The Russian businessman whom Britain has named as a suspect in the killing
of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko today said he had evidence of British
special services’ involvement in the death.
Suspects accused of assassinating the former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri, are to go on trial after the UN Security Council approved a resolution to establish an international court last night.
It was ironically the climate that came to the rescue of ExxonMobil yesterday, as the eruption of a thunderstorm ended a demonstration by dozens of protesters angry at the company’s refusal to admit the link between human pollution and global warming.
A sharp fall in Chinese shares sent a shudder through global stock markets yesterday, as the communist leadership moved to curb the rampant speculation that has sent its stock market to record levels.
Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket chain, is demanding changes in health and safety procedures at one of the country’s major suppliers of dips, sauces and processed foods to retailers.
A desire to anchor inflation expectations to the 2 per cent target was behind David Blanchflower’s decision to vote for a rise in interest rates earlier this month, he revealed last night.
HSBC staked its pitch as Britain’s most environmentally friendly bank yesterday by pledging to donate $100m (£51m) to four climate-change charities over the next five years.