Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields – The Guardian

Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance add their voices to Richard Curtis’s Make My Money Matter campaignFamous names including Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance have joined activists and businesses in calling on the UK’s big five banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal expansion.Make My Money Matter, a campaign set … Read more

Scarborough: Thor the walrus sparks global interest in town's school – BBC

A school in Scarborough has received dozens of admissions enquiries from abroad after a walrus visited the town, a councillor has said.The mammal, known as Thor, arrived in Scarborough on 30 December and his antics attracted worldwide coverage.Scarborough College, an independent school, had since had more than 40 international queries from families who saw the … Read more

Who is Caroline Ellison, the trader at the center of FTX's collapse? – The Washington Post

Sign inFor four years, Caroline Ellison and Sam Bankman-Fried worked together to build a crypto empire. Ellison ran the hedge fund connected to FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange Bankman-Fried founded in 2019.Beyond work, the pair had a lot in common: Both were children of accomplished academics, studied math at prestigious universities and touted the importance of … Read more

UN chief calls for worldwide commitment to transforming education – UN News

Facebook Twitter Print Email Commitments made last year at a landmark UN conference to transform education globally must be translated into action, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in his message to mark the International Day of Education.He called for countries to deliver education systems “that can support equal societies, dynamic economies and the limitless … Read more

Daily Business Report: Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, San Diego Metro … – San Diego Metropolitan

Providing 37 years of Quality Journalism San Diego City College has secured approval to offer the first bachelor’s degree in the college’s 108-year history. Students at the downtown San Diego campus will soon be able to earn a four-year degree in the burgeoning field of cyber security.The Cyber Defense and Analysis Baccalaureate Program will launch … Read more

Looking Ahead – Technology, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and IP … – Mayer Brown

Related Author:   Kiran Chita, Trainee Solicitor   In this update we outline some of the technology, data privacy, cybersecurity and IP legal developments to look out for in 2023, as well as some of the questions organisations may be grappling with over the coming year.   For a visual depiction of some of the content covered in this … Read more

Suspect in custody after 7 people fatally shot in Half Moon Bay, California – NBC News

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsAt least seven people were killed and one person seriously injured after a gunman opened fire at two agricultural businesses in Northern California on Monday, authorities said, in the latest mass shooting to hit the state in a matter of days.The shootings unfolded on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a coastal … Read more

Alice Springs: Alcohol limited in Australian town due to violence – BBC

An outback Australian town has re-imposed a controversial policy directed at Aboriginal communities that restricts the sale of alcohol.Under the new restrictions, no takeaway alcohol will be sold in Alice Springs – about 450km northeast of Uluru – on Mondays or Tuesdays. Alcohol can also only be sold between 15:00 and 19:00 on all days … Read more

East Midlands Railway’s Community Fund helps a Derby cricket club improve its ground – RailAdvent – Railway News

No products in the basket.Mickleover Cricket Club // Credit: EMREast Midlands Railway’s (EMR) Community Fund has made a grant of nearly £5,000 to Mickleover Cricket Club in Derby to enable it to make a number of improvements to its ground.The grant helped the club to improve its ground on Station Road in Derby. Among the … Read more