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USA win United Cup as Coco Gauff lays down marker against Iga Swiatek
In her short time as a professional tennis player, even as her career flourished and she established herself as one of the best in the world, Coco Gauff’s great progress was often overshadowed by the match-up she just could not solve. By last June, Gauff had lost 11 of her …
Barclays suggested ‘mystery shoppers’ could pretend to be blind or deaf
Barclays is facing criticism over adverts for paid “mystery shoppers” which suggested that people could pretend to be blind or deaf to test the services at the British bank’s high street branches.
The bank hired market research firm Ipsos to carry out testing at branches. The Barclays-branded instructions said candidates …
Giorgia Meloni meets Donald Trump in flying visit to Mar-a-Lago
Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, made a flying visit to Donald Trump’s Florida golf club on Saturday, during which the US president-elect praised the far-right leader for “really taking Europe by storm”.
The pair were photographed in the grand ballroom of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.
The five-hour visit comes a few …
Rise of the Pips is a reminder to employees that no one is irreplaceable
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about large, corporate customers is that trying to get anything done with their employees between 15 December and 15 January is impossible. Nearly everyone’s on vacation. And, c’mon, let’s all agree: the ones who aren’t on vacation aren’t working very hard.
You can’t blame …
‘It’s not just alerts, it’s a state of mind’: How a wildfire monitoring app became essential in the US west
Ukraine launches surprise operation in Kursk region, according to reports
Ukrainian armed forces have begun a surprise offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, according to Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers.
towards the village of Bolshoe Soldatskoe, north-east of the Ukrainian-held Russian town of Sudzha. The scale of the …‘Don’t feed the troll’: German chancellor responds to Elon Musk comments
When the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was asked in an interview about the barrage of insults being directed at him and other German leaders by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, his reply was: “Don’t feed the troll.”
Speaking to German weekly Stern, Scholz described the criticisms as nothing new. …
Race to replace Justin Welby begins as archbishop formally steps down
Justin Welby will relinquish his role as archbishop of Canterbury at midnight on Monday, formally starting the firing gun in the search for a new de facto leader of the Church of England and the global Anglican church.
The process is expected to take months, with the name of the …
From Trump tariffs to AI: the big economic questions facing governments in 2025
January is always a time for new beginnings and fresh thinking. But with Donald Trump heading for the White House and a new(ish) Labour government in charge of a faltering UK economy, the onset of 2025 seems especially portentous.
Forecasting is a mug’s game, as former Bank of England governor …
Uniqlo, Gymshark and Lush stop hiring UK workers via gig economy apps
Lush, Uniqlo and Gymshark have stopped using freelance retail workers hired through apps such as YoungOnes and Temper, after unions criticised the gig economy companies.
The TUC wrote to the retailers urging them to stop using freelance retail workers amid concerns they were missing out on significant employment rights.
Some …