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Ready for lift-off: first space launch from British soil poised to make history

In a few weeks, Britain will become a space power. A Virgin Orbit jumbo jet will take off...

Elon Musk completes Twitter takeover amid hate speech concerns

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk , has completed his $44bn acquisition of Twitter, amid warnings from politicians and...

‘Miracle’ baby opens debate over possible use of centuries-old sperm

A change of law has paved the way for more babies to be born from sperm frozen up to...

ExxonMobil’s record-breaking $20bn profit nearly matches Apple’s

The US oil supermajor ExxonMobil has reported a quarterly profit of nearly $20bn (£17. 3bn), $4bn more than analysts...

Shell paid zero windfall tax in UK despite record global profits

Shell has paid zero windfall tax in the UK despite making record global profits of nearly $30bn (£26bn) so...

UK investment in R&D plunges in blow to ‘science superpower’ plan

Britain’s plan to become a post-Brexit “ science and technology superpower ” has suffered a significant setback after a...

Cost of living crisis: Stop the Squeeze calls for wealthiest to ‘pay proper share’ of tax

Pressure is building on the leaders of Britain’s two biggest political parties to support higher taxes on wealth amid...

CBI warns Rishi Sunak against ‘doom loop’ of public spending cuts

The head of the Confederation of British Industry has warned Rishi Sunak against pursuing an austerity “doom loop” of...

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