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Heeding the warnings.

Uncover the sharp contrasts of the city’s dual nature — from castle to cathedral to Canongate oyster bar

Jailed former prime minister remains hugely popular and capable of mobilising support, say analysts

Long-overdue public policy support can boost US leadership in blockchain technology, AI and cryptocurrencies

German chancellor’s widely expected parliamentary defeat is main route to trigger early elections under constitution

Brussels increasingly concerned it would struggle to fight back in a global trade war

US central bank poised for another cut as it weighs risks posed by stubborn inflation

A monthly regular ETF investment habit that started in Germany is catching on across the continent

Legal fight that started with a $1.4bn acquisition has severely strained companies’ relationship

Auditing and accounting firms say companies will get a boost from lower inflation

Agreement for power station and carbon capture scheme highlights how legal action is key factor for energy groups

About 12bn working days lost to depression and anxiety each year, costing global economy $1tn

Launch marks first stage of planned global rollout of high-end venues by US media company

Over $100bn in accounting and tax charges may await electric-car maker and CEO if they are forced to abandon 2018 deal

Secondary share sales have allowed early investors and staff to crystallise paper gains at $45bn valuation

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is committed to ‘one major fiscal event every year’, say officials

New legislation raises questions about whether Maga, or Wall Street, will steer the ship in the incoming administration

It’s time to bet against American exceptionalism

An increasingly close trade relationship is putting Mexico in the spotlight

Two of Italy’s most powerful — and most contrasting — business figures clash over Banca Popolare di Milano

On November 21, 2024, Senior Judge Marsha J. Pechman of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington issued what seems likely to be her final order in Kinnucan v. National Security Agency et al. The order came more than four years after the federal case was first filed in September 2020. The … Continue reading "Deadly USS Liberty Attack Records Remain Secret – For Now"

Researchers mapped the landscape of healthy immune cells from childhood through adulthood.

During the course of an FBI written response to a Freedom of Information Act request asking about the trade names and suppliers of surveillance software the FBI had purchased, the government has yet again quietly acknowledged its antipathy to constitutional provisions that all of its employees have sworn to uphold. Since we are dealing with … Continue reading "Will Donald Trump Stop Domestic Spying?"

About 17 years ago the insufferable former general, Wesley Clark, reported on a talk he once had in the Pentagon: “This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” Well, it took several … Continue reading "The Syrian Fiasco"

In a new article published in Frontiers in Bioinformatics, biologists Dr. Jack M Craig, Dr. Blair Hedges, and Dr. Sudhir Kumar, all at Temple University, have built an evolutionary tree that encompasses 455 primates, every species for which genetic data are available. The tree, the most complete of its kind, shows the evolutionary timescale of the whole order of primates, including monkeys, apes, lemurs, lorises, and galagos.