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Reeves Eyes ISA Shake‑Up to Channel British Savings into Home‑Grown Stocks
November Budget could halve the Cash ISA allowance and launch a ‘British’ equity push—supporters hail a US‑style investment culture, while lenders and consumer groups warn of a backlash LONDON — UK chancellor Rachel Reeves moved back to the front foot…
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Brussels Pivots Past Washington: EU Courts U.S. States and Business on Clean Energy
After President Trump says climate change is “the greatest con job ever,” the EU shifts its climate diplomacy to governors, mayors and boardrooms BRUSSELS—The European Union is quietly redrawing its transatlantic climate playbook. Rather than waiting for policy signals from…
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Short Squeeze 2.0: Why Betting Against Runaway U.S. Stocks Was a Pain Trade in 2025
A retail-fueled rally and AI exuberance turned 2025 into short sellers’ worst year of returns in half a decade Traders who spent 2025 betting against the hottest corners of the U.S. equity market are limping into the fourth quarter, blaming…
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Licence on the Line: Why Revolut’s UK Bank Bid Is Stuck in Global Growing Pains
Regulators worry the fintech’s risk controls aren’t scaling as fast as its overseas empire — and that London’s decision will echo far beyond Britain LONDON —Revolut’s years‑long campaign to become a fully licensed UK bank faced fresh headwinds as the…
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The Power Broker Behind the Plea: Miriam Adelson and Trump’s Hostage Push
How a casino heiress and mega-donor became a central character in Israel’s climactic October 2025 hostage release — and why Donald Trump singled her out in the Knesset. JERUSALEM — As lawmakers rose to their feet in Israel’s Knesset on…
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“The Trauma Remains”: Noa on Healing, Responsibility, and the Only Path Forward
In an October 2025 conversation, Israeli singer Achinoam Nini—known worldwide as Noa—argues that coexistence is the region’s only viable future, even as she warns against forgetting who steered Israel into catastrophe. TEL AVIV / ROME — “The trauma remains, it…
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California’s Megabattery Moment
How vast grid-scale cells are reshaping the state’s power system—and pointing the way for an energy storage revolution On hot autumn evenings in California, when office towers hum, air conditioners chug and commuter EVs sip electrons after the drive home,…
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Memory on the Line: How Auschwitz School Trips Became a Political Battleground in Italy
After Giorgia Meloni’s ‘more fundamentalist than Hamas’ jab at the left, Family Minister Eugenia Roccella inflames debate by casting doubt on school visits to sites of the Shoah—prompting a wider clash over historical revisionism and civic education. Rome—In the span…
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Can an Obesity Drug Change the Course of Alzheimer’s?
With results due from two Phase 3 trials of semaglutide in early Alzheimer’s, Novo Nordisk is chasing a high‑risk bet that could reset dementia care — and its battered share price. Novo Nordisk made its name on a peptide that…
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Locked Out: UK telcos tighten screws as handset fraud surges
From ‘upgrade’ cons to SIM swaps, mobile networks roll out tougher checks and data‑sharing in a bid to stem device theft and account takeovers The UK’s mobile industry is confronting a sharp rise in handset fraud that has reshaped everything…
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