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Asking prices for houses in the UK edged higher in October, although demand from first-time buyers has dropped as mortgage rates surge. Despite the economic turmoil since the government’s mini-budget last month, there has been little immediate sign of the housing market slipping, according to Rightmove. The property website said that the average price of a property coming to market this month was up 0.9%, to a new record of £371,158, slightly below the average increase for the time of year. However, Rightmove warned that the effects of wider economic uncertainty could take time to filter through, with some buyers rushing…

Mohamed Salah had seen his number go up before he brought up that of Manchester City. With passions raging and City threatening to wrest a high-end encounter their way, Jürgen Klopp went for a triple substitution. There were 72 minutes on the clock but why was Salah’s No 11 up on the board? Salah had been Liverpool’s most dangerous player. It was a mistake because Salah was going nowhere. Klopp explained that to him on the touchline after Salah had walked towards him looking dejected and the manager made the changes that he actually wanted to make, one of which was…

Jeremy Hunt, the UK chancellor, is to make a statement later on Monday bringing forward measures from the medium-term fiscal plan, the Treasury has announced. Hunt is also due to make a statement in the House of Commons in the afternoon, according to the Treasury. “This follows the prime minister’s statement on Friday, and further conversations between the prime minister and the chancellor over the weekend, to ensure sustainable public finances underpin economic growth,” said a Treasury statement. The chancellor would deliver the full medium-term fiscal plan to be published alongside a forecast from the independent Office for Budget Responsibility…

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles prosecutors on Oct. 14 accused the CEO of a Michigan-based election software company of involvement in a “massive” data breach affecting at least a thousand victims, including minors. Eugene Yu, 64, who heads Konnech, a company that provides software to electoral districts for the management of poll workers, was charged with the felony crime of embezzlement of public funds. He appeared in a Los Angeles County court on Oct. 14. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has accused Yu of stealing personal identifying information of poll workers. The office alleged that such data was stored on servers in China, in…

Sports bras and athletic shirts made by some of the major global sports brands were found to contain dangerous levels of the estrogen-mimicking chemical bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, posing a considerable risk to people’s health, according to legal notices sent by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH). BPA—an endocrine disrupting chemical that upsets the body’s functioning through blocking or mimicking hormones—is linked to developmental and health problems mostly for young children. For adults, studies have found that high levels of the chemical results in heart problems, while experts have connected BPA to obesity, diabetes, ADHD, and other ailments, with more research…

The disgraced former Conservative MP Owen Paterson faces being fined after a Whitehall watchdog provisionally concluded that he broke transparency rules by failing to register as a lobbyist for a healthcare firm. On Friday, Harry Rich, the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists, said he proposed to conclude that Paterson had acted unlawfully when he lobbied ministers on behalf of Randox. The watchdog intends to fine Paterson up to £7,500 but gave the former MP an opportunity to overturn the decision. The announcement comes a year after the former cabinet minister resigned as an MP after a parliamentary watchdog ruled that he broke House of…

Finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng refused to say, if he would stick with his plan not to raise business taxes as media reported Prime Minister Liz Truss was rethinking an economic program that plunged markets into turmoil. Truss’s plan, announced last month, has caused a rout in the government bond market, with some investors and Conservative Party lawmakers calling on her to reverse a plan for 43 billion pounds of unfunded tax cuts, including a move to hold corporation tax at just 19%. Kwarteng is in Washington where he is attending a meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Asked specifically…

Manchester United went close to rueing a failure to claim three points before Scott McTominay’s stoppage-time strike retained their hope of winning Group E and avoiding a knockout tie against a Champions League-eliminated opponent. That might be one of Barcelona, Milan, Juventus or Atlético Madrid, none of whom Erik ten Hag’s fledgling team would relish facing. Against Omonia Nicosia ruthlessness was lacking until McTominay’s late intervention, though their goalkeeper was outstanding – Francis Uzoho’s experience particularly bittersweet as he is a United fan. The midfielder’s close-range finish ensured all ended well for his side – the substitute the first to register a…

Royal Mail could cut as many as 5,000 to 6,000 jobs by the end of August next year and warned of more layoffs if planned strikes go ahead, as the British company remains locked in a bitter dispute with its largest labour union. The Communication and Workers Union (CWU), representing 115,000 Royal Mail postal workers, have held strikes in September and early October, and have threatened more strikes this month and next. The announcement, made in a trading update by the postal service’s parent company, has been blamed on industrial action taken by Royal Mail workers, delays in improving productivity…

Israel’s Ministry of Health has confirmed that a leaked video showing an expert warning the agency about potentially facing lawsuits over COVID-19 vaccine side effects is real, but issued false statements about the discussion. Video footage recorded during a meeting held behind closed doors over the summer showed that experts hired to analyze post-vaccination adverse event reports said the analysis proved a causal relationship between some of the events and the vaccines and warned about presenting the data in a certain way in order to avoid lawsuits. In an official report authorities released about two months later, in August, they said, “The report…