US intelligence-sharing convinces allies of Russian threat to Ukraine
EU and Nato allies have swung behind the Biden administration’s assessment that Russia may be poised to invade Ukraine, following unprecedented sharing of US...
CNN fires Chris Cuomo after misconduct claims
CNN fired Chris Cuomo after a sexual misconduct allegation was made against him at the same time he was under investigation by the network...
Discovery in talks with BT Sport to hijack sale to DAZN
US media group Discovery is in talks over a deal to partner with BT Sport, in a move that would hijack the British television...
EasyJet head shakes off cautious label and takes the fight to his rivals
Even as the outlook darkens for the airline industry, Johan Lundgren has decided it is time to be more ambitious. The easyJet boss is...
US defence chief warns of China ‘rehearsals’ for attack on Taiwan
Lloyd Austin, US defence secretary, warned that China’s repeated sorties of fighter jets, bombers and other warplanes near Taiwan appeared to be rehearsals for...
Valérie Pécresse to confront Emmanuel Macron in 2022 election
Valérie Pécresse, who heads the Ile-de-France region around Paris, has been chosen as the candidate of the conservative Les Républicains party in next year’s...
Fall in jobless rate sets stage for swifter taper of Fed stimulus
A sharp drop in the US unemployment rate has set the stage for the Federal Reserve to accelerate the scaling back of its stimulus...
The myth of the man-child
A friend treats me to an insider’s tour of LA’s Atwater Village. As with eye contact across a bar, it is possible to see...
US believes Russia could invade Ukraine ‘as soon as early 2022’
The US believes Russia is planning to invade Ukraine “as soon as early 2022” with an estimated 175,000 troops — in a sign of...
Investors dump tech stocks in Wall Street sell-off after US jobs report
Investors retreated from US stocks on Friday, dumping shares in large technology companies and sending the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index sharply lower.The Nasdaq closed...
