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A New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.
nemzetkozi-gazdasagA Defense Express katonai szaklap értesülései szerint Törökország most egy újabb országot szemelt ki, hogy az oroszoktól vásárolt légvédelmi rendszert továbbadják nekik.
nemzetkozi-gazdasagMany across the political spectrum agree the system needs fixing – but there is no consensus on how to fund change The prime minister, Andy Burnham, has said the adult social care system in England is broken and needs fixing. This is a view commonly shared by policymakers across the political spectrum, though there are sharper differences on how to pay for reform to what is widely seen as an outdated, fragile system held together by “sticking plasters and glue” and propped up by an army of unpaid carers. Burnham previously headed an earlier unsuccessful legislative attempt to reform English adult social care while secretary of state for health in 2010 (it was brought low by Tory claims it would be funded through a “death tax”). He acknowledges it could be a long and costly process but has said he won’t flinch from big policy decisions and is prepared to “expend a lot of political capital” on his ambitions. Continue reading…
nemzetkozi-gazdasagBrent crude drops 9% to below $88 a barrel, prompting UK government bond yields to fall Oil prices have dropped sharply as traders bet that a pause in US attacks on Iran could prevent an escalation in the conflict that would further restrict global supply. Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil, initially fell 9% to below $88 a barrel on Monday after climbing to $100 last week, when the Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea. Continue reading…
nemzetkozi-gazdasagRobert Bush, owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors, left bodies ‘rotting away’, family members say A fraudulent funeral director broke the trust of families on an “almost industrial scale” as their loved ones’ bodies were left “rotting away”, a court has heard. Robert Bush, owner of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull, appeared at Hull crown court on Monday for a five-day sentencing hearing. He previously pleaded guilty to 67 offences, including 30 counts of preventing lawful and decent burial. Continue reading…
nemzetkozi-gazdasagJulie Masino faced criticism as restaurant chain was called ‘woke’ and ‘soulless’ after unveiling modernized logo Cracker Barrel’s CEO, Julie Masino, is stepping down, the restaurant announced on Monday, nearly a year after the company was swept into a political maelstrom over proposed modernizations to its branding. Critics on social media denounced the Tennessee-based rustic restaurant chain as “woke” as well as “sterile and soulless” after it unveiled an updated logo that removed Uncle Herschel, the overall-clad man leaning against a barrel in the restaurant’s original logo, last August. Donald Trump weighed in on the updates soon after, posting: “WTF is wrong with Cracker Barrel?!” and demanding on social media that the company “admit a mistake”. Continue reading…
nemzetkozi-gazdasagVlagyimir Putyin orosz elnök új rendeletet írt alá, amelynek értelmében az orosz fegyveres erők összlétszáma 2 426 130 főre módosul, és ebből a tényleges katonai szolgálatot teljesítők száma 1 535 000 fő lesz - jelentette a TASzSz.
nemzetkozi-gazdasagAz Al-Dzsazíra tudósítása részletesen beszámolt a Közel-Keleten zajló fordulatokról, amit Donald Trump amerikai elnök is kommentált.
nemzetkozi-gazdasagJudge quashes Enfield council’s decision to grant planning permission for new women’s and girls’ football academy A council’s decision to allow Tottenham Hotspur Football Club to build a new training facility in a park in north London has been quashed by a judge at the high court. The campaign group Guardians of Whitewebbs told a hearing in June that Enfield council’s decision to grant planning permission for a new women’s and girls’ football academy on 6.5 hectares (16 acres) of land in Whitewebbs Park was unlawful. Continue reading…
nemzetkozi-gazdasagOffer for DCC Energy leaves total of completed or agreed deals within FTSE 100 this year at five, but has Westminster noticed? DCC, one of FTSE 100’s biggest energy firms, agrees £5.75bn takeover And another one goes. Dublin-based DCC Energy is a lower-profile member of the FTSE 100, but they all count. We’re now at five completed or agreed takeovers within London’s leading index this year – and it’s still only July. The subplot at DCC was vocal opposition from a few shareholders who thought the private equity groups KKR and Energy Capital Partners, a unit of Bridgepoint, should be paying more than the £5.75bn, or £65.25 a share, at which the board has rolled over. Fidelity International and Aviva Investors were to the fore, as well as DCC’s founder. Continue reading…
nemzetkozi-gazdasagA megváltozott biztonságpolitikai helyzetre hivatkozva a katonai szolgálat kiterjesztéséről döntött az osztrák kormány, így a reform meghosszabbítja a szolgálati időt, és kötelezővé teszi a tartalékos katonai gyakorlatokat - írta meg a Handelsblatt.
nemzetkozi-gazdasagThe results of the 2023/24 Household Expenditure Survey have been published.
nemzetkozi-gazdasagCharles MacKinnon disagrees with the British Gas owner’s justification for cutting 1,300 jobs According to Centrica’s boss, Chris O’Shea, most people using British Gas prefer to talk to a chatbot rather than a person (Customers prefer AI chatbots, says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre and back office jobs axed, 23 July). He says that 90% of his customers prefer to use digital channels than speak to a person in the first instance, and that the number of customer calls has fallen by 20%. Well, this is hardly surprising, given the difficulty of getting through to a real person. Finding a telephone number to do so is a challenge in itself, and then there are all the layers of numbers and deflections to encourage use of the digital channels while you are kept on hold at your own cost before you can get to an employee. Continue reading…