Britain Financial News
23.12 / 22:29
Art
Agency
Omicron cases 70% less likely to be hospitalised, UK health agency report suggests
People infected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant are up to 70 percent less likely to be admitted to hospital than those infected with the Delta variant, a UK report has found.
23.12 / 19:19
Art
'Shameful and rude': Orban slammed over remark on Bosnia's Muslims
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán has been denounced by Bosnian officials and religious leaders after he claimed integrating the country into the European Union would be a challenge because of its Muslim population.
23.12 / 19:19
Art
Belgium to shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025
Belgium will shut down all seven of its nuclear reactors by 2025 but will not close the door on new-generation nuclear technology, the coalition government announced on Thursday.
23.12 / 17:46
UPS
Inside the FCA’s wild year: ‘I have never worked in such an unhappy place’
The Financial Conduct Authority has had a rough year. Talk of a morale crisis, an outcry over proposed changes to pay, and staff looking for the exit has never been far from the headlines.
23.12 / 13:57
UPS
CEO
Platform
open
APImetrics and Finextra launch open access fintech, open banking and crypto API data dashboard
Live on Finextra, the dashboard presents the activity of the top 30 regulated open banking brands and 36 leading crypto exchanges operating in the UK.
23.12 / 13:07
NATO
Watch live: Ukraine and COVID on the agenda as Putin delivers annual speech
Vladimir Putin will be questioned at length by Russian and international media on Thursday about the political and military crisis shaking Europe's security balance.
23.12 / 12:57
cryptocurrency
World News
Arsenal
British watchdog censures soccer club Arsenal over crypto token ads
Britain's advertising watchdog warned Arsenal on Wednesday over ads for its "fan tokens," a type of cryptocurrency embraced by soccer clubs this year as coronavirus pummelled their revenues.
23.12 / 12:44
Omicron cases have reduced hospitalisation risk, early studies say
Omicron cases have an approximately 15 to 20% reduced risk of hospitalisation compared to the previous Delta variant, researchers from Imperial College London said on Wednesday.
23.12 / 12:36
NATO
COVID in Europe: Belgium closes cinemas as Spain brings back masks
Europe is once again seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases — here is our summary of the measures being taken across the continent.
23.12 / 12:32
NATO
fake news
Brigitte Macron taking legal action over transgender conspiracy theory
Brigitte Macron, the wife of the French president, has launched legal action over a conspiracy theory that claims she was born male.
23.12 / 09:33
23.12 / 08:35
History
Hong Kong university removes Tiananmen massacre statue
A monument at a Hong Kong university that commemorates the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre was removed by workers early Thursday over the objections of its creator from Denmark.
23.12 / 03:13
UPS
Target
Meet IMCO, the new private equity firm with $6bn and UK targets on its ‘to-do list’
Armed with tens of billions of dollars, a handful of Canadian fund managers play a pivotal role in the world of private equity.
23.12 / 01:33
Citi
Career
bob
veteran
Bank veteran Bob Wigley on 100-hour weeks: ‘I didn’t go home for two years. I worked non-stop’
Bob Wigley, the chair of UK Finance, knows all about the long-hours culture in banking that has been such a talking point over the last 18 months.
22.12 / 21:34
cryptocurrency
Meet the NGO turning to cryptocurrencies to help desperate Belarusians
The crushing of dissent in Belarus is seemingly over, on the surface at least.
22.12 / 21:26
Time
UK's daily COVID infections pass 100,000 for the first time amid Omicron spread
The UK registered a record-breaking 106,122 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours ahead of the holidays.
22.12 / 20:43
What will 2022 hold for crypto regulation?
Douglas Robinson is managing associate at law firm Simmons & Simmons
22.12 / 18:19
Downing
MH17: Life sentences demanded for quartet accused of downing passenger jet over eastern Ukraine
Dutch prosecutors on Wednesday demanded life sentences for four suspects in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, saying they caused “deep and irreversible suffering” to relatives of the 298 people killed.
22.12 / 18:19
World Health Organization
Watch live: WHO gives COVID update amid Omicron concern
The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to give an update on the COVID-19 pandemic as a new highly transmissible variant spreads globally.
22.12 / 16:55
NATO
Pentagon denies Russian allegations that US firms are sending 'chemical components' into Ukraine
The Pentagon has flatly denied Russian allegations that private American security firms are sending chemicals into Ukraine.
22.12 / 16:47
Sport
Advertising
Tax
UK
Arsenal
UK Regulator Calls Foul On Arsenal FC Fan Token Ads
London-based football club Arsenal FC has drawn the ire of the UK advertising watchdog Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for what the regulator calls “taking advantage of consumers’ inexperience in cryptoassets.”
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