In 2025, the UK electric vehicle (EV) market is witnessing a seismic shift as Chinese automaker BYD surges ahead of established players like Tesla. With a 625% year-over-year sales growth in Q1 2025 and a market share leap from 0.45% in 2024 to 1.6% in early 2025, BYD’s rapid penetration is not a fluke but…
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images Mortgage rates have been declining, making conditions favorable for some homeowners to refinance, experts say. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 6.58% for the week ending Thursday, August 14, down from 6.63% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac. Mortgage rates have come down a point…
Premier League clubs will have the final say on whether to play matches abroad after La Liga opted to take a regular season game to Miami – and more than half of them are owned by foreign investors The Club World Cup was a success for FIFA ahead of next year’s World Cup Premier League…
By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) -Applied Materials forecast fourth-quarter revenue and profit below estimates on Thursday, citing weak demand in China and erratic orders from customers facing uncertainty due to tariffs, sending its shares down nearly 13% in extended trading. President Donald Trump’s ongoing tariff negotiations and certain export restrictions to China have made it more…
Klook and the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) have launched a multi-market partnership aimed at making Hong Kong more accessible to Muslim travellers. The initiative builds on HKTB’s “Jelajah Hong Kong” campaign, which promotes Muslim-friendly experiences across the city. The collaboration introduces a one-stop platform for Muslim-friendly activities, accommodations, and prayer-friendly day trips. Klook is…
I make no secret about my love of Boden dresses, as one of the best British clothing brands, when it comes to kicking off a new season, it’s one of the sites I head to first, as I plot my new autumn outfit ideas. As the summer draws to a close (sorry, but with just…
An evaluation of the collapse of a waste dam at a Chinese state-owned copper mine in Zambia may have released 30 times more toxic sludge into the environment than previously reported. At least 1.5 million tons of the poisonous substance escaped when a reservoir failed at the Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near the northern city of Kitwe…
“Today is Liberation Day in the State of California,” Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday, as he formally launched an ambitious campaign that would redraw maps in the Democratic state to counter Republican gerrymandering efforts in Texas. At the campaign launch in Little Tokyo, Newsom followed through on his warning to President Donald Trump, spearheading a…
If you’ve had your Android phone for a while, you might have noticed that its battery life isn’t what it used to be. Most modern Android phones boast impressive battery life, often lasting a full day or more on a single charge. Still, the more you use your phone, the faster that battery drains. Activities…
Robinhood’s CEO has said that Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk helped him when the trading platform faced backlash after the GameStop frenzy. Robinhood was one of the main platforms investors from Reddit forum Wall Street Bets used to fuel a short squeeze on GameStop in January 2021. But the platform suspended buying of the stock…