Brexit costs: Brits face €18 fee on UK-EU bank transfers and €5 per ATM withdrawal in Europe March 23, 2022 The French bank Crédit Agricole has introduced a €5 charge for withdrawals made with UK-issued credit and debit cards. In addition, the bank recently started to imposed a new €18 flat fee on any bank transfers coming from Britain. More European banks are expected to introduce similar fees, according to various European media, including magazine [...]
Pro-Kremlin paper admits close to 10,000 Russian solders killed in Ukraine while 16,000 troops wounded March 23, 2022 Pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda has published Russian Ministry of Defence figures that list 9,861 Russian troops have now died in Ukraine. Moreover, the paper also says 16,153 have been wounded in the ongoing war. “Huge if true – though this probably won’t stay online long,” Matthew Luxmoore, the Wall Street Journal’s reporter in Moscow tweeted. [...]
Highest since 2015: Russian inflation goes through the roof as level accelerates to 12.5 per cent March 23, 2022 It seems another headache is coming Vladimir Putin’s way as inflation in Russia has shot up to 12.5 per cent, the country’s highest level since 2015. Annual inflation in Russia accelerated to 12.5 per cent as of March 11, its highest since late 2015 and up from 10.4 per cent a week earlier, the economy [...]
Cool runnings: Bobsleighing royals William and Kate are an absolute hit in Jamaica March 23, 2022 When William clambered into the training sleigh during a visit to Bob Marley’s old Kingston neighbourhood of Trench Town, Kate did not hesitate and jumped in behind him. Yesterday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tried out a bobsleigh made for two under the watchful eye of Jamaica’s latest Cool Runnings team. Chatting to women [...]
Julian Assange to marry in Belmarsh prison later today March 23, 2022 Supporters of Julian Assange will gather outside a prison on Wednesday to celebrate the wedding of the WikiLeaks founder to his fiancee. The ceremony will take place in Belmarsh prison in London, just weeks before the third anniversary of his dramatic arrest when he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in the capital. Assange [...]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan issues high air pollution alert for today and tomorrow March 23, 2022 The Mayor of London has triggered a ‘high’ air pollution alert for today and tomorrow as London experiences imported pollution from the continent alongside a build-up of local emissions, Sadiq Khan’s office said in a statement. This is the first ‘high’ pollution alert that the Mayor has issued since August 2020. ”Toxic air is extremely dangerous [...]
Ukraine war may be starting to pay off for Putin as Zelensky is prepared to ‘compromise’ in apparent U-turn March 23, 2022 Reports are coming in from Kyiv this morning that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared to discuss a commitment from Ukraine not to seek NATO membership in exchange for a ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian troops and a guarantee of Ukraine’s security. “It’s a compromise for everyone: for the West, which doesn’t know what to [...]
Embarrassed UK Ministry of Defence hits out at Kremlin ‘propaganda’ as second prank video of Ben Wallace emerges March 22, 2022 The UK government accused Russia this afternoon of spreading “propaganda” to distract from its atrocities in Ukraine after a second hoax video featuring Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was published. Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin has been squarely blamed for the imposters’ calls with three Cabinet ministers, as officials appear to struggle to get the clips removed from [...]
Tech firms lead business growth across Britain as one in four of all high-growth companies are startups March 22, 2022 Of the 175 fastest-growing UK companies – firms that have been able to grow their revenue 20 per cent or more, around a quarter (44) companies are technology companies, according to new research shared with City A.M. today. A significant number of these are fintechs. This includes payments giant Wise, which has managed to grow [...]
‘Death by over-regulation’: Losses from one cryptocurrency cannot be used to offset gains from other crypto under new tax rules in India March 22, 2022 India has introduced a number of new tax rules for cryptocurrencies. The most eye-popping clause is without a doubt the stipulation that losses from one crypto asset cannot be used to offset gains in another. So, in other words, if you lose some in trading Bitcoin, that cannot be offset vs gains from another asset, [...]
