Blackout Warning: Germany suspends approval for Nord Stream 2 pipeline as energy crisis deepens November 17, 2021 EUROPE is bracing itself for an energy crisis this winter after approval for Russia’s controversial gas pipeline into Germany was suspended by regulators. Gas prices shot up again on Wednesday as traders reacted to the news, with UK natural gas futures up 17 per cent on the day and the European benchmark also spiking by [...]
Johnson says ‘internationalism failed us’ during Covid as he takes shots at EU November 15, 2021 Boris Johnson has tonight claimed “internationalism failed us” during Covid-19 as he takes shots at the EU for its reliance on Russian gas and its threats to ban vaccine exports earlier this year. The Prime Minister said at the Lord Mayor of London’s banquet in Guildhall that the UK was a “victim” of “the crazy [...]
On board the first post-Covid BA flight to the US November 15, 2021 What is the collective noun for a group of journalists? Google suggests “pack”, “herd”, “scoop”, and “crowd”. But the word that sprung to my mind while on the BA 001 flight to JFK, fourth glass of champagne in hand, was frenzy. A palpable excitement swelled inside our cabin as the Airbus A350 took to the [...]
Russian spy found dead at embassy in Berlin after mystery fall, German media report November 6, 2021 German media are reporting that a man recently found dead in the street outside the Russian embassy in Berlin was an undercover agent of Moscow’s intelligence services, and had fallen from an upper floor of the building.
Celebrity details leaked after London jeweller hacked November 1, 2021 London-based jeweller Graff has been attacked by a ransomware gang, with cyberhackers stealing celebrity clients’ details. Russian group Conti – who are known for launching attacks on hospitals and government departments – are thought to have demanded millions of pounds in ransom. The group has already leaked around 69,000 confidential documents on the dark web, [...]
COP26: Meaningful action or a load of hot air? November 1, 2021 City of London Corporation policy chair Catherine McGuinness urged on Friday that we must “ensure that COP26 is about action, not just ‘blah blah blah’,” if we are to finance the transition to net zero and meet the challenge Greta Thunberg has thrown down to us. Her call for meaningful action follows the UN’s weather [...]
COP26: Prince Charles warns governments alone cannot prevent climate crisis October 31, 2021 Prince Charles has warned governments need the support of the private sector to prevent the climate crisis. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, His Royal Highness said “we need trillions of dollars of investment every year” to limit global warming to 1.5C. “Governments alone cannot muster those sorts of sums. But the private sector can, working [...]
Crypto AM Daily in association with Luno October 29, 2021 This week in Bitcoin – A Crypto AM report from Russia With Jason Deane This week I was lucky enough to visit several Bitcoin mining facilities, including my own, in and around the area of the Russian town of Irkutsk, a few hundred miles north of the border with Mongolia. Although I’ve been mining consistently [...]
China avoids big climate commitments ahead of COP26 conference October 28, 2021 China will aim to hit peak greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The world’s biggest energy emitter has relesed its climate change blueprint ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. In 2019, the country was repsonsible for 27 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, according to research from the Rhodium Group. Its new roadmap includes [...]
Bob Bob Ricard City reopens – and the pie is still to die for – CityAM : CityAM October 28, 2021 The more things change, the more they remain the same. In June of 2019 I was at the opening of Bob Bob Cité, the sister restaurant to Soho’s Bob Bob Ricard, which I wrote, with no little hyperbole, was the best place to eat in the City of London. It was a wildly expensive venture, [...]