The 21Shares Bitcoin Gold ETP allocates two-thirds to gold and one-third to Bitcoin and trades in pounds sterling and dollars on the London Stock Exchange....
US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British prime minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force. Trump named members of a b...
The UK is weighing an Australiaâstyle ban on social media for underâ16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped plans to make digital ID mandatory for workers after a backlash over âOrwellianâ surveillance fears....
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In the past 12 months, the Conservatives have suffered a string of defections to hard-right Reform UK, including some former Cabinet ministers....
Elon Musk's X is trying to stop people using its AI chatbot Grok to undress women amid intensifying outrage and legal scrutiny over the deluge of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes flooding the site. It's...
Coke had been seeking about ÂŁ2bn after paying ÂŁ3.9bn for UK coffee chain in 2018...
Aggressive US rhetoric over Greenland demands a change in strategy by the EU and UK, officials say...
UK prime minister says xAI will restrict the image generator as billionaire pledges to follow laws in all markets...
By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world...
The preliminary Luxembourg approval boosts Rippleâs EU expansion aims following its recent UK authorization, supporting its push toward full MiCA compliance....
Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden, France, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland to face a 10% tariff beginning February 1. Trump said tariffs will be in place until "a deal is reached" on Greenland....
European Council President Antonio Costa said the EU was weighing a joint response to a new US tariff plan to impose levies of 10% on 8 European nations, including Germany, France and the UK. Follow t...
Some student-loan borrowers are at risk of having their tax refunds seized this year. Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post via Getty Images The Education Department temporarily paused seizure of ta...
Crypto majors are mostly flat headed into Monday open; btc even at $90,600; eth +1% at $3,110, sol +2% at $140; xrp -2% to $2.04. Ip (+20%) and xmr (+15%) led top movers; xmr hit a new ath at $590. Fe...
Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Grok will no longer be allowed to create AI photos of real people in sexualized or revealing clothing, after widespread global backlash. "We have implem...
Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images The world's most senior bankers have rallied around embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....
Mandalia left his job in 2022 and spent 18 months traveling. Courtesy of Himal Mandalia Himal Mandalia took a six-month career break , which turned into 3 ½ years. He struggled to slow down during the...
The author and her husband traveled the world together before eloping. Courtesy of Zoe Ashbridge I met my husband at work, and we decided to quit our jobs together to cycle around the world. We saved ...