London airport expansion: Business reacts to government “dithering” on Heathrow decision December 1, 2015 Business groups have responded with apprehension after the government pushed back the decision on whether to build a third runway at Heathrow until next week, and demanded urgent action. It was anticipated that the government’s decision on the controversial issue would come this week, but a senior transport source told City A.M. that the verdict is not [...]
COP21 Paris climate summit: Here are four things you need to know about climate change, from the global economic impact to fossil fuel subsidies December 1, 2015 World leaders are sitting down for a second day of talks in Paris, hoping to secure a strong deal at what has been billed as the most important climate summit for years. The eyes of the world are trained on the outcome, with hundreds of thousands marching worldwide on Sunday to demand stronger action on [...]
Sanctions will cost Turkey and Russia billions, IHS economists warn November 30, 2015 The Russian and Turkish economies will both suffer heavy losses after Moscow imposed economic sanctions in response to the downing of a fighter jet, a new economic report has warned. Turkey was a major beneficiary of sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU last year in response to its involvement in the annexation of Crimea in [...]
What got us talking this week – including the Autumn Statement, Syria, Black Friday and Arsenal’s injury crisis November 27, 2015 This week, we discovered we are all late-night, smartphone-using shopping addicts, as these three charts show. So sit back and relax, while we take you through what got us talking this week. George's marvellous medicine All eyes were on Westminster this Wednesday, as George Osborne delivered his Autumn Statement and Comprehensive Spending Review. In case you [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn facing revolt as shadow cabinet members back David Cameron’s plans for air strikes in Syria November 27, 2015 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been put under more pressure as senior members of his shadow cabinet have threatened to resign over his stance on air strikes in Syria. Corbyn has written to Labour MPs to say he cannot support Prime Minister David Cameron's call to take military action in Syria against the so-called Islamic [...]
IAAF president Lord Coe leaves role with US sportswear giant Nike amid conflict of interest claims November 26, 2015 Athletics chief Lord Coe admitted that his controversial association with Nike was impinging on his ability to clean up the scandal-hit sport after quitting his role with the United States sportswear giant yesterday. Coe had faced mounting pressure to relinquish his £100,000 a year global ambassadorial role after conflict of interest claims surfaced following the award [...]
Russia officially suspended from world athletics after it accepts indefinite ban over doping scandal November 26, 2015 Russia's indefinite suspension from athletics has been sealed in stone, after it opted not to appeal against the IAAF's ban. The IAAF had voted to provisionally suspend Russia from all international competition earlier this month after a report conducted on behalf of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) revealed its athletics federation was involved in systematic [...]
Russia tightens Turkish food import controls after Russian SU-24 jet shot down by Turkish F-16 warplanes over Syria November 26, 2015 Russia has ramped up checks on food and agriculture imports from Turkey, a move which could deal a blow to the country's economy in the wake of its downing of a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian border. The Russian government told its food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor to increase controls in response to agriculture ministry [...]
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is as well trusted as Russian President Vladimir Putin when it comes to dealing with ISIS November 26, 2015 When it comes to dealing with the threat posed by the so-called Islamic State, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is as well trusted as Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leader of the country that backed Corbyn's electoral victory as a "radical breakthrough" has -47 per cent trust in making the right decisions in regard of Syria and [...]
Cameron tells MPs “we cannot stand aside” as he seeks approval to extend airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria November 26, 2015 David Cameron has told the Foreign Affairs Committee that the UK should extend its military campaign against Islamic State into Syria. Setting out his "comprehensive strategy" for how the UK will seek to tackle Islamic State, Cameron told the MPs more action was needed to tackle the group, which has claimed responsibility for attacks in Paris [...]