Neil Woodford and partner bagged £13.8m in year before empire collapsed January 7, 2020 Neil Woodford and his partner Craig Newman were paid almost £14m in dividends in the year leading up to the fund crisis that ultimately brought down their company. For the year ending 31 March 2019, Woodford Investment Management’s profit more than halved, falling from £33.7m to £16.3m, according to accounts submitted to Companies House. Read [...]
Qasem Soleimani: Trump threatens Iraq with sanctions if US troops are expelled January 6, 2020 President Donald Trump has threatened Iraq with severe sanctions after its parliament called for US forces to leave the country, as the backlash over the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani intensifies. “We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s [in Iraq]. It cost billions of dollars to build, long before my time. [...]
‘US will pay for Soleimani assassination for years to come’, says Iran President January 4, 2020 Iran President Hassan Rouhani has said the assassination of general Qassem Soleimani will “never be forgotten” as he compared it to the US-led coup that reinstated the Shah in 1953 and threatened a lengthy retaliation. A US airstrike on Friday killed the head of the Quds Force, Soleimani, widely considered the second most influential person [...]
UK nationals warned against travelling to Iraq and Iran January 4, 2020 The UK has warned its nationals to avoid travelling to Iraq or Iran in the wake of the US airstrike which killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on Friday. Soleimani, widely considered the second in command to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and the architect of the Islamic Republic’s regional policy, was assassinated at Baghdad airport in [...]
World leaders call for restraint as Iran promises revenge for killing January 3, 2020 World leaders have urged calm amid simmering tensions after the US confirmed it was responsible for an air strike which killed top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad. Iran’s Supreme Leader, the Ayatollah Khamenei, said that harsh revenge awaited the “criminals” who killed Soleimani. Read more: European stocks falter after US kills top Iranian general [...]
US says threat of ‘imminent attack’ triggered air strikes against Iran January 3, 2020 US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has claimed that the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani was carried out to prevent an “imminent attack” that would have endangered US citizens in the region. Speaking to CNN and Fox News, Pompeo said that the attack was based on an “intelligence based assessment”, but refused to say [...]
National living wage set to rise over six per cent in 2020 December 31, 2019 Almost three million workers are set to receive a 6.2 per cent pay rise from April, after the government announced plans to raise the national living wage. The raise, which the government says will be “the biggest cash increase ever”, comes as prime minister Boris Johnson seeks yo shore up support from the working class [...]
Tesla delivers first electric cars made in China December 30, 2019 Electric car firm Tesla has delivered its first vehicles made in China as its billionaire founder Elon Musk targets a bigger share of the country’s car market. Fifteen Model 3 cars were handed over to employees at the firm’s Gigafactory near Shanghai, meaning deliveries have started just over a year after construction of the factory [...]
Mark Carney warns financial sector over climate change December 30, 2019 Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned that the financial sector must stop investing in fossil fuels faster in order to avoid irreversible global warming. Carney, who will step down from his central bank role next year, said pension fund analysis showed that “if you add up the policies of all of companies out [...]
Donald Trump impeachment trial: Republicans have not ruled out witnesses December 23, 2019 Mitch McConnell, the US Republican Senate majority leader, has said his party has not ruled out hearing witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. However, he added that he would not agree to the Democrats’ request that the Senate agree ahead of time to take testimony during the trial. Read more: Space Force: [...]