EU warns Elon Musk over Twitter moderation plans
[ad_1] Brussels has warned Elon Musk that Twitter must comply with the EU’s new digital rules under his ownership, or risk hefty fines or even a ban, setting the stage…
China’s Covid booster campaign slows as staff redirected to mass testing
[ad_1] China’s booster vaccination drive is slowing as medical staff are redirected to carry out mass testing with coronavirus cases rising across the country. Relatively low vaccination rates will leave…
Yen’s tumble stirs debate in Tokyo over merits of weak currency
[ad_1] A steep sell-off in Japan’s yen risks dividing policymakers in Tokyo on whether to embrace a weaker currency or push back against it, raising the stakes ahead of this…
Maersk warns on trade volumes even as profits balloon
[ad_1] AP Moller-Maersk warned that container trade could decline this year due to the ongoing supply chain crisis even as the shipping giant upgraded its annual profit forecasts by a…
UK grocery bills rise 5.9% in last year, adding to cost of living crisis
[ad_1] The price of groceries in the UK has risen by 5.9 per cent in the last year, exacerbating a wider cost of living crisis for households reeling from soaring…
European stocks open higher as investors anticipate tech earnings
[ad_1] European equities opened higher on Tuesday as global markets recovered from sharp falls in the previous session, driven by fears about Chinese lockdowns, inflation and central banks raising interest…
UK government borrowing halves as economy rebounds
[ad_1] UK government borrowing more than halved in the latest financial year ending in March as the economy bounced back from the pandemic, but the improvement has slowed significantly in…
HSBC profits tumble 28% on war in Ukraine and slowing Asia growth
[ad_1] HSBC’s profits fell by more than a quarter in the first three months of the year as Europe’s largest lender increased its reserves for bad loans in response to…
Kim Jong Un could use nuclear arsenal to dominate Korean peninsula, warn experts
[ad_1] North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may harbour ambitions to use his nuclear weapons programme to assert control over the entire Korean peninsula, experts have warned.Andrei Lankov, one of…
Twitter: Elon Musk gets his way
[ad_1] Elon Musk fans like to claim their hero is always playing four-dimensional chess. No matter how chaotic his actions, they believe the billionaire Tesla boss has secret plans too…
