Yousaf: Conflict of interest claims over Gaza aid fuel ‘Islamophobic pile-on’ March 9, 2024 Humza Yousaf has used social media to vehemently deny the “outrageous” claims reported in the Telegraph newspaper that he overruled officials who advised Unicef receive a donation of £100,000 and £200,000. In November, the Scottish Government announced £250,000 would be given to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) in response to a flash [...]
BMW M3 Touring review: The ultimate fast family car? April 11, 2023 The BMW M3 Touring is a family-friendly estate car with enough firepower to worry a Porsche 911. Tim Pitt gets behind the wheel.
‘This clearly shows the absurdity of UK stock market valuations’: Currys urged to accept offer that values it at over £1bn March 5, 2024 Currys should accept a takeover offer that would value the company at more than £1bn, according to one of its shareholders.
China raises alarm over military capabilities of Elon Musk’s Starlink May 10, 2022 The official newspaper for China's military has taken aim at Elon Musk's Starlink satellites over concerns about their military capabilities.
Messi hits back at fans in Hong Kong and China with video message February 19, 2024 Messi said reports that he did not play for political reasons “have no truth”.
Cowen Digital appoints London’s Taylor Cable to head up Europe and Asia December 6, 2022 Cowen Digital has appointed London-based Taylor Cable as managing director of the firm's European and Asian activities.
Inside the techno-optimist cult influencing OpenAI’s Sam Altman November 24, 2023 If the Control Altman Delete and Undo saga demonstrated anything it was the tussle between AI development evangelists and prudent pro-regulation developers.
All of It at the Royal Court: An astonishing trio of monologues June 9, 2023 What a strange and brilliant change of direction this new trio of acted poems represents for mercurial playwright Alistair McDowall. His philosophically dense sci-fi stories Pomona, X and The Glow all grappled with vast, existential questions but felt too big, too untamed, too messy for the stage. All of It at the Royal Court gives [...]
Australians returning from floods confronted by deadly snakes and spiders in their sofas and beds March 12, 2022 Tens of Australians were confronted by deadly and poisonous snakes and spiders after returning home from what is considered one of Australia’s worst flood disaster ever. As the water is subsiding, pythons, venomous red-bellied snakes and eastern browns are reportedly hiding indoors, many in people’s sofas and beds. The eastern brown is considered one of [...]
Business of Space: Has Roscosmos imposed its own restrictions? March 11, 2022 This week Russian space chief hits out on Twitter… again SpaceX takes in-orbit satellite tally above 2,000 Range applications sent off for UK’s first-ever vertical launch site Roscosmos Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen a number of governments impose sanctions on the country, which range from having assets frozen to being locked out of certain [...]