The UK’s new net zero strategy will fail to cut emissions enough to hit its own legally enforceable targets, the government has admitted, with environmental analysts and politicians criticising the plans unveiled on Thursday as incoherent. Ministers were forced to publish a raft of… Read Full Article Here FT
Wall Street stocks declined and the yield on short-term US government debt soared after Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell warned that the central bank could more aggressively raise interest rates if the economy grows too quickly. Powell’s comments sent the yield on the policy-sensitive… Read Full Article Here FT
The Welsh first minister has warned that this week’s UK-EU deal on Northern Ireland trade could shift traffic from his country’s ports to those in England and Scotland. Mark Drakeford said in an interview with the FT that the changes, which reduced controls on freight travelling… Read Full Article Here FT
The world’s largest mining company has forecast that “strengthening activity” in China will bolster global commodities demand after soaring inflation and weaker commodity prices hit its profit in the second half of last year. BHP, the Australian miner, said that revenue fell 16 per cent to $25.7bn and pre-tax profit was down 30 per cent […]
Three people were killed on Monday when a pair of earthquakes struck the province of Hatay in Turkey, exactly two weeks after the region was devastated by larger earthquakes that killed almost 45,000 people. Rescue teams were searching for five people who were trapped in the rubble of newly collapsed buildings, Süleyman Soylu, the interior […]
Axar Patel and Ravichandran Ashwin helped India recover after Australia’s Nathan Lyon claimed five wickets on the second day of the second Test in New Delhi. Patel and Ashwin delivered a spectacular rearguard response to help India deal with Lyon’s spin masterclass as the hosts nearly matched Australia’s first-innings 263 on a dramatic day. Patel […]
The Highway Code states that dogs must be restrained with a seat belt harness, pet carrier, dog cage or dog guard, so they cannot distract the driver or cause injuries to themselves or others in the car. In the worst-case scenario, if there’s a car crash and the airbags activate, then it may cause serious […]
In a recent episode of Sort Your Life Out, Stacey Solomon was blasted by BBC viewers when she suggested moving a family’s pet rabbit into a hutch outside. The pets had previously lived in the conservatory but the presenter insisted they be moved outdoors. Fans took to Twitter at the time to blast Stacey’s decision […]
Two years after indie survival game became an instant smash hit on PC, it has . It’s coming to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on March 14th. Valheim will be available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers at no extra cost. The game’s currently on PC Game Pass too. Initially built by a five-person team […]
German gas importer Uniper, one of the biggest corporate casualties of the war in Ukraine, has taken a €4bn hit on its Russian subsidiary after losing control over the company. The nationalised energy giant, rescued by Berlin in a multibillion-euro bailout last year, said it was given no access to information about its power generation […]