Former Former Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is expected to be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. ...
Day: April 18, 2026
Chris Mason: Mandelson saga is a messy palaver – and the questions continue to swirlChris Mason: Mandelson saga is a messy palaver – and the questions continue to swirl
Sir Keir and the top official at the Foreign Office at the time are expected to face questions from MPs next week. ...
Mortgage rates show signs of falling after Iran war peakMortgage rates show signs of falling after Iran war peak
Major lenders make rate reductions as markets take some heart from a possible truce in the Iran war. ...
‘I’m the lucky one’ – more than one in three young men now live with their parents‘I’m the lucky one’ – more than one in three young men now live with their parents
Last year, the highest proportion of men aged 20-34 were still living at home since at least 2007 as the rising cost of living takes hold. ...
The home cooks reviving forgotten British dishes you’ve probably never heard ofThe home cooks reviving forgotten British dishes you’ve probably never heard of
Carrageen pudding and Bedfordshire clangers might no longer be household staples, but some home chefs are bringing them back. ...
Middle East crisis live: Iran warns it will close strait of Hormuz if US blockade continuesMiddle East crisis live: Iran warns it will close strait of Hormuz if US blockade continues
Iranian parliamentary speaker also says passage through waterway will depend on Iranian authorisation and accuses Donald Trump of multiple falsehoods Iran says strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’ to commercial vessels as oil prices fall Welcome to our live coverage of events in the Middle East. Iran temporarily reopened the strait ...
Six great reads: Iran’s social media memes, an abandoned department store and a 1,200-year-old record of cherry blossomsSix great reads: Iran’s social media memes, an abandoned department store and a 1,200-year-old record of cherry blossoms
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The Hormuz crisis is far from overThe Hormuz crisis is far from over
Washington and Tehran announced an opening of the Strait of Hormuz, a tentative breakthrough in the global energy crisis — but one that only makes the oil market more distorted. US oil prices plunged after Iran’s foreign ministry said that the strait was “completely open for the remaining period of ...
CIA creates first intelligence report written without humansCIA creates first intelligence report written without humans
The CIA used AI to create the first intelligence report written without human involvement. The US intelligence agency’s Deputy Director Michael Ellis said AI’s role was only likely to grow: Within two years, “AI co-workers [will be] built into all of the agency’s analytic platforms.” The technology will speed up ...
AI is making chief tech officers and chief human resources officers work togetherAI is making chief tech officers and chief human resources officers work together
The people who manage technology and the people who manage people are starting to converge. As C-suite staff go, chief technology officers and chief human resources officers haven’t always overlapped much. But as more AI agents are employed in businesses, top executives are increasingly having to work together to manage ...