Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is reportedly laying off almost 1,400 employees, about 10% of its workforce. The job cuts signal a pivot for the space firm, which said it wanted to trim managerial ranks and focus its resources on ramping up launches ofContinue Reading
King Charles has visited the home of Tottenham Hotspur to highlight the Premier League club’s work supporting local businesses. The King met guests including Gina Moffatt, 48, an ex-offender who turned her life around with help from the King’s Trust – formerly the Prince’s Trust – and now runs aContinue Reading
The number of foreign workers seeking help over claims of exploitation, bullying, underpayment and poor living conditions on UK farms significantly increased last year, the BBC has learned. Nearly 700 foreign seasonal agricultural labourers complained to the Worker Support Centre (WSC) national charity in 2024 they were being treated unfairlyContinue Reading
The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country’s current leader has announced. Nujoma led the long fight for independence from South Africa in 1990 after helping found Namibia’s liberation movement known as the Southwest Peoples’ Organisation (Swapo)Continue Reading
A federal judge has blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) from accessing the personal financial data of millions of Americans in Treasury Department records, according to court documents. US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer issued a preliminary injunction on Saturday to prohibit access, ordering Musk and his teamContinue Reading
King Charles and Queen Camilla have hosted an Italian-themed dinner with dishes including crab, ravioli and pork, along with English and Italian wine. Friday’s dinner, with guests including David and Victoria Beckham, Dame Helen Mirren and Donatella Versace, was a culinary warm-up for the royal couple’s state visit to Italy andContinue Reading
The speed at which the new Chinese AI app DeepSeek has shaken the technology industry, the markets and the bullish sense of American superiority in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of stunning. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen may have said it best. “DeepSeek-R1 is AI’s Sputnik moment,”Continue Reading
The Mona Lisa will be moved to a new exhibition space at the Louvre in Paris as part of a plan to renovate the world’s most frequented museum. Emmanuel Macron stood in front of the masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci as he made the announcement to an audience of dignitaries,Continue Reading
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has deployed a team of health experts to Uganda to support the country’s response to a confirmed outbreak of Sudan virus disease, a viral illness similar to Ebola. Uganda has reported its first confirmed case of Sudan virus disease: a nurse from Mulago National ReferralContinue Reading
US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m). Trump sued the social media giant and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2021 over the suspension of his accounts after the 6 January Capitol riots that year.Continue Reading