The City watchdog is considering changing rules to allow people to receive clearer information from financial firms to make it easier for them to find and compare products. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is exploring how it can simplify communications about savings accounts. The watchdog, which will announce its five-year strategy on Tuesday, will also…
The US postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, who said earlier this month that he had asked the government efficiency team led by Elon Musk for assistance with a number of issues, is resigning effective on Monday, the agency said. DeJoy, who has headed the agency since 2020, in February said he had asked the US Postal…
A Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been arrested by the Israeli army after masked settlers attacked his house. According to five Jewish American activists who witnessed the attack, Hamdan Ballal, one of the four directors of the the film that documented the destruction of villages in the West Bank, was…
The Irish novelist Anne Enright is one of eight writers set to receive $175,000 (£135,000) each in recognition of their life’s work. American writer Sigrid Nunez was also selected as part of this year’s Windham-Campbell prizes, which each year award $1.4m to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, with the aim of allowing writers…
Researchers are developing an injection that creates a contraceptive implant in the body using an approach that could herald a new way of delivering drugs over long periods of time. Current contraceptive implants last for years, meaning women do not have to take a pill every day, but the devices must be fitted by a…
A federal court has thwarted the Trump administration’s effort to deport Venezuelan immigrants under a roughly 225-year-old war powers law, ruling that individuals must receive hearings before their removal. Judge James Boasberg on Monday rejected the government’s attempt to vacate restraining orders protecting Venezuelans accused of gang ties from deportation, instead insisting on due process…
Donald Trump’s administration is seeking sponsors for the White House Easter Egg Roll, in a break with tradition that is likely to draw further scrutiny over his government’s relationship with corporate backers. A pitch document obtained by CNN and the New York Times shows that individuals or companies can pay up to $200,000 to have…
A woman in Colorado is facing dozens of criminal charges after her elderly mother with dementia was found mauled to death among more than two dozen dogs living at their home. Jessica Hoff, 47, was arrested Friday in connection to the death of 76-year-old LaVonne Hoff, said a news release from the sheriff’s office in…
UK private sector output growth climbed to a six-month high in March, powered by services companies that expect to avoid Donald Trump’s second wave of trade tariffs next month. In a boost to Rachel Reeves before the spring statement on Wednesday, services companies said order books increased for the first time this year after a…
Like many women in Iran, Darya is used to feeling under surveillance. Yet in recent months, the 25-year-old finance analyst from northern Tehran says that she never knows who could be watching her every move. She says she has received messages from the police before warning her of suspected violations of the country’s strict hijab…
