Fifty years on from the first moon landing, it’s time to get ready for space tourism July 9, 2019 Next time someone asks if you are going anywhere nice on holiday, perhaps soon you can say Mars or Venus rather than Mallorca or Ibiza. It has been 50 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched Apollo 11 down on the moon, and now famous billionaires are backing different projects to make space a [...]
How the US shale revolution changed the face of geopolitics July 8, 2019 In theory, we all know that major technical revolutions change and fundamentally disrupt the face of the world we live in. In practice, analysts of all stripes are too often glacially slow to realise this process when it is at work, let alone what it means. These events (such as the advent of the mass-produced [...]
Has your business got real Pride? Don’t just talk the talk July 5, 2019 It’S 50 years since the Stonewall Riots, when New York’s gay community hit the streets to protest against police harassment, leading to the US gay rights movement and the worldwide LGBTQ campaign as we know it today. Progress continues to be made – and brands have been quick to spot the potential, both to promote [...]
Rouhani: Iran will ramp up uranium enrichment from Sunday July 3, 2019 Iran will ramp up uranium enrichment on Sunday, breaking the terms of the deal it signed four year ago with the US and five other countries. President Hassan Rouhani said today that Iran will enrich “whatever amount we feel like” above the limit set in the nuclear deal. Read more: Trump warns Iran of ‘obliteration’ [...]
England 1-2 United States: Lionesses’ frenetic play trumped by controlled game plan in Women’s World Cup semi-final July 2, 2019 In the end, a familiar feeling. Sinking to the turf, overcome with emotion. Not for the first time England were knocked out of the World Cup in the semi-finals. Phil Neville said in the build-up anything other than progression to the final would amount to failure and judged in the harshest terms he was right: [...]
MPs set ultimatum for new laws to tackle online election interference July 2, 2019 MPs have called on the government to introduce new laws targeting electoral interference amid fears online political campaigns could be damaging democracy. The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has urged the government to roll out new legislation within six months to bring electoral law in line with modern digital campaigning techniques. Read more: Social [...]
Neil Woodford keeps flagship fund under lock and key July 1, 2019 Embattled stockpicker Neil Woodford remained defiant last night despite confirmation that his flagship Equity Income Fund will stay frozen for at least another 28 days. Read more: Woodford offloads stake in Raven’s property firm In a new video promoted on social media, Woodford defended his trademark strategy of focusing on “undervalued assets”, saying it “will [...]
Woodford offloads stake in Raven property investment firm July 1, 2019 Embattled stockpicker Neil Woodford has jettisoned his 12 per cent stake in Raven Property Group, bringing the total he has raised since the suspension of his flagship fund to £459m. Raven announced today that it has bought back 72.1m shares from Woodford at 36p per share. Read more: Neil Woodford cuts stake in AI firm [...]
Opec agrees to extend oil supply cuts by nine months July 1, 2019 Oil cartel Opec agreed to extend supply cuts by nine months today, in an attempt to maintain the price of oil in face of soaring US production and fears of a global economic slowdown. Opec is meeting today in Vienna and is holding a further meeting tomorrow with Russia and other allies. Opec and its [...]
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 [...]