Sky News analysis reveals the price of a can of baked beans has doubled since 2018, and a summer barbecue this year will cost £10 more than it did five years ago. Use our calculators below to compare how recent events have affected the cost of your groceries, clothing, and leisure activities. Stuart Parkinson, an
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After UK inflation remained at the same level in May, Ian King reflects on the figures with HSBC economist Liz Martins. Managing director for operations at the World Bank, Anna Bjerde, speaks about how the rebuilding of Ukraine can be managed and financed. Parker Conrad from HR platform Rippling discusses how companies like his support
China says comments by Joe Biden describing its leader Xi Jinping as a dictator are “extremely absurd and irresponsible”. The latest clash comes right after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a visit to Beijing that had sought to break the ice in what has become an increasingly strained international relationship. Issues such as
Not good. Not good at all. The last few months of inflation data have had a dreary and repetitive rhythm to them. Economists predict the rate at which prices are rising will finally begin to fall, and fast. Then the official data comes in and it turns out prices are not falling as fast as
General Motors (GM) is wasting no time as it looks to keep up in a rapidly evolving Chinese EV market. Buick, GM’s mid-level luxury brand, is embracing the wave of innovation with its second EV based on GM’s Ultium platform, the E4 electric SUV. Yet, in the US, we are stuck with Buick’s ICE vehicles.
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Tesla Model Y is seen on a Tesla car lot on May 31, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images A security researcher who uses the handle “@GreentheOnly” has discovered a secret setting in Tesla vehicles that can be enabled by the
A court in Germany will deliver its verdict later today in a landmark case against a 37-year-old woman accused of crimes against humanity and aiding and abetting genocide in one of the first cases of its kind against former members of Islamic State. The defendant, known as “Nadine K” allegedly enslaved a 22-year-old Yazidi woman
A Bitcoin ATM, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap that operates free of any central control and that relies on a peer-to-peer software and cryptography, on the BitBase stand during the Mobile World Congress 2023 on March 10, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images The price of bitcoin climbed on
Associated Press Jun 20, 2023, 01:00 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trackhouse Racing owner Justin Marks will drive for Kaulig Racing in the Xfinity Series race on the Chicago Street Course next week. It will be the first Xfinity Series start for Marks since 2018. He has 35 career Xfinity starts, including a victory at
Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterJun 20, 2023, 01:41 PM ET The Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz boxing match Aug. 5 in Dallas will now be contested over 10 rounds, after initially being booked for eight. The two fighters agreed to the change last week after Diaz proposed it, and on Tuesday, the Texas Department of
A pair of British executives are seeking to buck the trend of waning sentiment towards special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) by establishing a £1bn listed vehicle for investors to access the Lloyd’s of London insurance market. Sky News has learnt that Financials Acquisition Corp (FINSAC), which floated in the UK in the spring of 2022,
Hyundai confirmed that it is considering adopting Tesla’s NACS connector for its electric vehicles in North America, but it is not ready to pull the trigger as it wants to “look into it from the customer’s perspective” first. After both GM and Ford announced that they would adopt NACS as the standard connector in their
Police are searching the headquarters of the 2024 Paris Olympics organisers as part of a probe into suspected corruption. The Paris organising committee said in a statement that a search is under way at its offices in the Saint-Denis suburb of the French capital, and that “Paris 2024 is co-operating with the investigators to facilitate
As smartphone screens have got bigger, and laptops more powerful, tablets have gone through something of an identity crisis. Once pitched as an obvious middle ground between the computer in your pocket and the one on your lap, the thinking behind them seems increasingly muddled. There are iPads for people who want a keyboard and
Nevada has a new law that lowers the price upfront of medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks and buses for businesses and public fleets. Governor Joe Lombardo (R-NV) signed Assembly Bill 184 – the Nevada Clean Trucks and Buses Incentive Program – into law this month. It provides incentives for Nevada-based businesses and public organizations who
Disgraced Scottish MP Margaret Ferrier has urged her constituents not to trigger a by-election in a last-ditch attempt to avoid losing her job. The former SNP MP, who is now an independent, was convicted of putting people at risk after travelling by train to a debate at Westminster while suffering from coronavirus in 2020. She
Boris Johnson has been stripped of special access to parliament after MPs endorsed the privileges committee’s report that he lied about parties in Downing Street during the COVID pandemic. MPs voted by 354 to seven to back the report’s findings. A debate was held in the Commons on Monday afternoon asking MPs to consider the
In this article SPOT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The collaborative efforts between Spotify and Harry and Meghan has resulted in just one, 12-episode series of the podcast “Archetypes.” Chris Jackson | Chris Jackson Collection | Getty Images Spotify executive Bill Simmons described Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, as “grifters” after
A Spotify executive has spoken out about the scrapping of Harry and Meghan’s $20m (£15m) deal with the streaming service, calling the royal couple “f****** grifters”. Bill Simmons, who is head of podcast innovation and monetisation, criticised the pair after it was announced they were being dropped by Spotify for reportedly not creating enough content.
China’s President Xi Jinping has met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing – as the world’s two biggest economies look to cool rising tensions. Speaking after the meeting on Monday, Mr Xi said he hoped that Mr Blinken would make “more positive contributions” to stabilising ties between the two countries, state media reported.