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Dismissal of challenge to compensation decision could open door to billions of pounds in claims against UK banks

Drug ads "sell disease," encourage hypochondria, promote expensive drugs over cheaper and just as effective ones and reduce doctors to mere "order takers" as patient "self-diagnose" on the basis of TV ads.

Spain's central bank raised its 2024 growth forecast by 0.3 percentage points on Tuesday despite the impact of the devastating October 29 floods, the country's worst such disaster in decades.

A COUPLE have revealed that they are called ‘sick’ and their morals are questioned after they gave up their careers to be swingers.

1. Trump sues Des Moines Register and top pollster over final Iowa survey  CNN
2. Trump threatens to sue Des Moines Register over poll, promises more lawsuits against news outlets after ABC News settlement  CBS News

KUALA LUMPUR: A shocking incident occurred during a football match in Puchong, Selangor, when a referee was assaulted by a player after a contentious decision.

Enter our second annual writing contest. The winners’ stories will be published on The Scientist’s website!

"Girl who is this," one fan questioned, as another told her, "Woah. You don’t look like jessica."

Police officers respond after a suspect stabbed a Metro officer in D.C. on Dec. 17, 2024.

Firm’s strong annual revenue growth helps narrow gap against competitors

SpaceX launched the sixth batch of "proliferated architecture" spy satellites for the NRO this morning (Dec. 17) from California's central coast.

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times, has reportedly implemented even more stringent rules against running editorials criticizing President-elect Donald Trump.

Items of interest to the investigation were seized from the car

The Brewers traded Devin Williams to the Yankees and lost Willy Adames to the Giants in free agency last week, but recent history suggests they'll continue to contend.

Neil Foden recruited about 80 people without advertising or holding interviews, a union has claimed.

If you’re mainly holding US stocks, you might be wondering if, after all these gains, now is a good time to focus more on foreign shares.

Consumers stepped up their spending at retail stores last month, providing a boost to the economy in the early phases of the winter holiday shopping season. Retail sales rose 0.7% in November, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, a solid increase and higher than October’s 0.5% gain. The boost in spending underscores that the economy is still growing at a healthy pace even with higher interest rates, a trend that could cause the Federal Reserve to lower borrowing costs more slowly next year than they have previously signaled. Читать дальше...

Crypto sale profits before 2022 to be taxed as capital gains, rules ITAT. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.

A sewage leak at Pollsmoor Prison is being stemmed to prevent it from reaching popular fishing and canoeing spot, Zandvlei.

The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria noted that over 30 states have conducted elections for Local Government councils following the Supreme Court judgment which granted financial autonomy to LGs nationwide. ALGON made this known in a communique made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday following its just concluded National Executive Council Meeting,

 ????️ What we're watching

• Speaker Mike Johnson has less than four days to get his caucus to agree on a short-term spending bill. The fight highlights the challenges he will face trying to pass President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda with a razor-thin majority next year. 
• Tech leaders are lining up to give to Trump’s inauguration fund, evidence of the the already apparent differences from his first term. “This term, everybody wants to be my friend,” Trump told reporters on Monday. Читать дальше...