Donald Trump is aggressively pushing forward with plans to shrink the US government by offering eight months’ pay to federal employees who quit their jobs. […]
Month: January 2025
How Meryl Streep Cut A Car-Size Hole Through Her Fence To Escape The Los Angeles Wildfires
Hollywood actress Meryl Streep had a tense escape from the Los Angeles wildfires, according to her nephew, Abe Streep. The 75-year-old actress was forced to […]
More than 130 Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches to close | Money News
Lloyds Banking Group is to close a further 136 branches. Britain’s biggest mortgage lender said It will shut 61 Lloyds, 61 Halifax and 14 Bank […]
Alibaba Launches New AI Model; Claims It Can Beat DeepSeek, ChatGPT, Llama
Alibaba has launched a new version of its AI model, Qwen2.5 Max, claiming it performed better than DeepSeek’s AI, OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Meta’s Llama. The […]
Hotter, drier, faster, stronger: The role climate change did – and did not – play in the California wildfires | Science, Climate & Tech News
Climate change did not ignite the recent blazes that engulfed swathes of Los Angeles this month. But it did make them worse in at least […]
Elon Musk’s praise for European right-wing branded ‘disgusting’ by German chancellor | World News
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called Elon Musk’s backing of right-wing parties in the European Union “really disgusting”. The tech mogul, who is a close ally […]
Simple blood test that could detect dementia at early stage begins trial in NHS clinics | UK News
A simple blood test that could revolutionise dementia diagnosis has started trials in NHS clinics. The study of more than 3,000 patients will verify a […]
Three Countries Officially Quit Major West African ECOWAS Alliance
Three military-ruled countries have officially withdrawn from the West African regional alliance known as ECOWAS, the bloc said on Wednesday, defying pressure from the group […]
New show from BrewDog founder has largest cash prize in UK TV history
Amid accusations that Brits don’t work, BrewDog co-founder James Watt is starting a game show to fund British entrepreneurs. ADVERTISEMENT BrewDog co-founder James Watt has […]
Suffragette’s great-granddaughter says climate protest sentences were ‘disproportionate’ | UK News
The great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst described the sentences given to several climate protesters as “heavy-handed and disproportionate”. Helen Pankhurst was speaking ahead of the […]