“We hope you prove us wrong.” “We’re very focused on proving you wrong.” The exchange between Jeremy Hunt and IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva, captured by Sky News in Washington DC, tells you rather a lot about the Chancellor’s week here in Washington. This was Mr Hunt’s first International Monetary Fund meeting since taking on
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6:17 AM ET Rafael Nadal will miss next week’s Barcelona Open as he continues building his match fitness following a hip injury suffered at the Australian Open in January, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said Friday. Nadal skipped tournaments at Indian Wells and Miami as well as the ongoing Monte Carlo Masters after suffering the
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Hamburg’s fire brigade has issued an “extreme danger” alert as a cloud possibly containing “chemical components” drifts towards the city centre. The German city’s authorities are advising people to avoid the area and told residents to close doors, windows and ventilation. It comes after a fire at a storage facility in the Rothenburgsort district forced
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Issues or errors surrounding the system of health assessments for benefits has contributed to the deaths of some claimants, MPs have heard. The Work and Pensions committee said they are “deeply concerned” people are still experiencing psychological distress because of the process – despite an inquiry five years ago highlighting “significant problems”. In a new
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In its latest monthly oil market report, the IEA said the energy alliance’s self-described “precautionary move” was likely to spell bad news for consumers at a time of heightened economic uncertainty. Hussein Faleh | Afp | Getty Images The International Energy Agency on Friday warned surprise oil output cuts from the OPEC+ producer group risk
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A 21-year-old national guardsman in the US is facing espionage charges over the leaking online of highly classified military documents. The disclosure of confidential details about the Ukraine war and other spying activities has caused embarrassment in Washington and threatens to strain ties with key allies. The Pentagon has described it as a “very serious
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4:26 PM ET Washington Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder have reached a preliminary non-exclusive agreement to sell the storied NFL franchise to a group led by Josh Harris, who also co-owns teams in the NBA and NHL, for a record $6.05 billion, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. The non-exclusive deal is fully
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A national guardsman accused of leaking highly classified military documents is due to appear in court later today. Jack Teixeira is set to be charged with removing or transmitting classified national defence information, which is a crime under the National Espionage Act. The 21-year-old’s arrest raises fresh questions about America’s ability to safeguard its most
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As companies like GM and Rivian face backlash for failing to adopt Apple’s CarPlay platform, Ford is doing the exact opposite. In a statement to 9to5Mac, Ford explained its reasoning for supporting CarPlay…and it has us pondering the future of Ford’s relationship with Apple and next-gen CarPlay. Ford is using its commitment to CarPlay as
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Doctors who treated a British woman after she caught “break-bone fever” in the south of France have warned climate change could cause outbreaks as far north as the UK. The 44-year-old woman was infected with dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, while visiting family near Nice last September and developed a fever, muscle pain, headache and rash.
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In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amazon is introducing a cloud service called Bedrock that developers can use to enhance their software with artificial intelligence systems that can generate text, similar to the engine behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot powered by Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI. The announcement indicates that the largest provider
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