Monday, 14 September 2026
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Enough new coalmining projects were proposed last year to increase global supplies by 2.5bn tonnes a year, an increase of 11% from the year before, even as demand for coal plateaus, according to a new report.
Bereaved families or seriously injured victims of road crime feel “forgotten by the system” with offences not treated with the seriousness they deserve, an official review has found.
Oil prices have fallen to pre-Iran war levels as more oil tankers exited the strait of Hormuz.
Greenland authorities have forced a US oil company connected to Donald Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic territory, defying claims by the US president’s envoy that Americans could be extracting crude by nex…
US consumer prices cooled slightly in July as the annualized inflation rate dipped down to 3.4%, though prices still remain higher than levels seen before the war with Iran.
Andy Burnham has been warned that the UK economy could barely grow next year if disruption in the Strait of Hormuz continues until the end of 2026.
Josh Kushner and Bob Iger are purchasing the Los Angeles Lakers for more than $12.5bn in a record-breaking deal, ESPN reported on Wednesday , citing sources with knowledge of the deal.
Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within a key government department tasked with protecting the environment and maintaining food security, a freedom of information request has revealed.
Commercial ships travelling through the Panama canal are facing a rise in costs amid disruption triggered by the Iran war and falling water levels linked to this year’s intense El Niño weather system .
The Metropolitan police are understood to be planning to use live facial recognition (LFR) technology on Britain’s busiest shopping street.
Geopolitics and cost of living crisis have cost Europe’s largest travel company €60m so far
Event expected to hit solar power just as fifth heatwave of summer increases use of air conditioning and fans
Exhibition in Port Talbot is part of project exploring how communities experience endings and transitions
The AI jobs apocalypse never showed up. Still, jobs are changing and economists expect more to come.
Verdant thinktank says cost could top £25bn a year by 2030 and calls for maximum temperature for working and urban redesign to cool down cities
The specter of investigations and impeachment has fueled many of the president’s most dramatic actions.
The Comac C919 will fly from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, although experts say it could take generations for it to challenge the west’s dominance of the industry
Discounts confirmed near more than 40 locations across Great Britain amid biggest upgrade to electricity grid since 1960s
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its economic outlook for the world economy and warned it could sink into a recession if the Iran war is not soon resolved. In its April 2026 World Economic Outlook, the Bret…
Residential property is the largest store of wealth in the UK, and has long been a target for those who believe homes should be taxed more. Real estate remains a juicy plum for Andy Burnham to pick as he searches for wa…
Apollo, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and KKR among those working with chipmaker to fund infrastructure
On Thursday, 20 August 2026 the European Central Bank (ECB) and the broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk (hr) will once again host the Europa Open Air concert at Weseler Werft in Frankfurt. The free event brings together mus…
The international role of the euro grew moderately in 2025, with its share across various indicators of global currency use reaching around 20%. Viewed from a longer-term perspective, the role of the euro has grown grad…
Heathrow airport said “the case for expansion has never been clearer” after it was overtaken as Europe’s busiest airport by Istanbul.