Oil giant BP suffers AGM shareholder revolt

LONDON — British energy major BP suffered a shareholder revolt at its annual general meeting on Thursday, following a tense clash with investors over corporate governance and climate transparency. BP failed to get majority shareholder approval on two highly anticipated motions, which would have permitted online-only AGMs and retired two company-specific climate disclosure obligations. Each…

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Former boss at Lucy Letby’s hospital arrested on suspicion of perverting course of justice | UK news

A former boss at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Police arrested the suspect on Wednesday as part of an investigation into allegations of gross negligence manslaughter by former senior leaders at the Countess of Chester hospital. Unusually, Cheshire constabulary declined to confirm the…

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Indian physicists voice solidarity with Iran, Palestine, Lebanon academics | US-Israel war on Iran News

In a statement, prominent string theorists condemn the attacks on universities across the Middle Eastern countries. Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 A group of prominent Indian physicists specialising in string theory has expressed solidarity with academics in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon, condemning attacks on universities and civilian institutions during conflicts involving Israel and…

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First Thing: ‘Impossible’ to reopen strait of Hormuz amid ‘flagrant’ ceasefire breaches, Iran says | US news

Good morning. Iranian forces have seized two ships in the strait of Hormuz as the US and Iran doubled down on imposing separate blockades of the shipping waterway. The standoff over the strait – through which about 20% of the world’s oil and liquefied fossil gas passed during peacetime – has raised doubts about whether…

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