2 h. ago Why white South Africans are fleeing surging violence and 'racist' laws for new lives in America, reveals SUE REID

Erik Uys has family roots in South Africa going back years. Now he lives on a cattle ranch in the American state of Arkansas thousands of miles from his home country.

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3 h. ago The new signs of wealth revealed, including a kitchen island and a cleaner

If you have a kitchen island and have a driveway at your home, many people in the UK nowadays will view you as wealthy, according to a new study by HSBC. Pic: Stock image.

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3 h. ago Urgent warning to iPhone users over dodgy charging adapters that can cause fatal electric shocks or house fires

Experts have issued an urgent warning to iPhone users after finding dangerous fake charging adaptors littering the market.

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5 h. ago US and UK in talks on trade deal that could spare Britain from tariffs

Donald Trump says America is looking to forge pact as ‘quickly as it can be done’

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5 h. ago Cardinal McElroy calls for compassion in immigration policy as he prepares to lead in Washington

Cardinal Robert McElroy, the bishop of San Diego who is preparing to take over as archbishop of Washington, D

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5 h. ago Ocado shares tumble again after online grocer posts £375m losses as it plans to cut R&D jobs

Ocado, which runs robotic warehouses for other firms alongside its Ocado Retail venture with M&S, has spent more than £800m on R&D over the past four years.

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6 h. ago MARKET REPORT: Bad news for WPP as advertising giant warns of a dire year ahead

Boss Mark Read (pictured) said that although revenues were hit by weaker client discretionary spending, growth of 2% was seen from the top 25 clients.

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6 h. ago BP boss vows to double value of the oil giant after Elliott pours cold water on revamp plans

Speaking just a day after unveiling his new strategy to investors, chief exec Murray Auchincloss (pictured) said BP could be worth £160bn in five years

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6 h. ago Metro bucks the bank closures trend with plan to open over 100 new branches

Metro Bank Boss Daniel Frumkin (pictured) said it could increase its network to as much as 110 branches, up from 76.

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6 h. ago US stocks lose more ground as jitters grow over tariffs and economy

Lukewarm response to Nvidia’s earnings left market vulnerable to drop in consumer and business sentiment

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7 h. ago Pride Toronto loses corporate funding as Trump’s DEI purge has chilling effect

Canadian event loses three sponsors who also do business in the US to avoid being seen as supporting LGBTQ+ rightsPride Toronto, one of the largest celebrations of LGTBQ+ people in North America, is reeling from the loss of three major sponsors who have pulled funding after Donald Trump’s purge of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US.Kojo Modeste, the executive director of the Canadian event said that the sponsors who also do business in the US are seeking to avoidbeing seen as supporting LGBTQ+ rights. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago 'Mafia boss' Donald Trump's Putin moves mean 'the America you once knew is gone'

Political commentator Thomas L. Friedman wrote that Donald Trump seems to behave either as 'a dupe' for Vladimir Putin or as 'a Mafia godfather' in his attitude towards Ukraine

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8 h. ago ‘It’s similar to Enron’: La Liga president accuses Manchester City of financial deception

Enron one of the largest bankruptcy cases in US historyLa Liga alleges City distort EU’s internal marketManchester City have been accused of an Enron-style financial deception by La Liga’s president, Javier Tebas.Tebas said the Spanish league filed a complaint against City to the European Commission in the summer of 2023, which he says the Commission is investigating. City have not commented on Tebas’s allegations but club sources are aware of them, and strongly refute them. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Instagram Reels flooded with violent videos before Meta says it fixed error

Users complained of ‘not safe for work’ videos in feeds despite some having enabled setting to filter such contentMeta Platforms said on Thursday it had resolved an error that flooded the personal Reels feeds of Instagram users with violent and graphic videos worldwide.It was not immediately clear how many people were affected by the glitch. Meta’s comments followed a wave of complaints on social media about violent and “not safe for work” content in Reels feeds, despite some users having enabled the “sensitive content control” setting meant to filter such material. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Trump's permanent USAID cuts slam humanitarian programs worldwide: 'We are being pushed off a cliff'

Health groups and non-governmental organizations have expressed surprise and outrage after the Trump administration’s decision to cut 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts

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9 h. ago Sharp rise in UK young people not in work, education or training

Figures are uncertain but suggest men in particular are struggling to enter slowing labour market

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9 h. ago Arsenal may have to sell one of two stars to land Mikel Arteta's top summer target

Arsenal will be in the market for a striker come the summer with Alexander Isak on their radar, but they may first have to sell up to fund the deal with Gabriel Martinelli attracting interest from Saudi Arabia

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10 h. ago Three billionaires: America’s oligarchy is now fully exposed | Robert Reich

As Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk alter US media, the connections between wealth and power are in plain sightOne of the unacknowledged advantages of the horrendous era we’ve entered is that it is revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.Oligarchs are fully exposed and they are defiant. It’s like hitting the “reveal codes” key on older computers that let you see everything. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Can Pisces private market plan tip the scales in London’s favour?

Can Pisces private market plan tip the scales in London’s favour?  Financial Times

Economics

10 h. ago Gordon Ramsay and restaurant critic David Ellis face off in the sky ...The Standard podcast

Pricing, breaking America, and his reputation in the UK

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