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Investment trust Scottish Mortgage says its commitment to finding long-term, growth from disruptive companies should pay off as Donald Trump rattles stock markets.Few companies will be unaffected by changes in the global trading status quo, Scottish Mortgage says, warning the US administration is ‘accelerating that moment of reckoning [for the US and global economies]’.Tom Slater, the trust’s investment manager, said: ‘Equity markets offer no hiding places in such a landscape. Our task as investors is to seek out businesses with the adaptability to recalibrate and the cultural foundations to withstand disruption.’In spite of global volatility and fragile confidence, the trust…
Chris Pratt and Anna Faris reunited for the first time since 2018 weeks after he was blasted for failing to acknowledge her on Mother’s Day.Jurassic Park star Pratt, 45, and actress Faris, 48, were both in attendance for the sixth grade graduation for their 12-year-old son Jack in Santa Monica on Monday.The two – who divorced in 2018 after a nine year marriage, put on a united front as they flanked their only son while posing for a family snap together.The former married couple proved that all is fine between the both of them as they shared a hug at…
Scientists have found the source of a strange form of communication in the ocean that they say could help them locate extraterrestrial life in space.Researchers from the SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) revealed that large ‘smoke ring-like’ bubbles coming from underwater were created by humpback whales, which researchers believe is their way of greeting nearby humans.It’s the first time scientists have seen whales sending out these unique rings while interacting with people in the wild, and the SETI team said they show an intentional attempt to get the attention of humans – just like saying hello.Until now, the bubble…
Millions of women taking the mini-pill could be at increased risk of developing a brain tumour, new research suggests.Experts found that women taking the progestogen-only pill—often dubbed ‘the mini-pill’ continuously for more than five years were more likely to develop a meningioma.Meningiomas accounts for a third of all brain tumours diagnosed in the UK each year.While usually non-cancerous they can still cause problems they grow larger inside the brain. In the new study, French researchers analysed data from over 8,000 women, with an average age of 60, who had surgery for this form of tumour.They found women who did were more likely to have been taking the…
A US-based airline is offering its customers an annual ‘all you can fly’ pass for less than $600.For those dreaming of limitless journeys in 2025, Frontier Airlines is on hand to assist would-be jetsetters with a limited-time deal on its GoWild! Pass.For just $599, savvy adventurers can enjoy an unlimited number of flights across Frontier’s domestic and international destinations, including the U.S., Caribbean, Mexico, and Latin America. The pass is valid for travel between 1 May, 2025 and 30 April, 2026, where it then automatically renews at $699 a year. Pass holders are granted access to a range of benefits, including the opportunity to book…
A Queensland eatery has won the hearts – and stomachs – of Australians after unveiling a $5 breakfast sandwich that’s being hailed as the ultimate bargain in 2025.Content creators behind the popular @brisbane_burgerquest page stumbled across the incredible deal at The Yiros Shop in South Bank and quickly shared it with their followers, who could hardly believe their luck.’The Yiros Shop knows there’s a cost of living crisis and they are doing the lord’s work with a $5 [breakfast hashbrown sandwich].’It’s got all the classics: hollandaise, a fried egg, and bacon bits sandwiched between two hash browns. It’s simple, delicious,…
By ALEX RASKIN Published: 23:10 BST, 11 June 2025 | Updated: 23:57 BST, 11 June 2025 Add Quin Snyder to the list of NBA coaches the New York Knicks aren’t allowed to speak with.ESPN’s Shams Charania is reporting the Knicks asked permission to speak with the Atlanta Hawks head coach about their own vacant head-coaching vacancy, only for the Hawks to firmly deny that request.A Hawks spokesman has confirmed the report to Daily Mail. Since firing Tom Thibodeau after the team’s most successful season in a quarter century, the Knicks have also been denied permission to speak with Houston Rockets head coach…
Thousands took to the streets of Cork over the weekend for two very different demonstrations – one a pro-Palestine march and the other described as a ‘national protest for Ireland’.Some 3,000 people joined the latter, an anti-immigration rally organised by Ireland Says No – which attendees said signalled a feeling in the country that ‘enough is enough’. Protesters, describing themselves as Irish patriots and nationalists, said they have two main grievances – ‘mass migration’ and a belief that they have been forgotten by the government. Footage of the march shows a sea of tricolour flags raised above the crowds, with chants including…
The honeymoon lasted longer than the 55 hours Britney Spears stayed married to her one-time school friend Jason Alexander. But not by much.And the boos which chased Thomas Tuchel out of the City Ground after England’s lame defeat by Senegal were far louder than the boo-hoos which followed Britney to the divorce court from her boozy wedding in the fabled Little White Chapel on the Las Vegas Strip. Spears blamed the briefest wedlock in celebrity history on being ‘very bored’, And so say the England faithful a mere four games into the reign of Herr Tuchel.The unrest festering with the tedium…
The cost of living has surged again, driven up by a sharp rise in household bills last month. So called ‘Awful April’ brought a barrage of bill hikes on everything from energy and water to broadband bills and car tax.Council tax bills increased £109 on average, energy bills by £111, water bills by £123, and £50 was added to the typical annual phone and broadband bill. That drove inflation up to 3.5 per cent, official figures confirmed last week.But for investors willing to do their homework, there is an innovative way to get help with the rising cost of all…