The UK has named veteran diplomat Christian Turner as its new ambassador to the United States, replacing Lord Peter Mandelson, Downing Street has confirmed. Turner, a career Foreign Office official with nearly three decades of experience across Whitehall and overseas postings, will take up one of Britain’s most senior diplomatic roles at a pivotal moment in the transatlantic relationship. His ...

Are you running a small business that’s growing? Congratulations. Chances are that you’re dealing with several things at once. Maybe you’re managing your team and chasing invoices, all while trying to find five minutes for lunch. Your plate is full. It’s because of this that you may forget about waste management. You might not realise it, but inefficient waste disposal ...

You’re getting solid results. ROAS looks healthy. You go to increase your daily budget and Facebook refuses to let you go beyond $50. Frustrating? Definitely. Random? Not at all. What you’re running into isn’t a mysterious bug. It’s part of Meta’s risk and pacing system — and once you understand how it works, you can plan around it instead of ...

Artificial intelligence is likely to displace workers from jobs in a way comparable to the Industrial Revolution, the governor of the Bank of England has warned, as concerns grow over the impact of the technology on entry-level employment and younger workers. Andrew Bailey said the rapid adoption of AI across the economy made it essential that the UK invested in ...

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Joint Task Force Southern Spear forces struck two alleged narco-terrorist vessels moving along a major drug corridor in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five militants without suffering any U.S. casualties. U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) released a video on X showing the opening strike and the aftermath, with the targeted boat engulfed in flames. ‘On Dec. 18, at the direction ...

Maria Shriver slammed President Donald Trump on Thursday after the Kennedy Center’s board voted unanimously to rename the institution to the ‘Trump-Kennedy Center,’ accusing him of trying to attach his name to a memorial dedicated to her uncle, President John F. Kennedy. Shriver, a high-profile member of the Kennedy family, said it is ‘beyond comprehension’ to change the center’s name, ...

President Trump signed into law a nearly $1 trillion defense policy bill Thursday and approved what looks to be the largest military spending package in U.S. history. The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act authorizes $901 billion in military spending, roughly $8 billion more than the administration requested, according to Reuters. It also delivers a nearly 4% pay raise for ...

Senate Republicans confirmed nearly 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees, leapfrogging previous administrations and his own first term in the process in their sprint to finish off the year.  The confirmation of 97 of Trump’s picks on Thursday with a 53-43 vote marked one of the final bits of floor action in the upper chamber following a blistering pace set ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is incorporating Gen Z messaging and viral jabs at Vice President J.D. Vance into her playbook as she builds momentum for a 2028 presidential run, a Republican political strategist has claimed. The strategist’s comments came after the New York Democrat used meme-style language and mocked Vance on Dec. 17 over a poll and declared she would ‘stomp him’ ...