BBC has reported that Sir Keir Starmer has no plans to have any more tax rises before the next general election – but said he could not rule them out…
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USA: TikTok loses appeal against US ban law
TikTok’s bid to overturn a law which would see it banned or sold in the US from early 2025 has been rejected. The social media company had hoped a federal…
UK: Authorities Uncover multibillion dollar money laundering scheme
A multi-billion-dollar money laundering operation that formed when UK gangs were struggling to offload cash during lockdown has been uncovered by the National Crime Agency. Discovering the Russian-speaking network embedded…
Colombia: Gang jailed over £200m of cocaine in banana boxes
A gang has been jailed after trying to smuggle cocaine with a street value of about £200m in a cargo of bananas from Colombia. The shipment – believed to be…
India: Pharmaceutical industry positing for global influence
Antibiotics are hailed as medical saviours.But they are increasingly facing a crafty adversary: bacteria that mutate and adapt and outwit the very drugs designed to defeat them and cure the…
USA: Bitcoin surges past $100k for first time
The price of Bitcoin has for the first time broken past the $100,000 mark, hitting a new record high.The value of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency has been boosted by hopes…
India: Taxi service apologises for driver’s gunpoint robbery
An Indian taxi aggregator service has apologised after a customer said she was robbed at gunpoint by one of its drivers near the capital, Delhi. The 30-year-old woman said she…
Russia: Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme
After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread…
Iran: US imposes new sanctions on Tehran’s ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers
United States has piled on additional sanctions against Iran targeting 35 entities and vessels that it says are part of a “shadow fleet of vessels” transporting cargoes of Iranian petroleum…
USA: Microsoft faces £1bn class action case in UK over software prices
Thousands of UK businesses could receive payouts if a legal claim filed against tech giant Microsoft is successful. Regulation expert Dr Maria Luisa Stasi is alleging the tech giant overcharged…