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Partai Labour menyebut menteri pertama SNP John Swinney ‘tidak tahu malu’ karena mengklaim keberhasilan padahal itu merupakan hasil dari kunjungan raja ke AS. Pengumuman Donald Trump bahwa ia akan menghapus tarif hukuman AS atas wiski Skotlandia telah dibayangi oleh perselisihan antara para pemimpin partai Skotlandia yang bersaing mengenai siapa yang berhak mendapatkan kredit atas keputusan tersebut. Industri wiski dan para pemimpin bisnis menyambut gembira pengumuman mendadak presiden AS di jaringan Truth Social miliknya pada hari Kamis bahwa ia akan mengakhiri tarif tersebut untuk menandai kunjungan Raja Charles dan Ratu Camilla. Lanjutkan membaca...

Laba melampaui ekspektasi tetapi hampir setengah dari biaya penurunan nilai sebesar £283 juta menyusul penilaian ulang perkiraan Business live – pembaruan terkini NatWest menyatakan dampak ekonomi dari konflik di Timur Tengah dapat merugikan bank tersebut sebesar £140 juta di tengah melambatnya pertumbuhan dan meningkatnya inflasi bahkan ketika melaporkan laba yang melampaui ekspektasi. Secara keseluruhan, pemberi pinjaman FTSE 100 tersebut membukukan biaya penurunan nilai sebesar £283 juta dan menyatakan bahwa hampir setengahnya disebabkan oleh penilaian ulang terhadap perkiraan ekonominya untuk “mencerminkan peningkatan risiko geopolitik dan pasar ekuitas yang melemah”. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Perusahaan teknologi mata-mata mengatakan bahwa mereka hanyalah ‘perusahaan perangkat lunak’ di tengah tekanan untuk melarang kontrak baru dengan instansi pemerintah • Ikuti blog berita langsung Australia kami untuk pembaruan terkini • Dapatkan email berita terkini, aplikasi gratis, atau podcast berita harian kami

Keputusan ini menyusul reaksi keras dari pemerintah Italy dan European Commission. Juri Venice Biennale telah mengundurkan diri hanya beberapa hari sebelum pameran seni bergengsi tersebut dijadwalkan dimulai, di tengah perselisihan mengenai keputusan untuk mengizinkan Russia berpartisipasi. Pengunduran diri lima anggota juri internasional tersebut diumumkan pada Kamis malam dalam pernyataan singkat oleh penyelenggara Venice Biennale, dan terjadi sehari setelah kementerian kebudayaan Italy mengirim inspektur ke Venice untuk mencari informasi mengenai keputusan yang mengizinkan Russia memiliki paviliun pada acara tahun ini. Lanjutkan membaca...

Indeks Kebebasan Pers Dunia, yang menilai 180 negara, menemukan bahwa jurnalisme yang mapan ‘sedang tercekik’Kebebasan pers di seluruh dunia berada di titik terendah dalam satu generasi, menurut sebuah indeks tahunan berpengaruh yang menyoroti meningkatnya tekanan otoriter terhadap media.Skor rata-rata untuk 180 negara yang dinilai oleh Indeks Kebebasan Pers Dunia, yang disusun oleh Reporters Without Borders (RSF), adalah yang terendah dalam 25 tahun sejarah indeks tersebut. Lanjutkan membaca...

• Amazon Web Services mencapai pertumbuhan tercepatnya dalam hampir empat tahun terakhir, didorong oleh solusi AI dan adopsi perusahaan. • Faktor pendorong utama mencakup inovasi seperti Bedrock dan Kiro di tengah melonjaknya pengeluaran cloud. • AI memicu gelombang baru investasi infrastruktur di pasar AS.

• Output kuartal pertama, didorong oleh investasi AI dan belanja pemerintah, meningkat seiring guncangan minyak memicu kekhawatiran inflasi • Gross domestic product (GDP) AS meningkat 2% dalam tiga bulan pertama tahun 2026, meskipun pengeluaran konsumen melambat karena perang dengan Iran terus berdampak pada harga energi. • Angka GDP terakhir untuk kuartal keempat tahun 2025 menunjukkan bahwa pertumbuhan ekonomi AS melambat ke laju 0,5%, sebagian besar akibat kontraksi belanja pemerintah menyusul PHK massal pegawai federal tahun lalu.

Langkah ini diambil saat industri maskapai bereaksi terhadap ketidakpastian atas perang Iran dan kenaikan harga Brent crude. Business live – update terbaru. Air France-KLM telah memangkas perkiraan pertumbuhan kapasitas untuk tahun ini karena perang Iran mendorong biaya bahan bakarnya naik hingga miliaran dolar. Maskapai penerbangan Prancis-Belanda tersebut memperkirakan tagihan bahan bakarnya akan meningkat sebesar $2,4 miliar (£1,8 miliar) tahun ini sebagai akibat dari lonjakan biaya sejak konflik Timur Tengah dimulai. Sebagai tanggapan, perusahaan telah memangkas ekspektasi pertumbuhan kapasitas menjadi antara 2% dan 4% tahun ini, turun dari sebelumnya 3% hingga 5%. Lanjutkan membaca...

Claudio Neves Valente, yang melakukan bunuh diri setelah serangan maut tersebut, mulai merencanakan tindakan kekerasan pada tahun 2022, menurut pihak berwenang. Pelaku di balik penembakan mematikan di Brown University pada bulan Desember lalu tampaknya merasa tidak puas akibat kegagalan pribadi dan berupaya menuntut balas terhadap mereka yang ia anggap bertanggung jawab, ungkap otoritas federal pada hari Rabu. Lebih dari empat bulan setelah Claudio Manuel Neves Valente melepaskan tembakan di kampus Ivy League tersebut, menewaskan dua mahasiswa dan melukai sembilan orang lainnya, pejabat FBI divisi Boston mengumumkan bahwa mereka telah menyelesaikan sebagian besar penyelidikan terhadap pelaku penembakan tersebut. Teruskan membaca...

Ancaman presiden AS ini muncul setelah Friedrich Merz dari Jerman mengisyaratkan bahwa tim Trump sedang dikalahkan dalam negosiasinya dengan Iran

• Brown meminta kepolisian untuk menyelidiki penggunaan dana publik oleh mantan pangeran tersebut, seraya menyatakan bahwa ia telah meminta rekannya mengangkat isu ini pada tahun 2008 • Gordon Brown mengungkapkan bahwa ia memerintahkan agar Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor diinterogasi mengenai pengeluaran "biaya yang tidak dapat diterima" saat menjabat sebagai utusan perdagangan pada tahun 2008, serta meminta kepolisian untuk memperluas penyelidikan mereka guna mencakup penggunaan dana publik. • Mantan perdana menteri tersebut mengatakan bahwa ia meminta seorang rekan dari departemen bisnis untuk mempertanyakan Mountbatten-Windsor mengenai biaya perjalanannya.

• Permintaan pemerintah mengikuti rencana kontinjensi untuk mencegah pesawat terhenti beroperasi jika guncangan pasokan akibat perang Iran berlanjut. • Kilang pemurnian Inggris diminta untuk memaksimalkan pasokan bahan bakar jet sebagai bagian dari perencanaan kontinjensi pemerintah, di tengah kekhawatiran yang berkembang bahwa perang Iran akan memaksa pesawat untuk tidak terbang. • Menteri Energi Michael Shanks menyatakan bahwa pemerintah sedang memantau stok bahan bakar jet Inggris dengan cermat dan bekerja sama dengan maskapai penerbangan, bandara, pemasok bahan bakar, serta pemerintah lainnya, sementara maskapai menghadapi lonjakan biaya bahan bakar akibat konflik tersebut.

Chief minister Aminuddin Harun says he would continue in his post for now, even though he no longer enjoys majority support in the 36-seat state assembly in light of UMNO’s move over his handling of a crisis involving the state’s monarchy.

• CrowdStrike disclosed on April 25, 2026, a sophisticated cyberattack via compromised third-party software affecting 2.5 million patient records at UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare subsidiary. • Attackers, linked to North Korean Lazarus Group, exfiltrated data over 72 hours before detection, demanding $22 million ransom. • Incident highlights vulnerabilities in US healthcare IT supply chains, prompting HHS emergency directives for 500+ providers.

Testimony emerges from Babak Alipour, who spent three years on death row before being taken to gallows in March Writing from his cell in the Rajai Shahr prison in the northern Iranian city of Karaj, Babak Alipour wanted to tell his friends about those who had already gone to their execution.There was Behrouz Ehsani, 69, the elder statesman of the group, who was “never angry” about their predicament. Then there was Mehdi Hassani, a 48-year-old father of three who he saw a couple of times in the prison hospital and who would ask him to pass on to the children the message that he was “fine”. Continue reading...

Former Scottish Labour leader says she understands that expressing respect for author caused ‘worry, anger and upset’The incoming chair of the LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall, says she is “truly sorry” after she expressed “huge respect” for JK Rowling in an interview with the Guardian.Kezia Dugdale, the former leader of Scottish Labour, said she understood that her words had caused “worry, anger and upset and I am truly sorry about that”. Continue reading...

• The U.S. market advanced 1.7% over the past seven days, continuing its strong performance with a 34% gain over the past year. • Earnings are projected to grow by 16% annually, reflecting broad-based economic expansion across sectors. • The sustained market strength indicates investor confidence in corporate profitability and economic fundamentals heading into late April.

Paramount Skydance CEO fetes administration as it weighs $110bn merger with CNN parent WarnerBros DiscoveryDozens of protesters, including members of Congress, gathered along the National Mall on Thursday to protest an “intimate” dinner being held by Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison “in celebration of the First Amendment” and “honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House Correspondents”, and attended by Donald Trump.Paramount has faced criticism for the dinner, which has been seen by some as illustrative of the cozy relationship between the Ellisons and the White House – right as the Trump administration is weighing whether to approve the company’s $110bn merger with CNN parent company WarnerBros Discovery. The dinner comes before Saturday’s White House correspondents’ dinner, which Trump will attend. His defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is expected to sit at one of the many tables bought by CBS News for the event. Continue reading...

• TTM Technologies achieved a 214.4% increase in earnings over the past year, substantially exceeding the electronic industry average of 15.7%. • The company's exceptional performance reflects strong execution and market demand within the technology sector. • TTM's growth trajectory positions it among elite performers in the high-growth tech space.

Jim Taiclet spoke in earnings call as company expands contracts with the US government amid the Iran warLockheed Martin’s CEO has called the Trump administration a “golden opportunity” for the company as it expands its contracting work for the federal government amid the conflict in the Middle East.In an earnings call on Thursday covering the first quarter of 2026, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet told investors that the company is well positioned “based on more available resources for us”. Continue reading...

But Iran war likely to blow hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully crafted fiscal ‘headroom’ in coming monthsBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK government came in below its annual borrowing target by £700m, official figures show – but the Iran war is likely to blow a hole in Rachel Reeves’s carefully calculated fiscal “headroom” over the coming months.The government borrowed a net total of £132bn for the financial year ending in March, the Office for National Statistics said. This slightly undershot the £132.7bn that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) had forecast just last month. Continue reading...

• Indianapolis Colts quarterback Daniel Jones has begun throwing footballs and performing well on dropbacks following Achilles surgery in early December. • Head coach Shane Steichen confirmed Jones' progress during Tuesday's media session, marking a key milestone in his rehabilitation. • This update signals positive momentum for the Colts' quarterback position ahead of offseason preparations and training camp.

• US-Iran ceasefire talks collapsed in Pakistan, raising doubts over Army Chief Asim Munir's role as mediator despite Trump's prior praise. • Concerns in US national security circles focus on Munir's alleged IRGC ties, questioning his neutrality. • Tehran refuses further Islamabad-hosted talks, pressuring Pakistan's diplomatic standing.

ONS data for three months to February is not expected to alter Bank of England’s decision on interest ratesUnemployment in the UK unexpectedly fell in the three months to February, according to official figures – but the fallout from the conflict in the Middle East is expected to cause a rise in job cuts.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that the rate of unemployment was 4.9% in the three months to February. This compares with 5.2% in the three months to January, a rate that economists had expected to also see in February. Continue reading...

Mara Flavia Souza Araujo drowns early on SaturdayRescue crews locate body after athlete vanishedA Brazilian fitness influencer has died after getting into difficulty during the swimming portion of an ironman event in Texas.Mara Flavia Souza Araujo was reported as a “lost swimmer” around 7.30am at the Ironman Texas in Lake Woodlands near Houston on Saturday. According to KPRC 2 News, safety crews could not immediately locate Araujo. The 38-year-old’s body was discovered around 90 minutes later in 10ft of water by divers. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Continue reading...

• Global private markets platform Moonfare announced a new AI-focused technology strategy targeting early and growth-stage investments for diversified US-relevant AI exposure. • Strategy features curated portfolio of leading growth managers plus direct investments in category-leading US technology companies driving AI innovation. • Aims to capitalize on transformative AI advancements, providing investors access to high-potential startups in the booming sector.

• CrowdStrike disclosed on April 20, 2026, a sophisticated supply chain attack affecting 1,200 US clients, including Fortune 500 firms, via compromised third-party software. • Attackers deployed ransomware, encrypting critical systems and demanding $50 million in Bitcoin; no data exfiltration confirmed yet. • The incident highlights rising risks in software supply chains, echoing SolarWinds breach, with FBI joining investigation.

Kirk Moore, who was shot while disarming the attacker, received the honor at Pauls Valley high school on FridayStudents at an Oklahoma high school crowned their principal prom king after he charged, disarmed and was shot by an armed intruder at their campus.Kirk Moore, the Pauls Valley high school principal, received the honor on Friday night after his students voted to honor him for having defended them. Continue reading...

Jeremy Hansen praised for speaking French in space after Air Canada chief’s linguistic snub exposed tensions and drew rebuke from PMFew people foresaw humanity’s quest for the moon as accurately as the 19th-century French author Jules Verne, whose two works –From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon – anticipated many of the features of modern lunar exploration.But Verne’s language had never been spoken in deep space until the Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen uttered four words during Nasa’s recent Artemis II mission. Continue reading...