You could absolutely feel the energy shift around King Charles and Queen Camilla’s US state visit on Wednesday. They finally got out of Washington’s MAGA hellhole and traveled up to New York. Suddenly, both Charles and Camilla looked a lot looser and happier as they put hundreds of miles between themselves and Donald Trump. Their…
Soldiers of the U.S. Army V Corps salute during a color casing ceremony to mark the departure of V Corps headquarters from Europe on May 10, 2012 at the U.S. Army base in Wiesbaden, Germany. Ralph Orlowski | Getty Images News | Getty Images The U.S. is considering reducing the number of troops it has…
The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged at 3.75% but warned that the UK may need to brace for hikes later this year, as “higher inflation is unavoidable” as a result of the war in the Middle East. The Bank’s rate-setting monetary policy committee (MPC) voted to leave borrowing costs on hold on…
Instagram announced on Thursday that accounts that regularly repost content they didn’t create, or primarily share other people’s work as photos and carousels, will no longer be eligible for recommendations across the app. The Meta-owned platform says the idea behind the change is to ensure creators of original content get the credit and distribution they…
Growth in headline figure obscures worse than expected $700mn increase in fee-paying assets
On March 11, the Thai cargo ship Mayuree Naree was struck by two projectiles while crossing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important waterways located between Iran and Oman. A fire broke out in the engine room, and while 20 sailors were rescued, three remained trapped inside the stricken vessel. Their remains…
Displeased couple having problems during a meeting with their agent in the office. Skynesher | E+ | Getty Images A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Lawyer Tasha Dickinson said…
Good morning. The US supreme court has gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act through a landmark decision on Louisiana’s congressional map, in a major upheaval in US civil rights law that threatens to weaken the voting power of minorities. In a 6-3 decision along partisan lines, the court demolished section 2 of…
Meta is planning to pump billions more into AI investments this year, despite noting that millions of users have seemingly started to abandon its platforms. In an earning call on Wednesday, Meta reported that figures for “Family daily active people” — the term Meta has coined for all collective users of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, or…
Ukrainian drones struck a major refinery deep inside Russia and again attacked an oil-pumping station nearby, further crippling Moscow’s crude-processing capability.
