Reports that Musk will let go of 25% of its workforce, or nearly 2,000 employees, come as tech billionaire overhauls company Elon Musk has appointed himself CEO of Twitter and dissolved its board of directors, it was revealed in a company filing on Monday, as Twitter employees brace for extensive […]
Exclusive: Labour Together leader calls for ‘laser-sharp focus’ on voters and for party’s priorities to be made clear Keir Starmer has been urged to get Labour on a general election footing with a “laser-sharp” focus on wooing voters with a small number of key pledges that demonstrate the party’s priorities […]
Home secretary says she never blocked hotels for refugees and was not to blame for overcrowding at refugee centre Suella Braverman has insisted she was not to blame for the crisis at Manston refugee centre, as she attempted to shore up her precarious political position by aggressively ramping up her […]
Oleg Tinkov, who has previously spoken out against the conflict, says he ‘won’t be associated with a fascist country’ The billionaire banker and entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov has renounced his Russian citizenship because of the conflict in Ukraine, which he has previously criticised. “I have taken the decision to exit my […]
Figures underline growing prevalence of conditions related to obesity in younger demographic, says head of Diabetes UK The number of people under 40 in the UK being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes is rising at a faster pace than the over-40s, according to “shocking” and “incredibly troubling” data that experts […]
Unsecured mobiles, email accounts and WhatsApp chats could pose national security risk, intelligence experts warn Ministers risk creating “wild west” conditions in matters of national security by the increased use of personal email and phones to conduct confidential business, intelligence experts and former officials have warned. After a week tainted […]
Liz Truss’s investment zones also suggested as likely savings target, amid reports energy windfall tax will be extended “Everything will be reviewed” as the government considers ways to cut spending and plug a budget black hole, the levelling up minister has said, naming the HS2 high-speed rail project and Liz […]
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the former leftist president, has reclaimed the leadership and vowed to reunify his country Brazil’s former leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has sealed an astonishing political comeback, beating the far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in one of the most significant and bruising elections in […]
Officials say 150 more injured, with many being treated for cardiac arrest, after surge in South Korean capital South Korea’s president has declared a period of national mourning after a Halloween crush killed at least 150 people in a packed nightlife area in Seoul. At least 150 more were injured […]
Footballer Marcus Rashford’s victory on school meals is crumbling as English councils drop schemes Councils across England are “quietly” axing holiday food voucher schemes for children on free school meals, which has left many families desperate this half-term, headteachers and charities warn. It took a massive public campaign, led by […]