
The UK has never been shy about its love of gaming. From old members’ clubs in Mayfair to giant resort-style complexes in Birmingham, real money casinos here still pull in crowds. There’s just something about walking through the doors, hearing chips stack, seeing roulette spin in real time. It feels alive.

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said on Wednesday he passed information “in good faith” to the Metropolitan Police after receiving what he considered relevant intelligence suggesting former Labour minister Peter Mandelson might flee the UK, as police examine allegations linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

A fresh round of tariff moves announced by U.S. President Donald Trump has reintroduced market volatility and added pressure on the dollar, as investors and banks debate whether the currency is losing part of its traditional safe-haven role.

Brazil’s Vice President and Industry and Trade Minister Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that shorter working hours are a “global trend” and that Brazil should debate the issue in depth, as business leaders push to delay discussion of ending the widely used 6x1 work schedule.

A special committee of Uruguay’s parliament tasked with reviewing the EU–Mercosur agreement approved the ratification bill on Monday, clearing the way for floor votes in the Senate and lower house in the coming days — a timetable that could make Uruguay the first Mercosur member to complete domestic approval.

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday he would seek “clarity” from the United States during a G7 videoconference on international trade and urged restraint as Washington’s latest tariff moves inject fresh uncertainty into transatlantic commerce.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is urging countries to modernize how they measure inflation and other key indicators, integrating point-of-sale and online data to reduce “blind spots” that, the institution argues, are widening as the economy becomes more digital and traditional surveys lose accuracy.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began the official programme of his state visit to South Korea in Seoul on Monday, ahead of talks with President Lee Jae-myung expected to strengthen cooperation on trade, defence and other strategic areas.

For decades, success followed a pretty clear script. You studied hard, got a stable job, bought a place to live, started a family and slowly worked your way “up.” That version of adulthood made sense in a world with predictable careers, affordable housing and linear progress.

International football tournaments arrive like travelling capitals: new signage, new security perimeters, a sudden shortage of hotel rooms. A World Cup or continental championship compresses years of planning into a few weeks of matches, but its financial footprint is wider than any fan zone. Economic impact is never one clean figure. It is a bundle of spending choices, revenue streams, and after-effects: what gets built, who captures visitor money, how media rights flow, and which habits stick once the final has been played.