Major lenders make rate reductions as markets take some heart from a possible truce in the Iran war. ...
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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. ...
Senior official ousted over Mandelson security row to face MPsSenior official ousted over Mandelson security row to face MPs
Former Former Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is expected to be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. ...
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
Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the last seven days Continue reading… ...
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 ...
Why it pays to fund the wrong researchWhy it pays to fund the wrong research
Reed’s view I had two big questions this week for Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, at Semafor World Economy in DC. If the administration’s policy is to cut funding for the wrong research, how do you determine which scientific endeavors lack merit? ...
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 ...
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 ...
Iran says Strait of Hormuz is ‘open’ but tracking shows few ships movingIran says Strait of Hormuz is ‘open’ but tracking shows few ships moving
US President Donald Trump welcomed Tehran’s announcement but said the US naval blockade would continue until a peace deal was reached. ...