Naguib Kheraj, the City veteran, has been shortlisted to become the next chairman of HSBC Holdings, Europe’s biggest bank. Sky News can reveal that Mr Kheraj, a former Barclays finance chief, is among a small number of contenders currently being considered to replace Sir Mark Tucker. HSBC, which has a market capitalisation of Β£165.4bn, has…
Bucking tradition once again, President Trump on Wednesday announced his picks for Kennedy Center Honors and said he will host the ceremony himself β a first for any president. Actor and filmmaker Sylvester Stallone, glam rock band Kiss, disco singer Gloria Gaynor, country music star George Strait and English actor and comedian Michael Crawford made…
The company behind London’s Pride parade recorded a Β£120,726 loss in 2024, latest accounts show. The entity that runs the capital’s annual LGBT+ event had made Β£204,368 in profit the previous year. It comes as Pride organisations have been struggling with running costs. Major cities across the UK had either paused the running of full…
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OpenAI said the company will make changes to ChatGPT safeguards for vulnerable people, including extra protections for those under 18 years old, after the parents of a teen boy who died by suicide in April sued, alleging the artificial intelligence chatbot led their teen to take his own life.Β A lawsuit filed Tuesday by the…
Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “lying to the whole country” about what he knew regarding Peter Mandelson’s correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelson was this week stripped of his position as ambassador to the US amid fresh scrutiny over his years-long friendship with the convicted paedophile. The prime minister initially defended the…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ In recent days, the U.S. Navy stationed an aircraft carrier off the coast of Cuba, the White House expanded sanctions on Havanaβs leaders and federal prosecutors charged former Cuban President RaΓΊl Castro with murder. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to reporters, said what to many is becoming obvious: that the likelihood of a…
Iran war update: Vance puts positive spin on talks, but widespread skepticism remains – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President JD Vance said Monday he felt great about the progress made in more than 18 hours of Iran talks. Ed O’Keefe reports on the current state of the war.
Employees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced Wednesday that they are forming a union, LACMA United, representing more than 300 workers from across all departments, including curators, educators, guest relations associates and others. The move comes just six months before the museum is scheduled to open its new $720-million David Geffen Galleries,…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The chair of the House Oversight Committee has sent a letter to OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman requesting information about potential conflicts of interest between Altmanβs personal investments and his operation of the company. The letter, sent Friday, comes amid a high-stakes legal battle currently playing out in an Oakland federal courtroom between one-time partners…