An employee checks gaskets after processing them in an automatic press machine at the Hamamatsu Gasket Co. factory in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. Noriko Hayashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s February factory activity shrank at the fastest pace in more than three years on the back of weakening demand. … Read more
An Israeli national flag above produce for sale at Carmel Market in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Israel’s gross domestic product shrank by nearly 20% in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to official figures. The contraction was significantly larger than expected — analysts predicted a … Read more
LONDON — A member of Britain’s House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to a company that was awarded lucrative government contracts to supply protective masks and gowns during the coronavirus pandemic. Underwear tycoon Michelle Mone said she had made an “error” in denying connections to the company PPE Medpro … Read more
Neither Charles Leclerc nor Carlos Sainz have put pen to paper on a new Ferrari contract according to team boss Frederic Vasseur; 2023 was Vasseur’s first season in charge of Ferrari and they were the only team to claim a race victory during Red Bull’s record-breaking campaign Last Updated: 16/12/23 11:08pm Team principal Frederic Vasseur … Read more
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 22: (left to right) Lisa (Lalisa Manoban), Rose (Roseanne Park), Jisoo Kim and Jennie Kim, from the K-Pop band Blackpink pose with their Honorary MBEs (Members of the Order of the British Empire), awarded to them in recognition of the band’s role as COP26 advocates for the COP26 Summit in Glasgow … Read more