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Trump team may give struggling Spirit Airlines $500M lifeline: report

TravelNews & AdviceTrump team may give struggling Spirit Airlines $500M lifeline: reportThe Florida-based airline has sold off planes, restructured and raised ticket prices in an attempt to come back from bankruptcyIsabel Keane in New York Wednesday 22 April 2026 17:05 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"sho...

Billionaire sues digital currency venture co-founded by Trump and sons for illegal account freezing

Justin Sun alleges World Liberty Financial installed tools to prevent sale of his tokens after they became tradeableBillionaire crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun on Tuesday sued World Liberty Financial, the digital currency venture co-founded by Donald Trump and his sons, alleging that World Liberty illegally froze his holdings of tokens issued by the company.Sun, the largest investor in World Liberty, alleged in the lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, that the company secretly install...

London Marathon organisers believe two-day event could bring £400m economic boost

Event director says £130m could be raised for good causes‘You can lose the love, and we have to be mindful of that’London Marathon organisers have revealed more details about plans to stage a two-day event next year which they say would be an “incredible celebration” that would raise more than £130m for charity and bring in £400m in social and economic benefits.As the Guardian revealed last month, advanced talks are under way for the one-off event which would allow around 100,000 people to take...

Major mortgage lenders set to make more rate reductions after last week’s cuts

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Four people arrested over suspected £44m UK home insulation scam

Serious Fraud Office investigation relates to firms allegedly submitting false invoices for work they failed to carry outThe UK’s Serious Fraud Office has arrested four people on suspicion of a home insulation scam that may have cost energy companies as much as £44m.The SFO and the National Crime Agency said on Wednesday that the unnamed people were arrested in coordinated dawn raids across England on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud. Continue reading...

Nobel Prize-winning economist on Anthropic CEO’s white-collar jobs wipeout

Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu challenges Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's prediction of mass entry-level job elimination due to AI. Acemoglu argues that many white-collar roles are too complex for current AI, and job displacement depends on adoption and new job creation. He urges policymakers to prepare for potential social unrest if AI exacerbates inequality.

Jose Mourinho Among Leading Candidates for Potential Real Madrid Coaching Change

Rabat – The coaching future at Real Madrid is once again the subject of intense speculation, with multiple high-profile names circulating internally and externally as the club evaluates its next long-term managerial direction. Among the candidates, one profile stands out due to both history and symbolism: José Mourinho. According to reports from Spanish outlet AS, Mourinho has been proposed to Real Madrid through intermediaries at a moment when the club is informally preparing for a possib...

Oil Servicer Weatherford Sees War Impacts Deepening This Quarter

Weatherford International Plc., one of the world’s largest oilfield-service providers, is warning that a hit to earnings in the wake of the Iran war will get worse this quarter, before an eventual rebound.

DOJ readies up to $3.5 billion in law enforcement grants, 1 year after steep cuts

Exclusive Politics DOJ readies up to $3.5 billion in law enforcement grants, 1 year after steep cuts elsewhere By Sarah N. Lynch Sarah N. Lynch Senior Justice Department Reporter Sarah N. Lynch is the senior Justice Department reporter for CBS News, based in Washington, D.C. Read Full Bio Sarah N. Lynch April 22, 2026 / 11:39 AM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google Washington — The Justice Department is preparing to solicit applications for up to $3.5 billion in grants to pay for mostly i...

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DAVID MARCUS: Prada bag power grab as elites hijack Old Dominion

Some 163 years ago this June, the people of what is now West Virginia had had enough of the Old Dominion and the wealthy planters who thought the nation’s rules did not apply to them. As a result, today, West Virginia Republican voters have a strong voice in Congress, while those in the mother state just had theirs stripped away.Let’s be completely clear. After Tuesday’s narrow electoral victory for the anti-American redistricting designed to give Virginia, a state that is 45% Republican, a 10-1...

In this thriller, job market has cut-throat competition – literally

In this thriller job market has cutthroat competition literally

S&P Global Vice Chairman: Hormuz Crisis Is Driving Global Change

Consumers are already feeling the effects of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz with energy prices surging around the world. But what if the crisis is signaling a longer-term global power shift? On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin tells Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway that a "different world" will emerge, regardless of the war's ultimate outcome. (Source: Bloomberg)

EU agrees to unblock €90bn loan for Ukraine after Hungary lifts veto

Agreement for urgently needed loan reached after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and SlovakiaEurope live – latest updatesEU member states have reached agreement on unblocking an urgently needed €90bn (£78bn) loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, prompting Budapest to lift its veto.Cyprus, which holds the bloc’s rotating presidency, said member states’ ambassadors had agreed to launch “written...

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Shipping bosses demand ‘safe and sustainable’ Strait of Hormuz passage as oil supply fears grow

NewsWorldMiddle EastShipping bosses demand ‘safe and sustainable’ Strait of Hormuz passage as oil supply fears growIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned of mines around the strait.Siyi Liu & Florence TanWednesday 22 April 2026 16:13 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBo...

Traffic fines revised: New reduced penalties for cars, bikes and heavy vehicles

Must ReadPakistanTraffic fines revised: New reduced penalties for cars, bikes and heavy vehiclesBy Web Desk-Apr 22, 2026LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly has passed the Provincial Motor Vehicle (Fourth Amendment) Ordinance 2025 with a majority vote, approving revisions in traffic fines across multiple vehicle categories, ARY News reported. Under the amended law, several traffic fines have been reduced, particularly for minor violations involving motorcycles, rickshaws, and cars. According to the text...

Bessent Says US Allies in Gulf, Asia Requested Swap Lines

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that many Persian Gulf allies along with a number of Asian nations have requested foreign exchange swap lines with the US, and pointed to the potential for such arrangements to support dollar-denominated lending overseas.

Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo state governments have drastically underdelivered more than $160m in infrastructure measures to improve river health in the northern Murray-Darling basin eight years since they were promised, a major independent review has found.This includes failure by the New South Wales government to secure any of the...

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