Good practise for the public speaking career! Meghan Markle is announced as a keynote speaker at the Girl Up campaign’s online leadership summit alongside Michelle Obama and Priyanka Chopra Duchess, 38, will be keynote speaker at the online leadership summit next week The Girl Up campaign group’s motto is ‘uniting girls to change the world’ … Read more
EU warns it won’t accept a ‘pig in a poke’ trade deal as Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold summit vowing to ‘focus’ and inject ‘momentum’ into talks amid bitter standoff over fishing and following Brussels rules Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have held summit on trade agreement UK threat to … Read more
The deafening explosion that lit up the night sky over Tehran in the early hours of December 1, 1943, was heard across the Iranian capital. It would surely have been noticed by Winston Churchill, a notorious light sleeper, over in the British Embassy, although he might not have immediately realised its grim significance. The previous … Read more
The boss of British Airways may launch a legal challenge against the government’s ‘irrational’ 14-day quarantine. Chief Executive of IAG Willie Walsh said there had been no consultation with the industry prior to the rule change and he was reviewing possible action with lawyers. It comes after BA boycotted a meeting between the Home Secretary and the … Read more
Colourful outfits, jazzy production values and a telegenic anchor who, despite technical difficulties, never let her Colgate smile drop once. Despite the serious nature of the Global Vaccine Summit, there was a welcome hint of Eurovision about proceedings. Welcome because the virtual conference, which aimed to raise $7.4billion for global vaccines over the next five … Read more
Donald Trump demands G7 have Vladimir Putin ‘in the room’ for summit and credits Kremlin strongman with ‘saving’ Texas oil jobs despite other leaders’ veto on re-inviting Russia Trump said he wants Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G7 when he hosts ‘Half of the meeting is devoted to Russia, and if he was there, … Read more
The founder of a ‘virtual summit’ has said the announcement of George Clooney on its schedule of keynote speakers was a ‘misunderstanding’, had claimed she’d known the actor for years. Thrive Philanthropy, a small consulting firm based in Utah, had been advertising the star-studded Connect Summit that would feature celebs including George and Amal Clooney as ‘keynote … Read more
Boris Johnson agrees to go to G7 summit in person in phone call with Donald Trump as two leaders discuss post-Brexit trade deal Both leaders agreed it was important for the summit to meet in person if possible The annual gathering was due to take place in the US in the coming weeks The two … Read more
Peak comfort: Climbers can now scale Mount Everest in luxury including gourmet meals, drinks at bars and glamping in tents – and even 5G reception at the summit Lukas Furtenbach is founder of upmarket climbing firm Furtenbach Adventures They provide wealthy climbers with tent which includes bed, electricity and wifi Other ‘lounge’ tents have bars, … Read more
Major UN climate change summit which was set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed until 2021 amid the coronavirus outbreak Cop26 climate change summit was due to take place in Glasgow in November UN climate talks thought to be most important since the Paris Agreement in 2015 The summit has been … Read more