March 5, 2024 - Brief Briefing

Jeremy Hunt promises ‘permanent cuts in taxation’ ahead of pre-election budget

Jeremy Hunt has promised to help families with “permanent cuts” in tax ahead of today’s budget. The chancellor, who is expected to announce a...

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Business

Jeremy Hunt promises ‘permanent cuts in taxation’ ahead of pre-election budget

Jeremy Hunt has promised to help families with “permanent cuts” in tax ahead of today’s budget. The chancellor, who is expected to announce a...

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Sports

Gagner on waivers after a third stint in Edmonton

ESPN News Services Mar 5, 2024, 04:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The The Oilers selected Gagner with the No. 6 overall pick in...

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Gagner on waivers after a third stint in Edmonton

Environment

First Solar CEO says tariff exemptions threaten U.S. efforts to ramp up domestic solar manufacturing

A worker applies tape to a solar panel at First Solar in Perrysburg, Ohio July 8, 2022. Megan Jelinger | Reuters A flood of...

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First Solar CEO says tariff exemptions threaten U.S. efforts to ramp up domestic solar manufacturing

Sports

Source: Horns QB Manning opts out of EA game

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMar 5, 2024, 01:09 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of...

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Source: Horns QB Manning opts out of EA game

Sports

West Virginia gives coach Neal Brown extension

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMar 5, 2024, 10:37 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended...

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West Virginia gives coach Neal Brown extension

Sports

ISU athletes’ reps scoff at investigators’ lament

ESPN News Services Mar 4, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Attorneys for four Iowa State athletes who had been charged in a...

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ISU athletes' reps scoff at investigators' lament

Politics

Budget 2024: Hunt’s task is not just to get voters on his side – but his MPs too

This week, as Jeremy Hunt was putting the final touches to his budget, a poll dropped putting the Conservatives on their lowest level of...

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Budget 2024: Hunt's task is not just to get voters on his side - but his MPs too

Budget 2024: Real pay for young graduates down by over £1,000 in three years

Graduates in their 20s are earning less in real terms than they were before the 2008 financial crash, and are £1,200 worse off than...

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Politics

Budget 2024: Real pay for young graduates down by over £1,000 in three years

Graduates in their 20s are earning less in real terms than they were before the 2008 financial crash, and are £1,200 worse off than...

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Business

Budget 2024: Real pay for young graduates down by over £1,000 in three years

Graduates in their 20s are earning less in real terms than they were before the 2008 financial crash, and are £1,200 worse off than...

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Business

Are Facebook and Instagram still down? Meta boss apologises for ‘technical issue’ which hit thousands of users

Instagram, Facebook, Messenger and Threads suffered widespread problems on Tuesday afternoon, with users locked out of their accounts and pages failing to load properly. ...

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Are Facebook and Instagram still down? Meta boss apologises for 'technical issue' which hit thousands of users

Sports

NHL Awards Watch: Kucherov takes the lead for the Hart

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMar 5, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The race for NHL most...

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NHL Awards Watch: Kucherov takes the lead for the Hart

Environment

Oil prices tick lower after China growth pledge, OPEC+ production cuts fall flat with traders

An oil and gas industry worker walks during operations of a drilling rig at Zhetybay field in the Mangystau region, Kazakhstan, November 13, 2023. ...

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Oil prices tick lower after China growth pledge, OPEC+ production cuts fall flat with traders

Environment

Goldman says the bear market for battery metal prices is far from over

The Albermarle Corp. lithium processing facility in Antofagasta, Chile, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs finds it...

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Goldman says the bear market for battery metal prices is far from over

World

Kenya: Two killed after passenger plane heading to tourist resort collides with training aircraft

Two people have been killed in a mid-air crash involving a training aircraft and a passenger plane in Kenya, police say. The aircraft collided...

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Kenya: Two killed after passenger plane heading to tourist resort collides with training aircraft

World

US vice president urges Israeli minister to ensure ‘credible’ humanitarian plan before advancing in Gaza

Israel should craft a “credible” humanitarian plan before advancing further in southern Gaza, the US vice president has told one of its senior ministers....

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