A green and gold decade: Australia prepares for spell as host of sport’s biggest events August 15, 2022 The sun-kissed nation of Australia is about to embark on a decade-long installation as the centre for world sport. Although it was beaten by Qatar to the rights to stage the men’s football World Cup later this year, the country is set to co-host the women’s equivalent as well as Rugby World Cups, a second [...]
Government pushes forward with plans to simplify broadband ‘social tariffs’ for struggling households August 14, 2022 Broadband bills could be cut for millions of low-income households under new plans to encourage ‘social tariffs’.
Commuter numbers into City of London nearly double with Wednesdays and Thursdays busiest August 12, 2022 Commuter numbers into the City of London have nearly doubled since last year and the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions in England, according to new data from mobile operator O2. The network said the data – which it gathered based on connections to O2 mobile masts in major commuter, hospitality and retail hubs – had found [...]
Anxious East Africa holds its breath: Still no election winner while fraud claims start to fly August 12, 2022 NAIROBI – East Africa is holding its breath this Friday morning as Tuesday’s cliffhanger elections in regional powerhouse Kenya still has not produced a clear presidential winner. While vote counting in the country is reaching its final stages, in an extremely close race between the two main candidates, confusion is growing as a range of [...]
Airbnb’s adolescence will be defined by its ability to grow August 12, 2022 Airbnb has grown into its adolescence, but it has challenges ahead to keep communities on board.
Exclusive: Industry body warns against more stringent windfall tax August 11, 2022 Offshore Energies UK has warned against further tampering to the windfall tax, which it believes would hurt investor confidence.
The over-hyped madness of the metaverse and the forgotten value of video August 11, 2022 The metaverse and Virtual Reality have had the weight of a number of large big technology companies behind it in the last year, spearheaded by the likes of Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft. Not only did the industry see its proliferation increase substantially over the pandemic, but the hype has yet to deter, particularly with speculation [...]
Musk sells $7bn worth of Tesla shares as Twitter battle heads to trial August 10, 2022 Elon Musk has sold nearly $7bn (£5.7bn) worth of Tesla shares as his battle with Twitter over his botched takeover heads to court. Musk, tech entrepreneur and the world’s richest man, will head to trial on 17 October. Musk had sold $8.5bn (£7bn) worth of Tesla shares in April, assuring shareholders that he was not [...]
Voting underway in Kenya: East Africa braces itself as fierce battle between Raila and Ruto reaches climax August 9, 2022 NAIROBI – It’s D-Day in Kenya: after two years of campaigning, planning and plotting, voting is underway. where an opposition leader backed by the outgoing premier faces the deputy president who styles himself as the outsider and a “hustler”. Polls across the country opened at 6am local time this morning, with more than 22m registered [...]
Olympic race walker King slams ‘toxic’ British Athletics August 9, 2022 Two-time Team GB Olympic race walker Dominic King has accused British Athletics of being “a toxic governing body” which “fails to learn from its previous errors”. Last year, in March of 2021, King broke the 50km race walk British record which had stood since 1990. Subsequently the 39-year-old from Essex has achieved the required qualifying [...]