Apple is challenging another legal demand by the U.K. government to access the encrypted data of its users in the country, according to the Financial Times. The company reportedly filed a complaint with the U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a court that hears cases related to government surveillance, after the government last year issued a “technical…
Energy prices are up by 19% and retail prices indices (RPI) inflation rose to 4.3%, according to a new report. Guernsey’s RPI and Household Costs Indices (HCI) inflation statistics have been published for the year ending in June 2026. Over the year, the fuel and light group increased by the most, at 19%. The tobacco…
A Florida man appeared for the first time in federal court yesterday to face tax and false statement charges. In July 2021, a federal grand jury returned a second superseding indictment charging Brian Nelson Booker, a former resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs), filing…
India‘s paid music streaming subscriber base could grow to between 28 million and 30 million by 2028, up from an estimated 14 million as of December 2025, according to the EY and the Indian Music Industry (IMI) “How India Listens, Streams and Pays for Music” report, released Friday in Mumbai. The report draws on a…
Bad Bunny wrapped the Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour last night (July 22) in Brussels. But while we wait for final numbers on his last batch of shows, he has another victory to celebrate: He returns to No. 1 on Billboard’s monthly Top Tours chart for a second time this year, a third time…
A Lucid Air electric vehicle (EV) at the company’s showroom in Tysons, Virginia, US, on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Lucid Motor stock fell more than 40% at one point and trading was halted for volatility multiple times Tuesday amid speculation that the company is considering new options. The…
The scramble to buy PPE during the pandemic saw the UK waste almost £10 billion of taxpayers’ money, the inquiry says, with tens of millions of pounds more spent on other equipment that simply could not be used. The chair Baroness Heather Hallett criticised the “vast” waste in pandemic procurement, amounting to two-thirds of the…
Terrorism in Europe is entering a new phase. The latest European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (EU TE-SAT) 2026, published today, shows how online ecosystems are fundamentally reshaping the way terrorist threats emerge, evolve online and materialise offline. Traditional ideology-driven terrorism is reported as remaining persistent, with jihadism being the most prevalent form. However,…
Indigenous and Hispanic students are suspended more often and for longer periods than their white classmates who commit similar infractions at Gallup-McKinley County Schools — a pattern of “substantial racial disparities,” an investigation by the New Mexico attorney general’s office found. Indigenous students lose eight to 10 times more classroom days to suspensions than white…
A PREMIUM TIMES nationwide survey shows how global supply disruptions and longstanding domestic bottlenecks combined to drive up the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), leaving consumers and businesses under severe pressure. In June, Lagos fashion designer Lolade Fayemi took her 6kg gas cylinder to refill station in Baruwa, Iyana-Ipaja, with plans to buy 2kg…
