James Pheby

1 week ago | terradaily.com | James Pheby

'Ghost town' fears haunt threatened UK steel communityBy James PHEBYScunthorpe, United Kingdom (AFP) April 15, 2025 "This is the best three weeks I've ever had," steelworker Kian Hopkins told AFP of his new job at a Scunthorpe plant, even though locals fear it may be closed turning their home into a "ghost town". Smeared in soot, 18-year-old Hopkins said after his shift at the British Steel plant: "I shovel and all that lot, it's amazing. It's hard work but it makes your day go faster...

1 week ago | barrons.com | James Pheby

However, he added that it was "quite a dramatic time to start working here, I'm having people message me going 'the job might be getting taken off you'."The plant in northeast England is the last in the UK to produce virgin steel used in construction and rail transport. Its future was thrown into jeopardy in March when Chinese owner Jingye said the plant was losing £700,000 ($923,000) a day and was "no longer financially sustainable".

2 weeks ago | ceylontoday.lk | James Pheby |Paneetha Ameresekere

BY Paneetha AmeresekereRupee or domestic credit by the banking and monetary sectors to the Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) and public corporations continued to overshadow credit to the private sector for the seventh consecutive month to February 2022, a phenomenon last seen nearly 33 years ago in 1989, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) data of Friday’s (8 April) showed.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Helen ROWE |James Pheby

London's Metropolitan Police on Friday said it had charged comedian and actor Russell Brand with rape and a number of other sexual offences. Brand, 49, who became known internationally as the husband of pop star Katy Perry after forging a career as a stand-up comedian with risque routines, was charged with one count of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault, the force said.

2 weeks ago | citizentribune.com | James Pheby

Around 100 authors on Thursday protested outside the London headquarters of Meta, accusing the US tech giant of "stealing" content to train its Artificial Intelligence models.