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Who has landed the top jobs in Andy Burnham's cabinet? Prime Minister Andy Burnham has started building his new cabinet after taking office following the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer. Among his appointments are Ed Miliband, joining as Foreign Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, who re

'I made £100,000 of TikTok sales in one day': The business of live shopping - Published Daisy Kelly's business was inspired by a personal problem - for years she'd been pulling out her eyelashes. She hid her habit with lash extensions, but when beauty salons closed during Covid D

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said investors are underestimating the risks facing the global economy and that he wouldn't buy either equities or long-dated U.S. Treasurys at their current prices. In an hourlong interview with Wilfred Frost released late Monday, Dimon said market

Episode details Available for over a year Today, in this extra helping of Newscast, we look at Andy Burnham’s cabinet - who's been called up and who's been sacked - as he assembles his team on his first day as prime minister. Amongst the announcements, Adam and Chris discuss the

Commodities Corner Why are gasoline prices rising faster than oil prices? Blame it on the ‘crack.’ The spread between the cost of barrels of gasoline and crude oil — known as the ‘crack spread’ — has widened sharply Worried that gas prices at the pump will be rising quickly again

An Indian company broke the US-China duopoly on commercial spaceflight. India has a decades-old state space sector, which has even landed a rover on the moon. But Skyroot’s Vikram-1 rocket that launched Saturday is the first private Indian craft to reach orbit. The Indian space i

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham named the country’s ex-defense secretary as his finance minister, a surprise move that signals a focus on military spending. John Healey quit his former post last month after accusing then-premier Keir Starmer of endangering Britain by not commi

Beijing-based AI phenom Moonshot paused new subscriptions for its new Kimi K3 model, underscoring the constraints Chinese tech firms face in delivering their products to a global audience. The open-source model, which has capabilities near those of the top American systems, cause

Chris Fall, the director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), has resigned, the agency confirmed to multiple news outlets. He was appointed just three months ago after the last appointee, Collin Burns, left in less than a week, The Washington Post reported at th

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday that the artificial intelligence trade has become too noisy and unpredictable to aggressively put new money to work — at least for now. "If you own too much tech, you're going to be slaughtered, and you won't even know what hit you," the "Mad Money"

CNBC's Jim Cramer said Monday that the artificial intelligence trade has become too noisy and unpredictable to aggressively put new money to work — at least for now. "If you own too much tech, you're going to be slaughtered, and you won't even know what hit you," the "Mad Money"

Sony Music Entertainment has filed another lawsuit against Udio, accusing the AI music generator of infringing the copyright of more than 30,000 of its songs, ranging from Elvis Presley’s Hound Dog to Beyoncé’s Say My Name, and Harry Styles’ As It Was. The lawsuit, filed in a New

Humphries suffers shock first-round exit at Matchplay - Published World number two Luke Humphries is out of the World Matchplay after a shock first-round loss to Scotland's Cameron Menzies. The former world champion was punished for some poor finishing and lost his first six legs

Earl wants changes to 'brutal' Nations Championship format - Published Ben Earl has called for a change to the Nations Championship format after England's "brutal" schedule in the summer leg of the inaugural competition. England had to play three Tests in three different continen

On March 31, 2026, a rather odd complaint arrived at the Bucks County, Pennsylvania District Attorney’s Office. It came from the local sheriff’s office, and it concerned one of their own, Deputy Sheriff Ryan Gaffney. The allegation was unusual: Gaffney had used his iPhone to snap

The U.S. is imposing additional 50% tariffs on a range of Canadian goods in response to alleged trade discrimination against multiple U.S. products and industries, senior Trump administration officials said Monday. President Donald Trump signed three proclamations Monday targetin

The 20-somethings betting big on tech stocks - Published In her teens, Michelle Huynh, the eldest daughter of migrant parents in Australia, made a promise to her family that she would become a millionaire by the time she turned 30. The 26-year-old describes it as "a somewhat sill

Drones capable of spraying water and fire retardants have been practicing how to snuff out wildfires early in California and Alaska this summer—demonstrating a possible rapid-response tool for firefighting as climate change transforms wildfire season into a nearly year-round risk

Russian warship carried out firing exercise off Plymouth coast - Published A Russian warship, shadowed by a Royal Navy vessel, carried out a live-fire artillery exercise just 40 nautical miles south of Plymouth on Monday. The Royal Navy monitored the exercise and is continuing to

President Donald Trump said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "will not be arrested" when he visits New York in September, pushing back on a suggestion by Mayor Zohran Mamdani that such an arrest could happen. Mamdani has said New York City's legal department

Off the Wire Press Releases PLANO, Texas, July 20, 2026 — Siemens today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Precision Innovations Inc., a privately held electronic design automation software company, expanding Siemens’ EDA portfolio with AI-powered chip planning

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is designing a new server chip to help its in-house Gemini models operate more efficiently. The new chip, internally dubbed “Frozen v2,” is slated to be released sometime in 2028, The Information reported, citing anonymous sources. According to

Watch: 'My flat was turned into a brothel,' landlord tells BBC Panorama A BBC Panorama investigation has uncovered how organised crime gangs are exploiting the UK's private rental market - targeting properties to take over and use for their operations. Among those featured in a n

A federal judge today ordered Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery to halt their $111 billion merger, handing an early win to states that sued to block the deal. The ruling granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the firms from completing the merger and from co

President Donald Trump is imposing an additional 50% tariff on a host of Canadian goods, from wine to hockey sticks to cement, a senior administration official said Monday. The new tariffs come as Trump administration officials are slated to convene in Mexico on Tuesday for furth

Index funds are touted as one of the safest ways to invest. Rather than picking and choosing individual stocks, index funds let you bet on the market as a whole. So what happens when a company like SpaceX — a giant gamble, and, in my opinion, terribly overpriced — is fast-tracked

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is one of the basic building blocks of AI interoperability, giving AI models a secure way to access external data sources and services. It’s the plumbing that lets a chatbot reach into your calendar, your database, or your internal tools, instead

Alphabet shares closed 1.51% higher on Monday after The Information reported the company is developing a new server chip, internally dubbed "Frozen v2," designed to run Gemini models more efficiently. The chip would permanently embed parts of Gemini's architecture directly into t