The grandfather of a US teen who died after his girlfriend encouraged him to commit suicide has slammed her early release from prison. Michelle Carter was jailed over her role in 18-year-old Conrad Roy III's death in 2014 in a landmark case that grabbed the world's attention. She was last year sentenced to 15 months […]
Americas
Europe
Thomas Markle failed to attend his daughter Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry in May 2018 after he was revealed to have struck a deal with paparazzi to have pictures taken before the event. In an explosive Channel 5 documentary, Mr Markle insisted he did not agree to the photoshoot to earn money but rather […]
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The European Union can do a trade deal with post-Brexit Britain if London ensures a level playing field, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday. If the United Kingdom “wants to have good relations with the single market, we are ready,” Gentiloni said. “If there is availability from […]
Business
Asos revenues smashed through £1bn (€1.2bn) in the four months that covered the Christmas period, a 20pc rise compared to the same period a year before. The business said that total retail sales hit £1.07bn (€1.27bn), while group revenue reached almost £1.11bn (€1.3bn). Just under 40pc of retail sales came from the UK, as it […]
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit fresh all-time highs at the open on Wednesday, as investors took heart from China’s efforts to contain a virus outbreak and a strong forecast from IBM. The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 67.59 points, or 0.23%, at the open to 29,263.63. The S&P 500 .SPX […]
World News
Koalas were among the huge range of exotic animals sold at a food market where the deadly coronavirus is believed to have broken out. Disease experts are still trying to confirm the origin of the virus outbreak that is threatening to become a global pandemic. The epicentre of the infection has been narrowed down to […]
Politics
Parents who suffer the loss of a child under the age of 18 will be entitled to two weeks' statutory paid leave from work, the Government has announced. The regulations will be known as Jack's Law, in memory of Jack Herd, whose mother Lucy has been campaigning on the issue since her 23-month-old son Jack […]
Tory ministers have paved the way to take a stricken train firm back into public ownership. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced today that South Western Railway (SWR) was “not sustainable in the long term”, after the company declared earlier this month that it made £139 million loss in the last financial year. Unreliable services and […]
Asia
(Reuters) – European shares fell on Thursday, hit by worries over the spread of a new flu-like virus in China, with investors also bracing for the European Central Bank’s first policy decision of the year. The pan-European STOXX 600 index dropped 0.3% and is headed for its steepest weekly decline in three months, with China-exposed […]
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysia’s top sugar refiner said it will increase purchases of the commodity from India, which according to two sources is part of efforts to placate New Delhi amid an ongoing spat over palm oil imports. MSM Malaysia Holdings will buy 130,000 tonnes of raw sugar from India worth RM200 million (S$66.4 […]
Analysis & Comment
For every reaction, the laws of physics say, there is an equal and opposite reaction. And so it is with feminism; the further women get in their pursuit of equality, the more we yearn to return to the past. Or some of us do, at any rate, which brings us to the #tradwife hashtag sweeping […]
