Ian King talks to George Lagarias from Mazars about the economic risks from the unrest in the Middle East. He also discusses the fall in grocery price inflation with Tom Steel from Kantar. We also hear all the latest market analysis from Investec’s John Wyn-Evans. Listen and subscribe to The Ian King Business Podcast here.
Police officers don’t fear being shot or stabbed but are scared of how they will be treated if they use their training to defend themselves, according to a senior representative. Paul Matthews, a national board member of the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) – the organisation that represents rank-and-file officers – said there
Iran is being widely accused of helping orchestrate Hamas’s attack on Israel. Although Iran has denied direct involvement, the country’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said it “kisses the hands of those who planned the attack on the Zionist regime”. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) has long supported Hamas with both financial and military assistance.
Cricket is poised to return to the Olympics in five years’ time – more than a century since the sport was last included. It joins baseball/softball, flag football, lacrosse and squash as the five additional sports being endorsed by the organisers of the Los Angeles Games. There has only been one cricket match played at
The Home Office has U-turned on controversial plans to house asylum seekers at a hotel in west Wales. The Stradey Park Hotel and Spa in Llanelli was due to house 207 people but the plan was strongly opposed by the council. Last week, Carmarthenshire County Council wrote to the Home Office urging the UK government
The UK and Ireland will host Euro 2028, with all five nations hosting matches throughout Europe’s premier international men’s football competition. Turkey was the only remaining competitor for hosting the competition before it pulled out to focus on a joint bid with Italy for Euro 2032 – which was also approved on Tuesday morning –
There are a few ways one could report the latest economic growth forecasts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The first way is to declare that Britain’s economy is heading for the buffers. Its economy will grow next year at the slowest rate in the G7 group of leading industrialised economies (0.6%). This is considerably
Samsung Electronics Co. 4GB Double-Data-Rate (DDR) 3 memory module, top, and 8GB DDR 3 memory modules are arranged for a photograph in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korean chip giants Samsung and SK Hynix will be allowed to ship U.S. semiconductor manufacturing equipment to
Vistors to Marina Bay walk on a bridge with a view of the Central Business District in Singapore on Sunday, 18 June 2023. (Photo by Joseph Nair/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (Photo by Joseph Nair/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Joseph Nair | Nurphoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore’s digital economy contributed to more than 17% of
American superstar rapper 50 Cent has sponsored an under-14s football team in Cardiff. Welsh football is no stranger to some celebrity stardust after Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought Wrexham AFC in 2020. Now the hip hop artist has got in on the action, sponsoring Rumney AFC’s under-14s girls team. The unlikely sponsor
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, speaks at a cloud computing conference held by the company in 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google Cloud on Monday announced new artificial intelligence-powered search capabilities that it said will help health-care workers quickly pull accurate
The price of oil and shares in weapons makers have risen while a growing number of airlines are adjusting flight schedules over fears related to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Ryanair was the latest carrier to reveal its plans, saying it would not fly in or out of Tel Aviv until Thursday at the earliest. The scale
Oct 8, 2023, 10:41 PM These daily files will give you the latest reporting from around the World Cup as well as betting lines, what to watch for information and best reads. Check in with ESPN throughout the tournament as we bring you the latest from France. – RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023: Squads | Schedule
Lights illuminate the processing plant at the Persian Gulf Star Co. (PGSPC) gas condensate refinery in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Wednesday, Jan. 9. 2019. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices jumped 4% as the Israel-Hamas conflict extended into its third day following a surprise attack on Israel by Palestinian militants Hamas. Global benchmark
“Where have you been? Where was everybody?” The questions were being screamed at soldiers on a highway by a man stricken with grief. His brother had had only a week left to go in the army but was killed today in a shootout with Hamas on Israeli soil. The entire country wants those questions answered.
Oct 4, 2023, 05:22 AM Scrumhalf Danny Care scored the winning try seven minutes from time to spare England’s blushes and complete a 18-17 victory over superb Samoa in their Rugby World Cup Pool D clash on Saturday in Lille. Two tries from winger Nigel Ah-Wong had Samoa leading deep into the match, but their
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 7, 2023, 10:32 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 LILLE, France — Samoa head coach Seilala Mapusua has said referees are guilty of “unconscious bias” against tier two
Children are seen in a destroyed house after Israeli attacks in Gaza City, Gaza on October 07, 2023. Mustafa Hassona | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images From being labeled “Israel’s 9/11,” to the culmination of a “50-year time bomb,” political analysts are reacting to the Israel-Hamas conflict and contemplating what happens next as the fighting
Oct 8, 2023, 02:10 AM These daily files will give you the latest reporting from around the World Cup as well as betting lines, what to watch for information and best reads. Check in with ESPN throughout the tournament as we bring you the latest from France. – RUGBY WORLD CUP 2023: Squads | Schedule
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterOct 7, 2023, 05:40 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Lille, FRANCE — Wales star Taulupe Faletau has suffered a broken arm and will miss the rest of the