How much an investor would need in a Stocks and Shares ISA to earn a £16,000 yearly income
Image source: Getty Images A Stocks and Shares ISA allowance is a brilliant way to build a large pot of money for retirement. And it’s an even better method of generating passive income to fund our final years. Money invested inside the tax-free allowance rolls up free of all capital gains tax (CGT) and income […]
Travel 2025: A New Emphasis on Local Communities in Travel
A recent Booking.com global survey of 31,000 travelers found that 71 percent of respondents “want to leave the places they visit better than when they arrived.” Eighty-three percent said that sustainable travel is important to them. Now, as travelers wake up to the social effects of tourism, travel businesses are responding in kind, helping visitors […]
Biochar has been underestimated, say researchers
A small handful of biochar in pellet form, produced by pyrolysis. Credit: GEUS A new study shows biochar to be far more effective at long-term carbon storage than previously thought. The study reveals critical flaws in the models used by the IPCC and European climate policymakers. Biochar—a carbon-rich material produced by pyrolyzing biomass—has long been […]
GOP leaders mull a big debt-and-funding deal with Democrats
House and Senate GOP leaders are internally debating a possible deal with Democrats that would include government funding, California wildfire aid, a debt-limit hike and border security money, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge of the matter. Senior Republicans have been privately mulling a bipartisan government funding deal for weeks now, wary that they […]
Extreme 9-Kilometer-Per-Second Winds Spotted On Distant Exoplanet Are The Fastest Of Their Kind
Astronomers have measured the wind speeds on a faraway world and found that they without comparison, not only to anything on Earth but also in the Solar System. Exoplanet WASP-127b is a hot Jupiter, a gas giant planet orbiting very close to its star. The system is more than 500 light-years away, and observations suggest […]
Ally Lewber Announces Split From James Kennedy
James Kennedy and Ally Lewber We’re Officially Over!!! Published January 22, 2025 5:30 PM PST | Updated January 22, 2025 7:26 PM PST Ally Lewber and James Kennedy are donezo … she just confirmed as much in the wake of his legal break in his domestic violence case. Ally confirmed the split Wednesday in a […]
Rohit Sharma’s Reaction Says It All After Early Dismissal On Ranji Trophy Return – Watch
Rohit Sharma in action for Mumbai in Ranji Trophy© X (Twitter) Rohit Sharma‘s dismal run continued on Thursday as the Indian cricket team star batter was dismissed for just 3 during the Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir. Rohit came under a lot of fire following his disappointing outing during […]
Here’s a cheap UK stock that could soar while Donald Trump’s US President
Image source: Getty Images UK stocks are soaring again as confidence returns to global financial markets. Both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 have printed strong gains in recent days following Donald Trump’s return to the White House. In fact, London’s home to a multitude of shares that could benefit substantially from the Republican’s second […]
Travel 2025: European Travel May Include Train Trips, Stargazing and ‘Detour Destinations’
In 2025, travelers who are reluctant to abandon overcrowded hot spots like Barcelona and Lisbon and take advantage of the near euro-dollar parity — which makes traveling to Europe more affordable for U.S. visitors — are instead striking a balance by booking quieter “detour destinations”: lesser-known places close enough to take a side-trip from a […]
Aftershock analysis challenges world’s deepest earthquake claim
Overview of the study region. Credit: The Seismic Record (2025). DOI: 10.1785/0320240035 The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower mantle, according to a study appearing in […]