The Federal Reserve, or the Fed, is described as the most powerful economic institution in the country — perhaps the world. And it has largely been comprised of white men, until now. History was made earlier this year when Lisa Cook was appointed to the Fed despite republican opposition. A […]

Emergency warnings for floods, wildfires, storms or terror attacks will be sent direct to Britons’ mobile phones when there is a ‘risk to life’ Britons to be sent emergency messages directly to their mobile phones The alerts will warn of ‘threat to life’ from floods, storms, fires or terror attacks […]

Wellington: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has denied a bullying culture in New Zealand’s Labour Party as a rogue MP continues to make destructive claims about senior party figures. Dr Gaurav Sharma, Labour’s Hamilton West MP, has gone public with claims of bullying, misspending of taxpayer funds, and wrongdoing by staffing […]

Senior Kremlin official ‘secretly approaches West to bring Ukraine invasion to an end’ A top Russian official allegedly contacted Western diplomats and spy chiefs The official is said to want to help the West to bring an end to the war in Ukraine Russian elites who publicly criticise Putin’s war […]

Opera Australia has confirmed it has parted ways with its concertmaster Jun Yi Ma. CBD understands that permanent members of the OA orchestra were called together recently for a “behind closed doors meeting” where they were told the 50-year-old violinist was leaving because OA wanted to downgrade his contract, and […]

Bitter row breaks out at the Royal Albert Hall over plans to change its 150-year-old charter in a bid to reduce seats allocated to the public to benefit wealthy benefactors instead Almost a quarter of the concert hall’s 5,272 seats are owned by 330 members  Costing about £150,000, they are […]

Water chaos in Surrey as residents are forced to queue up for bottles after ‘technical issues’ caused the taps to run dry at hundreds of homes a day after drought was officially declared Hundreds of families woke up to limited or no water supply today due to a Thames Water […]

11 sets of classified documents, ‘top secret’ files, Roger Stone’s clemency order and ‘information on the President of France’: What FBI agents found at Mar-a-Lago, according to the search warrant FBI search warrant reveals more details of the search of Mar-a-Lago A ‘receipt for property’ shows 27 boxes were carried […]

With rising fuel costs, a cost of living crisis, and a growing desire to be more environmentally conscious, more people are making the decision to turn electric. There are as many as 460,000 plug-in vehicles on the road in the UK, and that number is likely to grow exponentially over […]

London’s majestic parks look dry as dust as 30 million people are now in a drought zone… but Lord’s Cricket Ground is still green and vibrant thanks to its diligent groundskeepers Aerial photographs show London’s Hyde Park looking like the savannah of Africa  Lords Cricket Ground still rich and verdant […]