HSBC boss signals overhaul of bank is almost over despite drop in profits pred 1 dnevom, 9 urami in 32 minutami Lender ‘becoming a simple, more agile, focused bank built for a fast-changing world’, says Georges Elhedery The chief executive of HSBC has signalled that his planned overhaul of Europe’s largest lender is drawing to a close despite a slide in annual profits.The bank’s chief executive, Georges Elhedery – who took over in 2024 – said it was “becoming a simple, more agile, focused bank built for a fast-changing world”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Behind the Guardian’s analysis of 100 years of MPs’ language on immigration pred 1 dnevom, 9 urami in 47 minutami Methodology: how we trained a machine learning model to analyse rhetoric on immigration in the UK parliament over the course of a centuryThe Guardian has revealed a significant rightward shift toward sentiment relating to immigration among MPs speaking in the House of Commons in the past five years.
To do this analysis the Guardian’s Data Science and Data Projects teams, in collaboration with University College London, developed an in-house machine learning model to measure linguistic sentiment in debates in the Commons over the course of a century.Unlike off-the-shelf sentiment models, the Guardian’s version distinguishes sentiment directed specifically at immigration from general emotionally charged language about any topic. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Energy bills will fall by £117 for millions of households in Great Britain from April pred 1 dnevom, 10 urami in 46 minutami Ofgem cap drops by 7% to £1,641 a year for consumers’ average gas and electricity costsBusiness live – latest updatesAnnual energy bills will fall by £117 for millions of households from April after Rachel Reeves’s plan to cut £150 a year from bills was partly foiled by rising costs.The energy regulator Ofgem’s quarterly cap will fall by 7% a year for the three months from April to £1,641 for the average combined gas and electricity bill in Great Britain, from £1,758 under the current January-March cap. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Jobs, gas prices and ending wars: factchecking Trump’s State of the Union claims pred 1 dnevom, 10 urami in 48 minutami The president’s lengthy speech to Congress contained myriad inflated, misleading or simply false claimsDonald Trump officially made the longest State of the Union address in history on Tuesday night, with broad claims about the successes achieved during the first year of his second term.But the speech that stretched across more than an hour and 41 minutes was filled with strong statements, many of them inflated, misleading or simply untrue. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Why the longest-ever State of the Union address was the most inconsequential pred 1 dnevom, 10 urami in 56 minutami Amid Trump’s lies and xenophobic rants, people struggling to pay bills and make ends meet are unlikely to be movedHe wanted to give the king’s speech. Donald Trump entered the US House chamber on Tuesday like a medieval monarch, with Republicans lined up eager to touch his royal robes (or, in two cases, grab a selfie with him). But within moments, the illusion was shattered.As the US president strolled by, soaking up adulation, Democratic representative Al Green of Texas held aloft a handwritten sign: “Black people aren’t apes!” – a reference to Trump recently sharing a racist video depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Reserve Bank could hike cash rate twice in 2026 as Australia’s inflation stays stubbornly high pred 1 dnevom, 10 urami in 57 minutami End of government subsidies drives electricity costs up by 19% in the month and leaves power bills nearly a third higher than they were a year earlierFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Reserve Bank is more likely to hike rates again, and potentially twice before the end of the year, after new figures revealed inflationary pressures showed no signs of easing in 2026.Annual inflation stayed at a high 3.8% in January, as the end of government subsidies drove electricity costs up by 19% in the month and left power bills nearly a third higher than they were a year earlier. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
How ancient Scottish rocks throw ‘snowball Earth’ theory up in the air pred 1 dnevom, 11 urami in 47 minutami Researchers discover rare periods of a few thousands years when climate unexpectedly awoke from slumberDuring the ”snowball Earth” period about 700m years ago, Earth’s climate shut down. The planet was encased in ice and insulated from seasonal variations: spring, summer, autumn and winter all stopped. Or at least that was the theory.Recent examination of some ancient rocks from the west coast of Scotland have now overturned that thinking, suggesting there were periods during snowball Earth when the climate woke up. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Group expands legal claim over South West Water sewage pollution pred 1 dnevom, 11 urami in 47 minutami Thousands more people across Devon and Cornwall could join case against water firm A group legal claim against South West Water alleging sewage pollution into coastal waters is harming businesses and individuals has been expanded across Devon and Cornwall.Thousands more individuals could now join the first environmental community group legal action against a water company over the impact of sewage pollution. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Japan to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan by 2031, says defence minister pred 1 dnevom, 11 urami in 56 minutami Surface-to-air missiles, which are capable of shooting down aircraft and ballistic missiles, will be located on Yonaguni, Japan’s westernmost islandJapan will deploy missiles to a tiny island near Taiwan within five years, its defence minister has said, in a move that is likely to inflame tensions with China.The surface-to-air missiles, which are capable of shooting down aircraft and ballistic missiles, will be located on Yonaguni – Japan’s westernmost island – by March 2031, Shinjiro Koizumi said. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Police return art posters of Trump and Netanyahu in Nazi uniforms to Canberra venue after no charges laid pred 1 dnevom, 12 urami in 5 minutami Criminal proceedings will not follow as posters ‘satisfied certain aspects’ of the hate symbol legislation but not othersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice will return seized art posters to a Canberra music venue that depicted Donald Trump and other world leaders in Nazi uniforms, confirming there would be no charges laid under new hate symbol laws.The ACT senator David Pocock demanded the police should apologise to the venue’s owner while describing the new laws as “flawed and rushed”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
