The rate of inflation rose to 10.1% in September, according to official figures, as the economy reels from the effects of rising prices and the fallout from the mini-budget. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the consumer prices index (CPI) measure rose from an annual rate of 9.9% in August to match the recent
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce an additional release of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Wednesday in the range of 10 million to 15 million barrels, sources familiar with the plan told CNBC. The move aims to extend the current SPR delivery program, which began this spring, through December, the sources
Whon Namkoong, co-chief executive officer of Kakao Corp., speaks during a news conference in in Pangyo, South Korea, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Namkoong resigned after a widespread outage took out Koreas most popular messaging and social media service. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A top executive at Kakao Corp.,
Donald Trump has been criticised by Republicans and Democrats for again making baseless claims about the voting process. Once again he claimed the election was ‘rigged’, that ballot observers had been barred from vote counting centres, that mail-in voting was a ‘fraud’ and the electoral system was ‘corrupt’. He offered no evidence to back up
In a new video posted to social media, newly mobilized Russian soldiers are complaining about their lack of training before being sent to the war with Ukraine. #CNN #News
It’s a sign of how bad things are for the new prime minister that only her third Prime Minister’s Questions is being billed as a potentially defining moment in her short premiership. MPs tell me that how Liz Truss performs at the dispatch box against Sir Keir Starmer at their weekly joust will be an
There are days in Bakhmut that are more difficult than others – although no day is easy in this battered city. Once home to 100,000 people, it’s now a military objective for the Russian army, the gateway to key industrial cities in eastern Ukraine. But the city has become a major obstacle for Russian generals,
A man has been arrested in Florida after the bodies of four missing people were found shot and dismembered in a river. Joe Kennedy was stopped by officers after being spotted driving a stolen vehicle in the city of Daytona Beach Shores on Monday, local police chief Joe Prentice said. The 67-year-old, who has been
Oct 18, 2022 Leigh Halfpenny, Ken Owens and Justin Tipuric are in line to make their comebacks for Wales in the November internationals more than a year after they last appeared for their country. Flyhalf Dan Biggar and back Liam Williams will miss out because of injury as coach Wayne Pivac on Tuesday named a
Among the highest paid actors in the world and widely considered as one of Hollywood’s nice guys, Dwayne Johnson is often asked whether he would think about running for president. But when he is visiting the UK – and with the country in just a spot of political turmoil at the moment, it’s fair to
Rail workers’ union RMT has announced more strikes next month following what it said was a pay offer “U-turn” from Network Rail. Three days of strike action are set to take place on 3, 5 and 7 November. Negotiations had been under way between the union and the rail operator. The Railway, Maritime and Transport
9:00 AM ET The week that was in professional golf saw many notable players return to the winner’s circle. Keegan Bradley ended a four-year PGA Tour drought by winning the Zozo Championship in Japan. Brooks Koepka claimed his first victory in 20 months by winning LIV Golf’s first event in Saudi Arabia, which, if you
The AYRO Vanish utility LSV has just been unveiled, launching the company’s new roadmap of electric Low Speed Vehicles assembled in the US. LSVs, or Low Speed Vehicles, are a federally recognized class of vehicles that fall into a regulatory class somewhere between motorcycles and cars. Similar to L6e or L7e quadricycles in Europe, LSVs
The EU is working on new measures to mitigate gas prices. Donato Fasano | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — The European Union is working on new measures to prevent extremely high gas prices after “excessive” levels seen this summer, in a move that could have major implications for European consumers. The European
For Colin Farrell, reuniting with Brendan Gleeson on-screen 14 years after they made the award-winning In Bruges felt like having “the band back together”. “Me and him have been circling each other in the interim, you know… and it was just like bringing the band back together,” Farrell told Sky News. It was playwright Martin
The NHS is setting up data-driven “war rooms” as it prepares for what could be England’s “toughest winter on record”, new plans have revealed. Under the government’s winter preparation plan, which aims to help the NHS cope during the colder months, the 24/7 “care traffic control centres” are expected to be created in every local
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has been ordered by the UK competition regulator to sell the GIF library Giphy. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the ruling was a “final decision”. The move followed a protracted effort by Meta to overturn a CMA ruling last year that the takeover, which completed in
A minister has warned Liz Truss cannot afford to make any more mistakes, as the prime minister fights to save her premiership. Armed Forces Minister James Heappey said he remains supportive of Ms Truss, unlike many of his colleagues, but there was no more room for error after a day of U-turns. New chancellor Jeremy
The majority of Conservative Party members want Liz Truss to resign now – just six weeks after voting her in – and former PM Boris Johnson topped the list, among those asked, on who would be best to replace her, a new poll has found. A YouGov poll of Tory members found 55% would now