Japan’s leaders let women into meetings – as long as they don’t TALK

Japan’s leaders invite women to sit in on meetings – so long as they do not TALK – days after Olympics chief quits following sexism row Leaders of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party made the proposal today They have allowed five female lawmakers to attend its all-male board meetings But the women are forbidden from … Read more

FA CUP DRAW: Premier League leaders Manchester City face trip to top-flight rivals Everton

FA CUP DRAW: Premier League leaders Manchester City face trip to top-flight rivals Everton as Leicester draw Manchester United in mouthwatering tie for quarter-finals By Pa Reporter Published: 12:06 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 11 February 2021 Premier League leaders Manchester City will travel to Everton in the FA Cup quarter-finals. The … Read more

Industry leaders want to see roadmap out of lockdown

Industry leaders urging Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to publish a roadmap to exit lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:01 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 00:01 GMT, 1 February 2021 Industry leaders are urging Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to publish a roadmap to exit lockdown.  The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) … Read more

Taliban orders its leaders to stop taking more than one wife

Taliban orders its leaders to stop taking more than one wife because big weddings are too expensive and sparking resentment among fighters Taliban chief sent out decree warning the lavish marriages were bad press Comes after rumours spread along frontlines of top brass living the high life Most commanders have multiple wives, spending profligately on … Read more

Health and tech leaders like Microsoft are developing digital COVID vaccination passports

A coalition of health organizations and technology companies, including Microsoft and Oracle, are working on a project that verifies who has received the coronavirus vaccination and prevent others from making false claims they have. Called Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), the venture aims to help people get encrypted digital copies of their immunization records stored in … Read more

CERNO GLOBAL LEADERS: Boutique fund shops for winners

CERNO GLOBAL LEADERS: Gains from winning stocks are quickly banked and used to increase positions that have not performed as well By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 9 January 2021 Investment house Cerno Capital is a small ’boutique’ fund manager, based in London’s West … Read more

Medics’ leaders say routine appointments must go on hold in bid to vaccinate Britain

GPs are being urged to ‘stand down’ routine appointments so they can prioritise Covid vaccinations, it was claimed last night. Guidance sent to doctors says the jabs should be their top priority – with other ‘non-essential’ activities postponed, potentially for weeks. NHS England has already advised surgeries to focus on the delivery of the vaccine … Read more

Sir Keir Starmer faces Labour revolt on Brexit deal as they defy leader’s orders to back agreement’

Boris Johnson and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed that a ‘firm decision’ about the future of Brexit negotiations should be made by Sunday. As the clock ticks towards the deadline for agreement on a trade deal, here is a look at the key moments in the saga: January 23, 2013 … Read more

Military leaders are ‘conducting high-level talks amid fears Trump could invoke martial law’

Military leaders are reportedly conducting high-level talks about what to do should President Trump invoke martial law during his remaining days in office.   President-elect Joe Biden is set to be sworn into office on January 20, but Trump is still challenging the results of the election and some say he could use the military in … Read more

Business leaders panic and Morgan Stanley shifts assets to Frankfurt as a No Deal Brexit looms

Business leaders were sweating last night as the prospects of a No Deal Brexit increased dramatically. Top bosses urged ministers to ‘leave no stone unturned in search of a deal’. It came as bank Morgan Stanley dealt another blow to Britain’s post-Brexit prospects, becoming the latest Wall Street lender to shift chunks of its assets … Read more