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Rishi Sunak and Marcus Rashford have been included in Time magazine’s list of 100 young ’emerging leaders’ alongside other stars such as Dua Lipa and Florence Pugh. Time magazine launched the 100 Next list in 2019 to shine a spotlight on 100 rising stars who are shaping the future of ‘business, entertainment, sports, politics, science, … Read more
Japan’s leaders invite women to sit in on meetings – so long as they do not TALK – days after Olympics chief quits following sexism row Leaders of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party made the proposal today They have allowed five female lawmakers to attend its all-male board meetings But the women are forbidden from … Read more
Myanmar’s junta on Saturday suspended laws constraining security forces from detaining suspects or searching private property without court approval and ordered the arrest of well-known backers of mass protests against this month’s coup. A series of announcements came on the eighth day of country-wide demonstrations against the February 1 takeover and detention of elected leader … Read more
Industry leaders urging Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to publish roadmap to exit lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 00:06 GMT, 1 February 2021 Industry leaders are urging Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to publish a roadmap to exit lockdown. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has … Read more
Technology’s elite sees the world in different light to other ultra-wealthy business leaders outside the tech industry, according to a new study. German and US researchers investigated the worldviews of the 100 richest people in the tech world, as listed by Forbes. Included were leaders of ‘the big nine’ – Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Microsoft, IBM and Apple … Read more
Vice President Mike Pence will skip President Donald Trump’s farewell ceremony on Wednesday, as will top Republican congressional leaders, in order for them to spend inauguration day with incoming President Joe Biden. Pence is attending Biden’s swearing-in ceremony later on Wednesday and aides told The Washington Post that it would be logistically challenging for the vice … Read more
A tiny Cornish seaside village is to host world leaders in the first in-person meeting of the G7 in almost two years in June. For Boris Johnson’s first major summit in the UK, he has picked Carbis Bay in Britain’s most southerly county for the gathering, where he hopes to unite leaders on a message of … Read more
Selena Gomez has doubled down on her criticism of tech leaders for allowing ‘hate groups’ and ‘misinformation’ to thrive on social media. The 28-year-old singer last week issued a fiery statement on social media after supporters of President Donald Trump violently stormed the US Capitol in Washington, DC to protest his election loss to President-elect … Read more
Taliban orders its leaders to stop taking more than one wife because big weddings are too expensive and sparking resentment among fighters Taliban chief sent out decree warning the lavish marriages were bad press Comes after rumours spread along frontlines of top brass living the high life Most commanders have multiple wives, spending profligately on … Read more
How the Government’s vaccine plan breaks down PHASE 1 (FEB 15 TARGET) CARE HOME RESIDENTS – 300,000 CARE HOME WORKERS – 500,000 AGE 80+ – 3,300,000 HEALTHCARE WORKERS – 2,400,000 SOCIAL CARE WORKERS – 1,400,000 AGE 75-79 – 2,300,000 AGE 70-74 – 3,200,000 CLINICALLY EXTREMELY VULNERABLE (UNDER 70) – 1,200,000 PHASE 2 (SPRING) 65-69 2,900,000 … Read more