getty images Industry leaders have warned that Britain does not have enough construction workers to build the 1.5 million homes the government keeps promising. He told the BBC that thousands of new recruits were needed in bricklaying, earthwork and carpentry to get close to the target. The Home Builders Federation (HBF), along with Barrett Redrow,…
getty images Xavier Miley has won the support of Elon Musk Argentina’s maverick libertarian President Javier Meili has completed a year in office, his efforts to revive the economy are still a work in progress – but his policies are proving influential in the US. Miley came to power with a mission to cut state…
getty images The RMT rail union has said it has suspended planned strike action by Avanti West Coast train managers over the Christmas period. Walkouts were planned for 22, 23 and 29 December, but the union said a new proposal had been made which would now be put to trained managers. This includes paying for…
getty images Britain’s economy shrank for the second month in a row in October after official data showed a 0.1% decline. The economy was expected to return to growth after a decline in September. However, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said activity has stalled or declined, with the pubs, restaurants and retail sectors reporting…
A federal court in St. Louis has indicted 14 North Koreans for allegedly being part of a long-running conspiracy aimed at extorting money from American companies and funding Pyongyang’s weapons programs. The widespread scheme reportedly involves thousands of North Korean IT workers using false, stolen and borrowed identities from people in the US and other…
adsilico AI can create multiple versions of digital hearts This is the first of a six-part series on how AI is changing medical research and treatment. The heart in front of me beats and moves like a human organ, but no blood flows through it, nor does it reside in the human body. This is…
A British hedge fund trader has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in Denmark after being found guilty of committing tax fraud that cost the Danish government more than £1 billion. This is the largest fine ever handed down in a fraud case in Denmark. In addition to the prison sentence, financier Sanjay Shah,…
If the new forecasts are correct, the next few years will be difficult for the European economy. Despite the European Central Bank (ECB) cutting interest rates for the third consecutive time on Thursday, saying inflation reduction was “well on track”, the outlook for growth is less bright. “The element that has changed is the downside…
getty images Donald Trump stood on Wall Street on Thursday, a cheering crowd of America’s business elite gathered before him, and the bell rang to begin morning stock market trading. There was an atmosphere of celebration. Not only was the President-elect Named Time Person of the YearBut the stock market, which was already strongly up,…
Meta has donated $1 million to the inaugural fundraiser for Donald Trump, another sign of the tech giant’s boss Mark Zuckerberg’s effort to build ties with the president-elect. Trump has previously been highly critical of Mr Zuckerberg and Facebook – he called the platform “anti-Trump” in 2017. but couple Dine at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago After a…
