European heatwave: Hottest day of the year forecast for UK June 29, 2019 The heatwave that has engulfed Europe over the past week is set to reach the UK on Saturday with temperatures across the south of England soaring. The mercury could rise too as high as 34C (93F) in London, while other parts of the South East such as Cambridgeshire and East Anglia could expect up to [...]
United States and China agree to resume trade talks after G20 summit meeting June 29, 2019 The United States and China have agreed to resume trade talks after the countries’ leaders met during the G20 summit in Japan. The escalation in trade tensions between the two had fuelled a global economic slowdown. Read more: Trump jokes to Putin: “Don’t meddle in election, please” US President Donald Trump said the talks in [...]
EU agrees ‘largest ever trade deal’ with South American bloc after 20 years of talks June 29, 2019 The European Union has agreed a free-trade deal with the South American bloc known as Mercosur, 20 years after negotiations first began. EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has labelled the agreement as the EU’s biggest deal to date, and claimed it shows “we stand for rules-based trade” at a time of conflict between the US [...]
European heatwave: France sets new record temperature of 45.9C June 28, 2019 France has recorded its highest ever temperature today – 45.9C – as the heatwave across western Europe intensifies. The new record has been set in the country’s southern town of Gallargues-le-Montueux, surpassing the 44.3C set in Carpentras and 45.1C in Villevieille earlier in the day, and beating the previous record of 44.1C set during a [...]
Deutsche Bank considers cutting up to 20,000 jobs June 28, 2019 Deutsche Bank is contemplating cutting between 15,000 and 20,000 jobs from its global equities division according to reports from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal. The news, revealed on Friday, would mean around 20 per cent of the company’s global workforce lose their jobs. Read more: Bank of Ireland sells UK credit card portfolio to London [...]
Theresa May tells Vladmir Putin there can be no repeat of Salisbury attack in face-to-face meeting June 28, 2019 Theresa May has told Russian President Vladmir Putin that there can be no repeat of the “truly despicable act that led to the death of British citizen, Dawn Sturgess”. During a meeting that lasted one hour and 20 minutes, May condemned the Salisbury attack, which she said the UK had “irrefutable evidence that Russia was [...]
Theresa May demands Salisbury poisoning suspects face justice ahead of Vladmir Putin talks June 28, 2019 Theresa May has called for the suspects in the Salisbury Novichok attack to be “brought to justice” ahead of a meeting with Vladmir Putin at the G20 summit today. UK authorities suspect two people from Russia’s intelligence service, GRU, were responsible for the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia last year. Read [...]
Bank of Ireland sells UK credit card portfolio to London startup Jaja for £530m June 28, 2019 Bank of Ireland has agreed to sell its UK credit card portfolio to digital finance company Jaja Finance for a face-value fee of £530m. The company announced on Friday its decision to sell the portfolio of cards comprising the existing Bank of Ireland UK, the AA and Post Office-branded credit cards. Read more: London Capital [...]
Trump jokes to Putin at G20: ‘Don’t meddle in the election, please’ June 28, 2019 Donald Trump has playfully warned Vladmir Putin not to “meddle” in the 2020 US election, smiling and waving his finger at the Russian president. The US president met face to face with Putin today as the G20 summit in Osaka gets underway. Read more: Putin says liberalism has “become obsolete” and praises “talented” Trump He [...]
Vladmir Putin calls liberalism ‘obsolete’ ahead of G20 summit June 28, 2019 Russian president Vladmir Putin has labelled liberalism as “obsolete” ahead of the latest G20 summit, which gets underway today. The 66-year-old claimed that the dominant ideology throughout western Europe had “outlived its purpose” during a wide-ranging interview with the Financial Times. Read more: US and China agree tentative trade truce ahead of G20 summit “[Liberals] [...]
