Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been spewing out gas and molten rock ever since it erupted in May. However, the spit and flow of lava hasn’t just been hazardous to people who have gotten too close, it has also formed a small island.
Less than 24 hours into his four-day visit to Britain, president Donald Trump has already caused a huge ruckus within the UK government by threatening to kill off a US trade deal with Britain. Considering he chose to spend the first night of his working visit launching a diplomatic grenade, the next three days will undoubtedly prove to be explosive.
Uber’s chief people officer Liane Hornsey resigned on Tuesday (July 10), amid an investigation into how she handled allegations of racial discrimination at the company.
Queen Elizabeth II’s financial accounts were released today (June 28). Her taxpayer-funded costs rose by 13% in the year to March, despite the Crown Estate—the property portfolio that serves as the Queen’s main source of income—making millions from prime retail space in London and offshore wind farms (paywall). As it happens, the Queen is only the 17th-richest aristocrat in Britain.
The most expensive to city to live in the world as an expat is Hong Kong, according to one of the most comprehensive surveys of its kind.
Nearly 100 years after World War I ended, a hospital that was used in the Great War has been turned into a mansion worth £11.5 million ($15.2 million) in London.
When the fork was first introduced to the dining table in the US, it caused controversy. Fast forward nearly four centuries later, and the small-pronged utensil still causes international arguments over dining etiquette.
Marion Maréchal, niece of the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, is opening what she calls a “finishing school” for future leaders of the political right.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is used in the production of a wide variety of food and drink products. But with at least five CO2 producers across northern Europe offline, a shortfall in the gas is causing shortages in beer, fizzy drinks, and meat.
Richard Flint was just crowned the highest-rated chief executive in the UK for his leadership at Sky Betting & Gaming, an online gambling firm based in Leeds. Flint topped the 2018 Employees’ Choice Awards for the top CEOs by Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest job sites.
The world has a fake news problem. And with the speed and scale of false information being spread across the internet, it can seem impossible to stop.
One of the most famous depictions of former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is him wearing one of his “bicorne” hats. Today, people are willing to pay a small fortune for a piece of that history.
People in the Republic of Ireland will be able to vote in a referendum on whether the nation can speak sacrilegiously about God or sacred things without legal consequences.
The world is in the midst of a fourth industrial revolution, as the greater adoption of complex technology—particularly artificial intelligence and automation—shapes company processes and recalibrates workforces.
Pedro Sánchez has taken over as prime minister of Spain, after Mariano Rajoy was ousted following a no-confidence vote in parliament. When Rajoy admitted defeat, he told politicians that it was “an honor to leave a better Spain than I found.”
When the US today announced steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the EU, Mexico, and Canada, it also offered a warning about Britain’s future in trade negotiations.
It’s bad enough that women only account for 33% of all positions on corporate boards at 350 of the largest companies in Britain. However, the excuses given for why there are not more women are on boards are even worse.
On Tuesday, Benjamin Herman killed two police officers and a passerby in Liège in Belgium before being killed in a shootout. He also allegedly killed someone the day before. Belgian prosecutor Philippe Dulieu told the press that they are treating the killings as a “terrorist incident” and subsequently opened a terrorism inquiry.
The Republic of Ireland overturned the nation’s abortion ban in a historic referendum last week. However, women in Northern Ireland still encounter the strictest abortion rules in the UK, and there is no sign this will change any time soon.
The greater adoption of artificial intelligence and automation will undoubtedly reshape the workforce and the skills people need to stay employed. And according to a report released by McKinsey Global Institute during the VivaTech conference in Paris today (May 24), there are three core skill groups workers need to hone as industries evolve.
Marks & Spencer is one of the last bastions of middle-class Britishness. Long before the department store gained a following for its Percy Pig sweets and canned gin and tonics, it was an institution as British as the royal family, tea and scones, and complaining about the weather.
As Britain’s biggest clothing retailer, Marks & Spencer is a bellwether for the health of the UK high street, and its bold move to close more than 100 stores by 2022—which it revealed today (May 23) will cost £321 million ($430 million)—is a sign that brick-and-mortar clothing shops are on their last legs.
Britain’s Foreign Affairs Committee released a report today (May 21) detailing how the UK has been a major beneficiary of Russian money since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, and that cash is hidden in British assets and laundered through financial institutions in London.
Once again, Vladimir Putin tried to debunk Britain’s claims that Russia used a Soviet Union-era, weapons-grade nerve agent to poison Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia.
