Labour peer Lord Robertson of Port Ellen told the House of Lords that experts are questioning the Government’s £75 billion figure.
The skin toasted Australian Minister of Defence, Richard Marles, who resembles, with each day, the product of an overly worked solarium, was adamant. Not only will Australians be paying a bill up to and above A$368 billion for nuclear powered submarines it does not need; it will also be throwing A$100 billion into the coffers of More
The prime minister said the world is "the most dangerous it's been since the end of the Cold War".
More than 2,100 knives were seized by gardaí in 2022.
Decision-makers should consider setting minimum unit pricing for alcohol. It’s a policy that has been shown to save lives
In his response to the Ulster Unionist peer, Defence Minister the Earl of Minto admitted that UK defence spending in 2023 had fallen to just 2.28 percent of GDP compared to 2.47 percent in 2010. Lord Rogan commented: “We are living through particularly dangerous times with major conflicts going on in the Middle East and Ukraine, plus repeated military threats to Taiwan from China. “This is not a time for the United Kingdom to drop its guard but, as these figures demonstrate, that is precisely...
Social media giant Meta reported a surge in profit with the Facebook and Instagram parent seeing its first-quarter profit more than double, boosted by higher advertising revenue and a 6% increase in the average price of ads on its platforms, to touch $12.37 billion from $5.71 billion during the same period last year.Revenue, too, rose 27% to $36.46 billion from $28.65 billion. However, despite beating analyst estimates the stock slumped over 15% in extended trade after the company forecasted...
(The Center Square) – Data from the Seattle Department of Transportation shows that despite its efforts to end traffic fatalities and serious injuries, the number of serious traffic injuries continued to increase to an all-time high in 2023. Fatalities on Seattle streets peaked in 2021 with 31 deaths, but since then has seen a modest drop to 27 deaths in 2023. While traffic deaths have fallen, serious injuries on Seattle streets continue to go up across all...
By Rashard Rose, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda discussed NATO spending in a dinner meeting at Trump Tower in New York City Wednesday, according to a readout of the meeting from the Trump campaign. The pair “discussed President Duda’s proposal for NATO countries to go to 3% spending on
Students will no longer receive general housing benefits, high-earners and pensioners will pay more tax and VAT will increase by 1.5 percentage points.
Despite the government's commitment to fiscal prudence and macroeconomic and currency reforms, economic conditions in Nigeria will remain challenging in 2024 and 2025 amid modest economic growth and high inflation, keeping the risk of socioeconomic unrest and policy slippage elevated.
Shares slumped 15% after Mark Zuckerberg said AI spending would have to grow before Meta could make much revenue from productsBusiness live – latest updatesShares in Meta slumped 15% when Wall Street opened on Thursday, wiping about $190bn off the value of the Facebook and Instagram parent company, as investors reacted to a pledge to ramp up spending on artificial intelligence.Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s founder and chief executive, said on a conference call on Wednesday that spending on the...