Great Britain and Northern Ireland in strong showing but no gold rush July 25, 2022 If the Great Britain and Northern Ireland performance at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was turned into a secondary school attendance report, the team would have received a C plus. On one hand, the seven medals the team captured in Oregon, United States were the most by a contingent of athletes since 2015 – when [...]
Sir Craig Reedie interview: Inside London 2012 and why Olympics was value for money July 25, 2022 If you lived through the London 2012 Olympics then you will probably remember where you were for its most spectacular or poignant moments – Super Saturday, Danny Boyle’s vivid opening ceremony, Andy Murray winning tennis gold – and Sir Craig Reedie is no different. But while the former chairman of the British Olympic Association, one [...]
National Grid blames fires and tight markets for desperate supply scramble amid heatwave July 25, 2022 Tight markets and fires in East London forced the National Grid to pay record prices for energy from Belgium to prevent power outages.
New York law firm struggles to find firm to process fee payments from sanctioned VTB Bank July 25, 2022 The law firm acting on behalf of VTB Bank has asked for more time to file its case, after warning that at least three financial institutions have refused to process legal fee payments from the sanctioned Russian bank, even after being assured that processing the payments would be legal. The New York law firm Brafman [...]
Zelensky: Russia cannot be trusted to hold up grain deal after ‘barbaric’ Odessa strike July 25, 2022 Ukraine’s president condemned Russia’s “barbarism” following a strike on Odessa, as he said the Kremlin cannot be trusted to observe a grain exportation deal. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hit out after Saturday’s attack by Moscow, in wake of an agreement facilitated by Turkey for Kyiv to resume exports from Black Sea ports like Odessa. The deal [...]
Energy efficiency can combat Putin’s political pull over gas July 25, 2022 In the past few weeks, Vladimir Putin has significantly reduced gas supplies to European countries, cementing the fact that Europe should begin preparations for a complete cut off from Russian gas. In response, European countries are taking emergency measures, such as firing up old coal-fired power stations. While some leaders might try to justify these [...]
Sunak calls China ‘number one threat’ as Truss doubts his hawk credentials July 24, 2022 Rishi Sunak has today claimed China is the “largest threat to Britain and the world’s security” in a bid to polish his foreign policy credentials. The Tory leadership candidate said “enough is enough” of Beijing’s efforts to undermine democracy and steal overseas intellectual property, adding “I will stop China taking over our universities, and get [...]
Germany hands €15bn to Uniper in bailout deal July 24, 2022 The German government has stepped in to rescue troubled utility giant Uniper with a whopping €15bn bailout after suffering sharp losses.
EU in talks with Nigeria to replace Russian gas as UK aims to boost flows into troubled bloc July 24, 2022 The EU is in talks to buy gas from Nigeria as the bloc scrambles to secure supplies in case Russia turns off the taps ahead of winter.
Tory leadership: Truss set to attack Sunak as soft on China July 24, 2022 Liz Truss’ campaign team is reportedly set to paint Rishi Sunak as soft on China and national security as she tries to win over Tory members. Truss, who is foreign secretary, has framed herself as a foreign policy hawk in the early parts of the campaign and talked up her efforts in helping place sanctions [...]