Goldman Sachs’ vice chair has said the bank ditched an internal diversity rule that barred it from advising all male, all white boards on company flotations because it was no…
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USA: Coca-Cola says it may use more plastic due to Trump tariffs
Coca-Cola may have to sell more drinks in plastic bottles in the US if President Donald Trump’s tariffs end up making aluminium cans more expensive, the company’s chief executive, James…
UK: Three girls sexually assaulted near Clapham Common
A man has been arrested in connection with three incidents of sexual assault in which teenage girls were touched while walking near Clapham Common. It happened on Wednesday, 8 January,…
Australia: Chelsea star Sam Kerr cleared of racial harassment
Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of causing racially aggravated harassment, after calling a Metropolitan Police officer “stupid and white”. A jury at Kingston Crown Court cleared…
UK: Doctors warn women when using menstrual cups
Doctors are advising women to take care using menstrual cups, after one user developed temporary kidney problems because the cup was misaligned. The patient, in her 30s, had been experiencing…
Dubai: Rybakina’s ex-coach Vukov banned after investigation
Stefano Vukov, the former coach of world number five Elena Rybakina, will remain banned from the WTA Tour following an independent investigation into his behaviour towards the player. It was…
Romania: President Klaus Iohannis resigns after impeachment pressure over cancelled vote
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis has resigned, a day before he faced an impeachment vote sparked by the cancellation of the country’s presidential election last year. Opponents had been pushing to…
Belgium: Hegseth says return to Ukraine’s 2014 borders ‘unrealistic’
Pete Hegseth, the new US defence secretary, has said it is “unrealistic” to expect Ukraine to return to its pre-2014 borders, when Russia first captured Crimea and Moscow-backed proxies pushed…
Argentina:Dozens evacuated in skyscraper fire
15 hours ago Leonardo Rocha & George Wright BBC NewsShareSave More than 100 people were evacuated from a luxury residential tower in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, as a fire…
Australia: Nurses suspended over ‘vile’ antisemitic video
Two Australian nurses have been suspended after a video appeared to show them threatening to kill Israeli patients and boasting about refusing to treat them. The man and woman –…