There’s a common myth in the tech industry: to start a digital business, especially something as intricate as an online casino, you must be a coder or at least have one on speed dial. While that might have been the case a decade ago, things have changed significantly. Today, entrepreneurs are increasingly able to launch successful iGaming ventures without ever needing to write a single line of code. Thanks to the rise of B2B casino...
Oil prices tumbled to their lowest level in more than four years on Wednesday as escalating trade tensions and unexpected supply increases from Opec+ rattled global markets. Brent crude, the international benchmark, dropped as much as 5.2% to $58.46 a barrel, falling below the $60 mark for the first time since February 2021. The sharp fall came amid growing fears that President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, introduced on 2 April, would dampen global growth and...
President Trump’s surprise decision to suspend higher tariffs on most countries has been cautiously welcomed by European leaders and central bankers, with the Governor of the Bank of France calling it the “beginning of a return to economic sense”. François Villeroy de Galhau praised the move as a step in the right direction, while warning that two key challenges remain — the unpredictability of US trade policy and the persistent trend towards protectionism. Speaking on...
Tesco has warned that its profits are likely to fall this year as Britain’s biggest supermarket battles growing competition and rising costs in an increasingly aggressive grocery market. Announcing its full-year results, the FTSE 100 retailer said it had seen a “further increase in the competitive intensity” of the UK grocery sector and expects adjusted operating profit to fall to between £2.7 billion and £3 billion in the year ahead — down from £3.1 billion...
His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has blocked more than 100 million malicious emails over the past three years, as the scale and sophistication of cyber threats facing UK government departments continues to escalate. The figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, reveal a sharp rise in attempted email attacks targeting HMRC systems, underlining the persistent risk to critical national infrastructure. Between November 2021 and October 2022, HMRC blocked 23.7 million malicious emails....
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is delaying a key vote on legislation aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s agenda in the face of a likely rebellion on Wednesday evening. It comes as fiscal hawks in the lower chamber have raised alarms at the Senate’s version of the plan, which guarantees far fewer spending cuts than the House’s initial offering. Johnson told reporters he would aim to hold the vote Thursday, the last scheduled day in session...
The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday to limit federal district judges’ ability to affect Trump administration policies on a national scale. The No Rogue Rulings Act, led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., passed the House and limits district courts’ power to issue U.S.-wide injunctions, instead forcing them to focus their scope on the parties directly affected in most cases. All but one Republican lawmaker voted for the bill, which passed 219 to 213....
President Donald Trump told reporters that if Iran does not give up its nuclear weapons program, military action led by Israel is a real possibility, adding he has a deadline in mind for when the two countries must come to an agreement. The U.S. and Iran are expected to hold negotiations Saturday in Oman as the Trump administration continues to try to rein in the country’s nuclear program, threatening ‘great danger’ if the two sides...
