Retail Procter & Gamble is buying supplement brand Thorne, CEO Shailesh Jejurikar said on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” The acquisition, which is set to be announced Tuesday, is a bid for P&G to grow its health and wellness division. The consumer goods giant already owns other health brands, like Vick’s and Oral-B. “We are […]
BBC News A former consultant general and colorectal surgeon, acting as the General Medical Council’s expert witness, said the procedure carried out by Dr Rahman was “not known to man” and his error was “as bad as it gets”. Rahman, who qualified in 1993 from Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, did not attend the […]
BBC News Although three new prisons have opened in the past four years – adding approximately 5,000 more places – further expansion to existing prisons has been delayed by a major supplier going into administration, according to the Prison Reform Trust. Pia Sinha of the Prison Reform Trust told BBC Verify: “Successive governments have found […]
Tech New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport announced on Tuesday that she’s suing Amazon on antitrust grounds, alleging the online retailer abuses its power over third-party delivery contractors to suppress competition and harm workers. Amazon prevents delivery workers from unionizing, restricts contractors in its delivery network from hiring each other’s drivers, and limits competition for […]
BBC News In a 29-page ruling, they said: “We conclude that each of the grounds of appeal raised by each appellant is unarguable. “Neither appeal has a real prospect of success. We also consider that there are no other compelling reasons for either appeal to be heard.” The two senior judges also said that the […]
BBC News Oil prices fell to a three-week low on Tuesday as senior US officials raised hopes of a deal with Iran to reopen the key Strait of Hormuz waterway. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent both announced talks had progressed to allow shipments to potentially resume as soon as […]
Digital Trends A leaked internal memo suggests the next Xbox console, codenamed Project Helix, could play games from every generation the company has ever released. If true, that would make it the largest game library on any console, especially since it’s also said to support PC games. Backward compatibility for four console generations The Verge‘s […]
Tech The recent cyber breach at Indian Apple supplier Tata Electronics has become propaganda gold for Beijing, as leaders vie to keep international companies locked into China‘s supply chains. “Something like this would never happen in China,” said Ma Shouhua, an iPhone repair specialist in China’s biggest electronics marketplace, Huaqiangbei. Ma recently posted a viral […]
Business News Ford Motor vehicles are displayed for sale at the Leif Johnson Ford dealership on June 30, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images DETROIT — Despite reporting a 10.2% decline in its July U.S. vehicle sales Tuesday, Ford Motor is touting the results as a “good sales month.” That’s according to […]
Digital Trends Entering into a meeting with your boss and several familiar coworkers inside a video conference is the next area vulnerable to cybercrimes, and it’s all because of deepfake technology. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT are working on a real-time warning system designed to identify attempted fraud during corporate […]
