Apple has told employees that they must get back in the office for at least three days every week. Like many companies, it is attempting to figure out what role its offices have after remote working prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Apple previously attempted to get staff back in the office in June 2021, only
Month: August 2022
Workers have suffered a record real-term pay slump in the face of soaring prices, official data reveals. Regular wages, excluding bonuses, plunged an average of 4.1% on the year in the three months to June when inflation is taken into account, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It is the highest fall since
A$AP Rocky has been charged with two counts of assault with a firearm in Los Angeles, the authorities have said. The US rapper, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, allegedly pointed a handgun at a victim in November last year. On Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office charged the New Yorker with two
Most households are underestimating the massive energy price rises predicted in the coming months with some even believing they will fall, new research shows. Families believe their household gas and electricity bills will go up by £487 from the start of October, despite experts predicting a rise of more than three times that amount, research
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have both promised to increase scrutiny of the Scottish government if they become the next prime minister – ahead of a visit north of the border. Ms Truss, who remains the favourite to win the race, said she would get “Scotland’s economy moving” and would give Members of the Scottish
South Staffordshire Water “has been the target of a criminal cyber attack”, the company has confirmed. In a statement, it stressed it was “still supplying safe water to all of our Cambridge Water and South Staffs Water customers”. “This is thanks to the robust systems and controls over water supply and quality we have in
Donald Trump has accused the FBI of seizing his passports during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate. Describing it as an “assault on a political opponent”, the former US president claimed agents “stole” three of his passports. The FBI searched his home last week after officials discovered boxes containing classified information were taken to his
The American consumer goods group which owns Reebok and an interest in David Beckham’s branded products portfolio is close to unveiling a cut-price £200m takeover of Ted Baker, the London-listed fashion retailer. Sky News has learnt that the board of Ted Baker is preparing to recommend a 110p-a-share offer from Authentic Brands Group (ABG), run
More than five billion people would die of hunger as a result of a full-scale nuclear war between the US and Russia, according to a new study. The results of such a conflict would be catastrophic for food production, climate scientists at Rutgers University have found in a peer-reviewed study published in the context of
Girls’ rights to education in Afghanistan will be solved with “the passage of time” and should not be a “condition for aid” from the international community, a senior Taliban leader has told Sky News. Anas Haqqani made the remarks as the Taliban marks one year since it captured the Afghan capital Kabul and regained control
Adele says she’s “obsessed” with her boyfriend Rich Paul and has “never been in love like this”. The 34-year-old confirmed her relationship with the American sports agent in September last year. Despite being very protective of her private life in the past, she spoke about wanting to get married and have more children in a
Sir Keir Starmer has said Labour’s plan to deal with the “national emergency” of spiralling energy costs is “robust” and a “real answer” to soaring household bills. The Labour leader said his plan would keep soaring household bills down by freezing the energy price cap and it would be paid for by introducing a new
“Distressed” Ryan Giggs had “tears in his eyes” when he knocked on his neighbour’s door wearing his slippers on the night he allegedly headbutted his ex-girlfriend, a court has heard. Linda Cheung said the former Manchester United star asked her to call the police when he turned up at her property on 1 November 2020,
Elon Musk, who has described himself as a “free speech absolutist”, has written a magazine column for China’s online censors. In the column, Musk celebrates his own businesses – in particular SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink – while setting what he says is “a better future for humanity”. It does not mention his conflict with Twitter,
“Look at this man… he worked for British forces,” shouted one Taliban fighter, as a group of them began to beat Ahmad in front of his screaming wife and children. It was 15 August 2021. The family were at the entrance to Kabul airport, trying to get on to an evacuation flight. They’d been met
COVID cases are surging on the Marshall Islands as the Pacific nation grapples with its first community outbreak of the pandemic. Prior to the current wave of cases, there had been no transmissions within the island group, which is located around 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii and 3,000 miles east of the Philippines. In a
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