy", a judiciary spokesman said. Amiri disappeared in Saudi Arabia in...
Theresa May brings back grammar schools as she turns on Cameron’s failed policies
THERESA May is set to bring back grammar schools by scrapping a ban on the controversial academic establishments brought in by Tony Blair. As part of her plan for social cohesion Mrs May, who was educated at a grammar school herself, will allow a new wave of...
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