On Wednesday, British shares rebounded following a selloff triggered by Kyiv’s readiness to accept a 30-day ceasefire proposal with Russia, offering hope amid geopolitical tensions. The FTSE 100 index rose by 0.6% at 1127 GMT, recovering from its worst session in nearly two months the previous day. The U.S. decision to resume military support
Annaliese Dodds quit the Government today with a broadside at Sir Keir Starmer over his plan to use foreign aid money to re-arm Britain. Earlier this week, the Prime Minister announced that defence spending will be increasing to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2027, with a view to it hitting 3 per cent in
Crude oil prices reversed a decline from the start of this week, moving higher after the American Petroleum Institute reported the first weekly decline in inventories in over a month. If the inventory dip gets confirmed today by the Energy Information Administration, the price rise will likely extend towards the end of the week. At
This week saw the most significant developments to bring about an end to the Ukraine war since Russia invaded in February 2022. A meeting between US and Russian officials in Saudi Arabia on 18 February covered a number of key areas, including restoring relations between the two superpowers and the role of Nato in any
Britain will ‘turn the screws’ on Vladimir Putin with a package of sanctions against Russia to reassert the UK’s ‘ironclad’ support for Ukraine, the Government will announce today. Foreign Secretary David Lammy will make the vow as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to fly out for an historic meeting with Donald Trump at the White House
Peak gold is approaching in the current cycle of rising prices for the metal and might even have arrived as Ukraine peace talks start. A glimpse of the change from a rampant one-way trade can be seen in the modest correction over the past week which has rubbed $40 an ounce off the price since
By James Cleverly Published: 22:01, 26 August 2024 | Updated: 22:43, 26 August 2024 The warning lights were flashing red well before Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. And there are few reasons to believe the world is going to become more stable or more safe any time soon. Authoritarian regimes are not
Russia has imposed what it called anti-terror measures in Kursk, the site of a Ukrainian military incursion, and two nearby regions as well as Bryansk and Belgorod. The announcement was made early on August 10 by the National Anti-Terrorism Committee. In a statement, it said the decision had been made by Aleksandr Bortnikov, head of
Three philosophers walk into a crypto-currency. Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin, I’d argue, is a slightly inaccurate title. Messrs Bailey, Rettler and Warmke have composed a book that is a meticulous and unphilosophically lucid examination of the origins and properties of bitcoin. No Hegel, no Husserl, no fuss. ‘We don’t prophesy,’ they state.