Author: Ellen Milligan
The threat posed by Iran to dissidents living in the UK has significantly increased in recent years, according to an influential panel of lawmakers who urged the British government to bolster cyber resilience and espionage capacity.Read More
Parliamentary committee says UK is priority target for cyber and physical attacks as well as assassinationsRead More
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s coastguard said on Thursday it had coordinated a response to multiple incidents involving small boat crossings in the English Channel earlier that morning. “HM Coastguard has been coordinating a response to multiple incidents involving small boats in the Channel this morning,” it said in a statement, adding that Border Force vessels had been sent as part of the response. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hosting his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for a state visit, with the two leaders expected to announce tougher migration controls later on Thursday.Read More
Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee said the threat from Iran was ‘unpredictable’Read More
Jack Ma-backed Ant Group Co. is working with Circle Internet Group Inc. to adopt its stablecoin on the Chinese fintech company’s blockchain platform, according to people familiar with the matter.Read More
NAVFAC Pacific awarded Global Pacific Design Builders a $297.1 million contract to build housing units at the Andersen Air Force Base.Read More
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange brought two ETF launches this week in the non-North American ETF launches space, while the remaining launches are based on Solactive indices.Read More
Microsoft launches a US$4bn global AI education and training initiative called Microsoft Elevate, targeting 20 million people worldwideRead More
West Africa has not yet delivered on its abundant trade potential. It needs trade policies and implementation to keep pace with accelerating global commerceRead More
Asian shares are mostly up after a rally in big tech stocks in U.S. trading led the broader market to a higher close, lifting the Nasdaq to an all-time high and helping Wall Street claw back most of its losses from earlier in the week.Read More