Unemployment set to rise next year
A rise in unemployment above pre-pandemic levels next year will intensify the squeeze on household finances, which is already at its worst since the Second World War, a think tank says. The jobless rate has fallen from 4 per cent at
UK Esports team wins £7.4m in video game battle
More than 10,000 spectators cheered as a team of UK-based competitors won £7.4 million. The victory was marked not by a goal or the crossing of a finishing line but the smashing of a monument by brightly coloured creatures.Tundra Esports, video
India’s first fully solar village lights up the lives of poor residents
PIXABAYMODHERA, India – Kesa Bhai Prajapati beams with a smile as he molds blocks of clay into jugs and vases on a potter’s wheel.These days, Prajapati, 68, from the village of Modhera in western India’s Gujarat state, has doubled the amount of earthenware he makes compared to a
Putin says power grid strikes were in response to Crimea drone attack
KYIV – President Vladimir Putin said Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and a decision to freeze participation in a Black Sea grain export program were responses to a drone attack on Moscow’s fleet in Crimea that he blamed on Ukraine.Putin told a news conference on Monday that Ukrainian drones had used the same marine corridors
Pope urged to talk of human rights, political prisoners, in Bahrain visit
VATICAN CITY – Families of death row inmates in Bahrain appealed to Pope Francis on Monday to speak out against capital punishment and defend political prisoners during his trip to the Gulf state this week.The families made their appeal in an open letter released by the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy
China COVID curbs hit iPhone output, shut Shanghai Disney
UNSPLASHBEIJING – China’s COVID-19 curbs forced the temporary closure of Disney’s Shanghai resort on Monday, while production of Apple Inc iPhones at a major contract manufacturing facility could drop by 30% in November due to coronavirus restrictions, a source told Reuters.In
Tips for Protecting Your Ageing Parents
Their whole lives, your parents have stopped at nothing to ensure the success of their family, providing and teaching the skills to follow in their footsteps. Alas, their lifelong achievements have led them to a time of relaxation. Still, seniors face
Successful Trader Samuel Leach to provide Scholarships and combat Financial Illiteracy in the UK
Forex trader, CEO, and founder of Samuel & Co Trading, Samuel Leach, has recently launched his new higher education programme, waging war on the rife financial illiteracy which rages on through British educational structures. The teaching hub from Samuel & Co