Facebook and Instagram icons are seen displayed on an iPhone. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The European Union on Wednesday fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros each for breaching the bloc’s digital competition laws. The European Commission, which is the executive body of the EU, said it was fining Apple…
Nine people have been killed after a Russian drone hit a bus transporting workers in Ukraine, officials say. The attack occurred on Wednesday morning in the south-central city of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, across the Dnieper river from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Regional chief Serhiy Lysak said at least 30 people were…
Homes with big gardens or swimming pools in England and Wales could pay more for their water usage, under proposals set out by providers in their submission to a wider review of the sector. Water UK, an industry body that represents 16 water and sewage companies in England and Wales, will call for water metering…
In the arid region south of Mexicali, where the pale desert dominates the landscape, the Las Arenitas wetland feels like a mirage. But it is real, and is an oasis for endemic and migratory birds that cross the Colorado River delta. Here, just south of the US-Mexico border, used water from the city of Mexicali…
The BP logo is displayed outside a petrol station that also offers electric vehicle recharging, on Feb. 27, 2025, in Somerset, England. Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images BP shares jumped on Wednesday after activist investor Elliott went public with a stake of more than 5% in the struggling British oil major,…
An Optimus bot from Tesla on display during the 2024 World AI Conference & High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center on July 7, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk says China’s new trade restrictions on rare earth magnets have affected the…
Britain entered the economic shock from Donald Trump’s trade wars with government borrowing having overshot official forecasts by almost £15bn in the most recent financial year. Adding to the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, the Office for National Statistics said borrowing in the financial year ending in March was £151.9bn, more than £20bn higher…
(L-R) U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Interior Secretary Doug Bergum and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy look on as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to sign executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on April 09, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images The latest CNBC…
This photo illustration created on Jan. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C., shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | AFP | Getty Images Meta’s core online advertising business could take a $7 billion hit this year due to President Donald Trump’s tough China tariffs…
Singapore’s Raffles Place at lunchtime. Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty Images Singapore’s inflation in March stayed at over four-year lows, with the city-state’s consumer price index climbing 0.9%, year on year. Singapore’s monetary authority said increases in the costs of food and private transport in March mainly contributed to the headline inflation. March inflation…
