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ReutersPolestar may use US plant to sell cars to Europe as EU-China tension rises
Chinese-backed Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar Automotive is preparing to shift production of cars it plans to sell into Europe to its U.S. plant from China in view of rising geopolitical tension, its CEO said. Asked how Polestar is preparing for a European probe into Chinese-made EVs possibly leading to increased tariffs, Thomas Ingenlath said the automaker is exploring the idea of exporting the Polestar 3 made in South Carolina to the European Union. Polestar builds the majority of its cars in the Chinese cities of Chengdu and Taizhou.
- Reuters
LSEG shareholders to vote on doubling CEO's potential pay
London Stock Exchange Group shareholders will vote on Thursday on whether to potentially double the pay of CEO David Schwimmer, after the 300-year old bourse campaigned to raise executive rewards to strengthen UK capital markets. LSEG's annual general meeting will vote on proposals to allow Schwimmer's total yearly remuneration to rise to up to 13.063 million pounds ($16.14 million) from 6.25 million pounds. Executive compensation at Britain's top companies has drawn shareholder anger in recent years, with most critical of a widening gap between average worker earnings and CEO pay.
- The Guardian
A moment that changed me: joyriders destroyed my van in New Zealand – which led to a lovely life in London
Without the van, my husband and I had no urgent reason to live in Wellington. The short European adventure we had planned soon became much more
- Evening Standard
Why isn't Manchester United vs Sheffield United live on TV in the UK today?
Rearranged Premier League game not chosen for broadcast
- The Telegraph
Vladimir Jurowski: I can’t ever go back to terrorist-state Russia
It was more than a decade ago that Vladimir Jurowski, one of Russia’s best-known musical sons, began to realise that things were taking a sinister turn in the country of his birth.
- BANG Showbiz
Christina Applegate wearing diapers after contracting virus
Christina Applegate was forced to wear diapers after picking up sapovirus from a takeout salad.
- BANG Showbiz
Anne Heche's estate can't pay debts
The late Anne Heche's estate is unable to pay its debts, documents filed by her son Homer Laffoon, the proprietor of her affairs, has revealed.
- The Telegraph
Parents face worse childcare under Sunak’s free hours expansion
Parents face the prospect of poorer-quality childcare under Rishi Sunak’s expansion of free hours, the Government’s spending watchdog has warned.
- Reuters
COLUMN-BoE tries to sail a mid-ocean policy :Mike Dolan
The Bank of England is left parsing policy between a European Central Bank nailed on for cutting rates by mid-year and a U.S. Federal Reserve some feel may not be ready to ease at all in 2024. Not for the first time, the BoE finds itself somewhere in the middle of the North Atlantic trying to set its own course - possibly leaning stateside due to lagging UK disinflation but in the euro zone current when it comes to flagging economic activity. For much of the first quarter, financial markets conspicuously priced all three major central banks pulling their first rate cut triggers in tandem this summer - but a rift has opened up this month and timelines have scattered.
- BANG Showbiz
Legends of Tomorrow star Caity Lotz and Kyle Schmid expecting first child
Caity Lotz and Kyle Schmid have announced they are set to become parents for the first time.
- The Telegraph
Sadiq Khan: I would pay if I saw somebody shoplifting nappies
Sadiq Khan has said he would pay for shoplifted goods if he saw somebody stealing nappies from a supermarket.
- The Telegraph
The Big Door Prize, season 2 review: Chris O’Dowd’s quirky sci-fi struggles for profundity
A machine called Morpho pops up in your local store and for a mere quarter – we’re in small-town Louisiana – promises to outline your “Life Potential”. I say outline, what the residents of Deerfield got in the first season of inventive comedy The Big Door Prize (Apple TV+) was one-word answers on cute, blue cards. Superstar. Meteorologist. Model. Loser. You get the picture.
- The Telegraph
Britain’s most and least expensive cities for first-time buyers
Aberdeen is the cheapest city for first-time buyers, with the average property £102,000, according to a property portal.
- The Telegraph
Garbine Muguruza: ‘Woman power is great but I feel bad to say I want to have a family’
Garbiñe Muguruza is anticipating the question. She is a former world No 1, French Open and Wimbledon champion, and yet has just announced her retirement aged 30. People are inevitably going to wonder: what’s next?
- The Telegraph
King’s charity unveils plans to stop young people moving away from countryside
A charity founded by the King has revealed plans to stop young people moving away from the countryside amid a “brain drain” from rural areas.
- Hello!
Prince Louis' sixth birthday photo has got royal fans all saying the same thing
The Prince and Princess of Wales released a new portrait of their youngest son, Prince Louis, pictured outside in Windsor, on his actual birthday on 23 April
- Digital Spy
11 Emmerdale spoilers for next week
New Emmerdale spoilers - Manpreet kisses Billy, Evan receives a diagnosis, and Belle takes a pregnancy test.
- Reuters
Iran's Raisi arrives in Sri Lanka to foster ties, open hydropower project
Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi arrived in Sri Lanka on Wednesday for a brief state visit aimed at strengthening ties, during which he will also open a $514-million hydropower project. The first visit by an Iranian president to Sri Lanka since an April 2008 trip by its then president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will see the two countries sign five pacts, or Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs). Iran agreed to build the hydro power project in 2010 but funds dried up after the release of $50 million, as U.S. sanctions imposed later that year on the Middle East nation made it hard to transfer money, forcing Sri Lanka to fund the rest.