Glazers to explore sale of Manchester United, state reports November 22, 2022 Premier League club Manchester United’s owners, the Glazer family, are reportedly ready to announce their intention to look at potential investment in the club. The news could see one of the world’s most famous clubs change hands after a dynasty of ownership lasting 17 years. The examination of potential income sources could include an auction, [...]
Equinor pledges $1.44bn investment to deepwater Arctic gas field November 22, 2022 Equinor have announced they will invest $1.44bn in developing one of the deepest gas fields off the coast of Norway.
EU Commission unveils price limit for gas price cap ahead of crunch talks November 22, 2022 The European Union's executive arm has proposed a year-long gas price cap of €275 per megawatt hour on the Dutch benchmark.
Kyiv plunged into freezing darkness as the Kremlin targets power supplies November 22, 2022 Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has been plunged into freezing darkness as Russia continues to target its power supplies. President Volodomyr Zelensky spoke to his country last night branding the damage as having been done by “terrorists” from the Kremlin. The war, which began in February, is entering a new phase following Russian retreat from parts of Kherson. [...]
Starmer vows to abolish House of Lords if Labour wins election November 20, 2022 The House of Lords will be abolished and replaced with an elected upper chamber if Labour wins the next election, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. Starmer told Labour’s peers this week that the UK’s political system had been undermined by recent Prime Ministers appointing “lackeys and donors” to the House of Lords. Politicians will be [...]
Love match for James McDonald and Romantic Warrior at Sha Tin? November 18, 2022 LAST season’s Hong Kong Derby and Group 1 QE II Cup winner Romantic Warrior makes a belated seasonal reappearance in the Bochk Jockey Club Cup (8:40am) over 10 furlongs. The son of Acclamation suffered a slight set-back in August and didn’t have his first serious gallop until near the end of September. Two subsequent winning trials, [...]
Lloyd’s of London to face £735m court battle over Dubai owned aircraft seized by Russia November 18, 2022 Lloyd’s of London is being sued for $875m (£735m) over its failure to pay out on a multi-million-dollar insurance claim filed over the Russian state’s decision to seize hundreds of planes this March. Airplane leaser Dubai Aerospace Enterprises Ltd (DAE) has filed a High Court claim against Lloyd’s seeking more than $875m from the insurer, [...]
This shakeout isn’t done yet – there will be more crypto casualties November 18, 2022 Jason Deane carefully picks apart the events of the last week to see what effect they've had on the cryptocurrency markets.
Cleverly ‘not rushing to judgement’ on Poland missile strike November 16, 2022 The UK’s foreign secretary is “not rushing to judgement” on the cause of the missile that killed two people in Poland last night, after Nato’s chief said it was likely an accidental Ukrainian strike. James Cleverly told MPs today that the UK will help Polish authorities “lead the investigation to establish exactly what happened”. Nato [...]
Russian missiles kill two people in Poland – reports November 15, 2022 Russian missiles are feared to have crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people on Tuesday night, after reports from a senior US intelligence official. Missiles reportedly hit a farm in Przewodów, Lublin, a village near the border with Ukraine, according to Polish media. It was also reported that the missile was “most likely the [...]