Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent Getty Images The debate around stamp duty is intensifying. When Kemi Badenoch said a future Conservative government would abolish it on the purchase of main homes, it went down well at the Tory Party conference. There has also been speculation that the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, is considering replacing it. Scrapping...
Hong Kong will roll out an action plan next year to develop its low-altitude economy, and passenger drone trials could begin once approved by the civil aviation chief, the deputy financial secretary has said. Deputy Financial Secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun announced the plan at the International Low-Altitude Economy Summit on Thursday, while lawmaker Elizabeth Quat...
NewsFeed Turkiye’s President Erdogan says Ankara will join a ground task force to monitor the Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as part of a US-brokered deal under President Trump. He added Turkiye will also help rebuild Gaza under the new truce. Published On 9 Oct 20259 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social...
On Thursday morning, I didn’t wake up to the sound of explosions, but to my brother shouting: “It’s over! It’s over!” For a moment, I thought I was dreaming. I wondered: what is happening? Has another loved one been targeted? What is over? Then he told me that Donald Trump had said it. “I am...
If the college football world needed another reminder that preseason hype isn’t worth much, a peek at this week’s AP poll would do the trick. This year’s preseason No. 1 and No. 2 teams — Texas and Penn State — have dropped out of the Top 25 and are merely among the Others receiving votes....
Covid-19 vaccines are about to become widely available again across the United States, following several weeks of confusion around who would be able to get them this fall. Uncertainty over federal vaccine policy had caused a temporary patchwork of access across the country, with shots being offered in some places and not others. This week,...
NNEKA OGWUMIKE HEARD about Napheesa Collier’s exit interview before she saw it. She was at home when her phone buzzed from a text message barrage, player after player asking if she had seen Collier’s statement. Ogwumike didn’t know what everyone was talking about. A quick search on social media filled her in. Collier had spent...
Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas signed an agreement on Thursday to cease fire and free Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, the first phase of US President Donald Trump’s initiative to end the war in Gaza. Israelis and Palestinians alike rejoiced after the deal was announced, the biggest step yet taken to...
Al Jazeera's Linh Nguyen looks at how Israel uses tech platforms to help manage its image on the world stage. Source link
The Council of Fashion Designers of America and Fashionphile, the largest resale platform for buying and selling ultra-luxury pre-owned accessories, have teamed up on a digital series on “Responsible Fashion: Designing for Resale.” The luxury resale market is becoming a bigger part of the fashion business and offers a solution to overproduction, waste and the...