Sunak’s UK oil subsidy could have insulated 2m homes, says thinktank

Read More Billions of pounds given away in a tax break for UK oil and gas exploitation could have permanently cut the energy bills of 2m homes by ?342 a year if invested in insulation measures, according to a green thinktank. Rishi Sunak announced the 91% tax break alongside a windfall tax on the huge […]

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 97 of the invasion

Read More EU leaders have backed a partial embargo on Russian oil after late-night talks at a summit in Brussels. The sanctions will immediately impact 75% of Russian oil imports with the aim to ban 90% of all Russian oil imported to Europe by the end of the year, officials said. The president of the […]

Biden will not supply Ukraine with long-range rockets that can hit Russia

Read More Joe Biden has said the US will not supply Ukraine with rockets that can reach into Russia, in an attempt to ease tensions with Moscow over the potential deployment of long-range missiles with a range of about 185 miles. The White House has been weighing up pleas from Ukraine – which is losing […]

Chinese Troops Begin Training Solomon Islands Police Under Auspices of Security Deal

Read More Chinese security forces have taken advantage of a recently signed-off security pact with the Solomon Islands and are conducting training courses for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) in Honiara. The current course, which runs for two weeks, will see a Chinese Police Liaison Team training 16 officers from the RSIPF’s Close […]

Explainer: Why wage talks are inflation’s next battlefront

Read More High food and fuel prices have prompted trade unions to make bigger wage demands, which will exert upward pressure on longer-term inflation.(Photo by EMMANUEL CROSET/AFP via Getty Images) Workers in South Africa are taking on their employers in what have already proven to be tense wage negotiations.  Last week, steel giant ArcelorMittal […]