Simon Cottrell News Today

The US government’s debt burden continues to rise, but the side effects aren’t confined to the US economy. The risks of a US sovereign default are exported to interbank funding markets worldwide, impacting interbank default risks and creating challenges in other countries. Recent research provides insights into this consequential link.

"Only through developing and implementing robust local-level interventions will countries in the Region be able to achieve EIA2030s strategic priority on immunization equity: namely, ensuring that routine immunization coverage is high in every community and that all individuals have equitable access to and adequately utilize all vaccines in nation

Bridging lender Somo has repaid 1,000 loans to investors through its peer-to-peer business, earning them £14.9m in interest collectively.

Interest rates and inflation; Voice to parliament and the Liberal Party; China trade breakthrough; elitism and equality; Sanjeev Gupta’s steelworks.

Reserve Bank governor, interest rates, mortgages and inflation; ASIC’s regulation of buy now, pay later; Cbus’ investment priorities; Milton Friedman is obsolete; Voice details.

July - Scotlands pig sector was in imminent danger of losing the ‘critical mass’ it needed to remain viable – and the blame was being laid…

A LILAC nine week old sheep dog puppy called Lassie sold for £7,600 at Skipton Auction Mart - a new world record for an untrained dog.

BBC News Published image captionHassan Ahmed, from Cardiff, previously had the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine despite hearing it was "bad for us" The uptake gap in Covid vaccines between people in black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities and white individuals has been revealed. Uptake in black, Asian, mixed and other groups was 71.5% between 8 December and 14 February, compared to 85.6% in the white ethnic group. A Public Health Wales (PHW) inquiry also found a gap between those li...

Bangarra artists in “SandSong”. AFTER a year’s hiatus, Canberra Theatre Centre will welcome Bangarra Dance Theatre back in winter with its show, “SandSong: Stories from the Great Sandy Desert”. Created in consultation with Wangkatjungka/Walmajarri elders, it draws on the stories, knowledge and memories of the past and honours the legacy of the late actor, Ningali Josie Lawford-Wolf, whose family has long generational ties to this part of the Kimberley and are current owners of the pas...