Fuel crisis: Watch as British soldiers drive tanker trucks across southern England October 5, 2021 British military personnel were seen driving tanker trucks out of a depot in southern England on Tuesday, after the army was ordered to help tackle the gasoline shortages and chaotic panic buying that have gripped the country. Watch the full report.
Covid protection from Pfizer vaccine drops to 47 per cent six months after second dose October 5, 2021 The effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech SE vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47 per cent from 88 per cent six months after the second dose, according to data published that U.S. health agencies considered when deciding on the need for booster shots. Watch the full report.
The day 3.5bn people lost access: Facebook blames global outage on ‘configuration change’ October 5, 2021 Facebook cited faulty configuration changes on its routers as the root cause of the nearly six-hour outage that prevented the company’s 3.5bn users from accessing its social media and messaging services. Watch the full report.
Watch as British Army drivers hit the road to tackle the fuel crisis October 4, 2021 Army drivers have been deployed to drive tankers in the UK to help get deliveries to filling stations starved of fuel amid nationwide panic buying. Watch the full report.
Watch as North Korea kicks off the weekend by firing a new anti-aircraft missile October 1, 2021 North Korea has fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile, state media KCNA reported today, the latest in its recent series of weapons tests amid deadlocked denuclearisation talks with the United States. Watch the full report.
Natwest chairman Sir Howard Davies on the ‘pandexit’ to China, levelling-up and crypto September 30, 2021 Sir Howard Davies is as near as the UK gets to the continental ideal of a polymath who is equally at home in the worlds of arts, industry, finance and politics. While currently serving as the chairman of banking giant Natwest, he is a former director of the LSE, a professor at Sciences Po in [...]
As UK wages soar, drivers say an expensive and chaotic Christmas is increasingly likely September 30, 2021 Truck drivers have warned that prices for everything from food to Christmas gifts will rise because an acute shortage of drivers is pushing up wages. Watch the full report.
Investors get nervous as Evergrande misses another bond payment despite $1.5bn debt deal September 30, 2021 At least some of China Evergrande’s offshore bondholders had not received a due coupon payment by the close of Asia business yesterday, sources said, although the cash-strapped developer reached a $1.5bn deal to settle debt with a Chinese bank. Watch the full report.
Watch as Rolls-Royce plans to launch its first electric vehicle called ‘Spectre’ September 30, 2021 Luxury car maker Rolls-Royce says it will go all-electric by 2030, with its first EV, the “Spectre”, on the market in 2023. Watch the full report.
Exclusive: Freight Right CEO on worsening vessel congestion in America’s busiest container port September 29, 2021 To highlight the global state of the current supply chain, City A.M. caught up with Freight Right CEO Robert Khachatryan. Khachatryan offered to provide a visual representation of the current problem, and explained the issues that his firm, and many other freight companies, are currently facing. Watch the full report.