US-Taiwan relations: New trade deal to be signed amid China tensions Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 31, 2023 Relations between Washington and Beijing have been increasingly tense in recent years. Read more
BHP: Mining giant says it underpaid workers for 13 years Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 31, 2023 Australia's BHP said the leave and allowance 'errors' will cost the company up to $280m. Read more
Debt ceiling deal: US House overwhelmingly passes bill Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 31, 2023 The Senate must approve the deal and send it to the president's desk this weekend to avoid a default. Read more
Every Canadian cigarette will soon carry a health warning Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 31, 2023 Canada will be the first country to have warning labels on the tipping paper of individual cigarettes. Read more
ArrDee: Alcohol adverts featuring rapper banned by watchdog Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 31, 2023 The regulator said the advert for Litty Liqour was "likely to encourage excessive consumption of alcohol". Read more
Disruption as fresh wave of train strikes begins Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 31, 2023 Train drivers will walk out on Wednesday, with further strikes planned for Friday and Saturday. Read more
Elon Musk: Tesla boss on first China trip in over three years Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 30, 2023 The multi-billionaire has not yet publicly commented on the visit, which comes amid US-China tensions. Read more
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes begins 11-year prison sentence Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 30, 2023 The Theranos founder, 39, was convicted last year of defrauding investors and wire fraud. Read more
People urged to cash in unused energy bill support vouchers Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 30, 2023 Households with prepayment meters need to claim full support for bills before the 30 June deadline. Read more
AI 'godfather' Yoshua Bengio feels 'lost' over life's work Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 30, 2023 Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio tells the BBC he did not realise AI would develop so fast. Read more
Nvidia hits $1tn valuation as investors buy AI buzz Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 30, 2023 Investors excited about the possibilities for artificial intelligence have sent the US chipmaker's value soaring. Read more
Train strikes: How drivers' walkout on Wednesday will affect you Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 30, 2023 What you need to know about the walkout by Aslef train drivers, by the BBC's Zoe Conway. Read more
Asda buys petrol station group EG for £2.3bn Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 30, 2023 The deal combines two businesses that are both already owned by the billionaire Issa brothers. Read more
Foxconn: iPhone maker hikes pay ahead of new model launch Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 29, 2023 Foxconn's move comes ahead of the expected launch of Apple's iPhone 15 later this year. Read more
Amazon to offer parents term-time-only working Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 29, 2023 The online giant is offering a flexible contract but the GMB union says workers want higher pay. Read more
Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison. Will she ever pay victims too? Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 29, 2023 Experts say victims often never get their money back from those who defrauded them. Read more
Capita hack: 90 organisations report data breaches to watchdog Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 29, 2023 The privacy watchdog is urging groups using the outsourcing giant to check if data has been exposed. Read more
FTX: Singapore state fund Temasek cuts pay after failed investment Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 28, 2023 Last year, Temasek Holdings wrote off all of the $275m (£222.8m) it had invested in FTX. Read more
Mars bar plastic wrapper swapped for paper Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 28, 2023 Mars trials environmentally friendly paper wrappers for some of its chocolate bars. Read more
Food price cap won't make a difference - retailers Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 28, 2023 The government wants to encourage supermarkets to impose voluntary price caps on some food products. Read more
How prosperity fuels dowry demand in India Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 28, 2023 Researchers studied 74,000 marriages that took place in India between 1930 and 1999. Read more
Who is Linda Yaccarino, Twitter's 'superwoman'? Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 28, 2023 Can new chief executive Linda Yaccarino fix Twitter? Read more
Plans for supermarket price cap on basic food Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 27, 2023 Prices on products like bread, milk and sugar could be capped under a voluntary scheme. Read more
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon deposed over bank's Jeffrey Epstein ties Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 27, 2023 Two lawsuits accuse the bank of ignoring signs it was profiting from the long-standing relationship. Read more
Post Office used racist terms for sub-postmasters in official guidance Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 26, 2023 A document shows racist language was used to describe sub-postmasters being wrongly investigated. Read more
ChatGPT-maker U-turns on threat to leave EU over AI law Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 26, 2023 OpenAI's Sam Altman previously said if it fails to comply with the forthcoming AI Act, it might exit the EU. Read more
Ovo Energy customers hit with 'horror' bills of up to £116k Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 26, 2023 A number of customers claim their usage has been miscalculated by the energy giant. Read more
Twitter engineering boss quits after DeSantis launch glitches Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 25, 2023 Ron DeSantis' launch of his White House presidential campaign was hit by technical problems. Read more
British Airways cancels 40 flights due to another IT issue Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 25, 2023 The carrier says it is trying to resolve "technical issues” that have affected flights at Heathrow. Read more
Firstsource: Job loss fears in Belfast and Londonderry Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 25, 2023 Firstsource has initiated a redundancy process due to the 'changing priorities' of its client Sky. Read more
Germany falls into recession as inflation hits economy Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 25, 2023 Rising prices have dampened demand from households and businesses in Europe's largest economy. Read more
Starling Bank chief Anne Boden to step down amid record profit Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 25, 2023 Anne Boden says nobody believed a "5ft-tall Welsh woman in her mid-50s" could achieve what she has. Read more
Is the past year's spike in strike action here to stay? Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 24, 2023 BBC economics editor Faisal Islam asks whether a historic surge in industrial action is likely to persist. Read more
Container ship grounded in Suez Canal Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 24, 2023 In March 2021, one of the largest container ships in the world blocked the canal for six days. Read more
Silicon Valley Bank: 500 jobs cut by new owner First Citizens Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 24, 2023 The move comes two months after SVB's collapse triggered fears of a banking crisis. Read more
UK inflation rate eases but food prices stay high Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 23, 2023 The cost of groceries continued to surge at close to a 45-year high, fuelled by vegetables. Read more
Virgin Orbit: Branson's rocket firm permanently ceases operations Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 23, 2023 The announcement that Virgin Orbit has shut down comes just months after a major mission failure. Read more
Target removes some LGBTQ products after threats Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 23, 2023 The company says the move is to protect its employees amid "confrontational behaviour" in some stores. Read more
Formula 1: Honda to return as Aston Martin engine partner in 2026 Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 23, 2023 Honda will return to Formula 1 in 2026 as engine partner for the Aston Martin team. Read more
ChatGPT: Can China overtake the US in the AI marathon? Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 23, 2023 Washington's efforts to limit China's access to crucial cutting-edge technology continue. Read more
Why car parks are the hottest space in solar power Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 23, 2023 Car parks are a good place for solar panels, providing shade and electricity where it is needed. Read more
Debt costs push UK borrowing higher than expected Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 22, 2023 The government borrowed £25.6bn in April, with inflation pushing up interest payments on debt partly to blame. Read more
Bird flu: Brazil declares animal health emergency after several cases found Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 22, 2023 The country is the world's largest exporter of chicken meat, and wants to stop the virus spreading. Read more
WhatsApp to allow users to edit messages within 15 minutes Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 22, 2023 The instant-messaging service, which is used by 2 billion people, counts India as its largest market. Read more
TikTok sues Montana to overturn first US state ban Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 22, 2023 The western state last week became the first in the US to ban the hugely-popular video platform. Read more
Top economist calls for 'lenient' migration rules Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 22, 2023 Andy Haldane's comments come after the prime minister said legal migration was too high. Read more
Train wi-fi at risk as part of cost-cutting move Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 22, 2023 The government says wi-fi is not a priority for passengers, but one expert claims trains could lose custom. Read more
Interest rate 'rigging' evidence 'covered up' by banks Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 21, 2023 This evidence was not shown to juries where bankers were jailed for smaller-scale interest rate 'rigging'. Read more
US debt ceiling: Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy seek to break impasse Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 21, 2023 The president flies home from the G7 summit amid hopes of a deal with top Republican Kevin McCarthy. Read more
China bans major chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects Get link Facebook X Pinterest Email Other Apps May 21, 2023 It is China's first major move against a US chip maker, as tensions increase between Beijing and Washington. Read more