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Burnham will remove the value-added tax from domestic electricity bills from October 1Published Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · 04:20 PM[LONDON] British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday (Jul 21) he would cut taxes on electricity bills in his first attempt to ease a lengthy cost-of-living crisis that has angered the public and helped stoke political instability.In his second day in his new role, Burnham said his government would remove the value-added tax from domestic electricity bills from October 1, cutting around £45 from the average annual bill of around £1,862 that households pay.With bond investors watching closely for how…

DELRAY BEACH, Fla., July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — According to MarketsandMarkets™, the Top 10 Medical Device Technologies Market is projected to reach USD 829.69 billion by 2031 from USD 637.42 billion in 2026, at a CAGR of 5.4% during the forecast period. Browse through 300 market data tables and 60 figures spread across 350 pages and the in-depth TOC on the Top 10 Medical Devices Technologies Market – Global Forecast to 2031″ Top 10 Medical Devices Technologies Market Size & Forecast: Market Size Available for Years: 2026–2031 2026 Market Size: USD 637.42 billion 2031 Projected Market Size: USD 829.69 billion CAGR (2026–2031): 5.4% Top 10…

The NCAA wants to know what the University of Cincinnati knew about former quarterback Brendan Sorsby and his gambling issues during his two seasons with the program.According to reports by multiple media outlets, the NCAA has sent an official letter of inquiry to the school regarding Sorsby, who was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA in April after he placed thousands of impermissible sports bets over the past four years.Sorsby spent two seasons each at Indiana and Cincinnati before transferring to Texas Tech earlier this offseason. Texas Tech has since cut ties with Sorsby.Cincinnati coach Scott Satterfield, who was Sorsby’s…

The Justice Department determined this week a federal law banning TikTok from government devices no longer applies to the social video app.The written opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel — an office that offers legal advice to the executive branch — was issued six months after TikTok’s U.S.-based operations were shifted to a new joint venture mostly made up of American investors. The social network’s prior ownership by Beijing-based ByteDance, which still holds a minority stake, had drawn years of national security concerns and caused TikTok to face a looming nationwide ban.In late 2022, Congress passed bipartisan…

Renewed Iran war tensions raise uncertainty in a region grappling to manage tensions and conflicts of its ownPublished Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · 06:36 AM — Updated Tue, Jul 21, 2026 · 05:57 PM[MANILA] The Middle East crisis cast a shadow over a diplomatic gathering in South-east Asia on Tuesday (Jul 21), where foreign ministers voiced serious concern over renewed Iran war hostilities that add to uncertainty in a region grappling to manage tensions and conflicts of its own.Foreign ministers from the 11-member Association of South-east Asian Nations and major partners have meetings in Manila this week against a backdrop…

The legal theory behind the lawsuits is not specific to any industry. “Plaintiffs have filed class actions against companies across varying industries and points in the supply chain from food manufacturers to logistics providers. The specific allegations in each case differ, but the primary legal theory is the same: companies cannot pass tariff costs to consumers and retain government refunds for the same tariffs,” Foley & Lardner lawyers Erik Swanholt and Kelsey Boehm wrote. Holland & Knight lawyers wrote in a legal alert that “any business that both passed tariff costs through to customers and is pursuing government refunds could…

NEW YORK — A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York, the New York City Health Department announced Saturday.The outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has infected 72 people, according to health officials. Two people have died. The first death was announced Friday, and the second was announced Saturday.“We are heartbroken to learn that another New Yorker has lost their life to Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side. Our deepest condolences are with their loved ones as they grieve,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Alister F. Martin said in a…

PHILADELPHIA — Cody Bellinger walked into the press conference room holding his glass bat MVP trophy, with his daughters circling his feet.”Come on girls!” he called to four-year-old Caiden and three-year-old Cy, both in matching pink shirts and sunglasses, pulling over chairs so they could join him at the podium. (Photo by Derik Hamilton/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Caiden stayed put through all the questions; Cy lasted only a few minutes under the camera lights before retreating to her mom, Bellinger’s wife, Chase, in the audience. For eight minutes, Bellinger’s face stayed lit with joy.”It was my first All-Star Game…

July 21 : OpenAI said on Tuesday that some of its AI models went rogue during a security test and triggered a hack that compromised the infrastructure of AI startup Hugging Face last week.In a blog post, OpenAI said it was testing the capabilities of some of its most advanced models in a controlled environment but that they managed to escape containment, reach the internet, and break into Hugging Face to try and satisfy their testing goal.The blog post said the breakout was “an unprecedented cyber incident, involving state-of-the-art cyber capabilities” and that the company was reinforcing its safeguards.Hugging Face,…

It will commit more than US$300 million in the Republic, including over 200 roles, in the next few years[SINGAPORE] Managing demand from startups across the Asia-Pacific has become the biggest challenge for OpenAI’s head of startups for the region, Thomas Jeng, as companies race to adopt AI.“We have so much demand that a lot of my day is spent triaging and re-prioritising,” he told The Business Times. “I stepped away from work for a week, and there were… 800 e-mails in my inbox.”While artificial intelligence can help with sifting through the e-mails, human judgement is still needed at the end…