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The government estimates that supremely supreme the water sector could cost more than £220 billion. A financial overhaul of Thames water by a group of US and UK creditors has been proposed, backed by broader debates on foreign ownership and public accountability in the water sector.Major institutional investors, including BlackRock, Aberdeen and Elliott Management, are planning to restructure Thames Water’s £17 billion debt. This includes injecting £3 billion of new stock and £2 billion of additional funds to reduce hundreds of millions of pounds of existing debt.”The plan is trying to break away from past patterns by providing customer priorities…

Associated Press Business Writer Michelle Chapman The Union of Hollywood video game performers has reached tentative agreements with several video game companies that could end a nearly one-year strike related to the use of artificial intelligence. Members of The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists were struck in July 2024 after negotiations with the gaming giant stopped artificial intelligence protection. SAG-AFTRA said the unregulated use of AI has posed a “equal or even greater threat” to performers in the video game industry than film and television, as the ability to easily and cheaply create compelling digital replicas…

The report also found that UK statutory paternal salaries may be “completely out of the quilter for living expenses” and do not respond to inflation.According to a report by the Women and Equality Commission (WEC), the UK has “one of the worst vacation offers in developed countries.”A WEC report on father and shared parental leave, released Tuesday, added that up to two weeks of father leave is “a step off the way most couples want to share parenting responsibilities” and “contains outdated gender stereotypes about care.”It also revealed that the salary of legal fathers in the UK is “completely out…

Clearwater, Fla. (WFLA) – About 75 veterans took off on honorary flights early Tuesday morning, headed to Washington, D.C., and visited the War Memorial. This is the 51st honorary flight departing from St. Pete Clearwater International Airport. Veterans from all branches lined up in the pie and spent an exciting day at DC, which left around 6am, each with a special thanks in the air. St. Pete Clearwater International Airport has been holding this honorary ticket since 2011, and the airport was originally a hub for training fighter pilots in World War II. After the war, in 1946, the area…

Hello, here’s a woman.Sorry to leave the line, but the man needs help. The ongoing conflict between two of the country’s most powerful men has brought the attention of the Federation of Women’s Agents of Acting (FAFO). President Donald Trump and his special friend Elon Musk have navigated conscious separation, spreading gossip and leaving each other with almost passive, offensive messages on social media. You know. It’s for men.In these chaotic times, we are fortunate to be in charge of a stable man’s appearance when the country crosses those who have the right to live in this land. Women have…

Depositors affected by the collapse of the bank in Henan Province were allegedly attacked while seeking responses from authorities over the frozen funds.The victims of the long-standing banking scandal in central China were violently attacked by security guards while petitioning authorities over frozen savings, according to protesters who shared what they witnessed on the scene in the Chinese version of the Epoch Times last week.The crisis began in April 2022, when several rural banks in Henan collapsed, affecting around 400,000 depositors.Xiao Mei, a protester who used pseudonyms due to fear of retaliation by authorities, told the Epoch Times on May…

The first of two environmental impact statements regarding the SpaceX plan for the Space Coast spacecraft launch site was released last week, excluding the company’s plans to fly 76 times a year from the Cape Canaveral Space Station. The Air Force Department owns the property at the recently used Space Launch Complex 37 by the United Launch Alliance, but it was closed in 2024 after the final launch of ULA’s last Delta IV heavy rocket. The Air Force is taking the EIS lead at the site, but the Federal Aviation Administration has its own EIS in work on the spaceship…

An astonishing milestone reached the Florida war against the Pisons of Burma, which eats across the Everglades.The Southwest Florida conservancy reports that it has captured and humanely killed 20 tons of snakes since 2013, including a record 6,300-pound python that recorded this past breeding season, according to a June 9 news release.Looking at it, it’s a 20 tonne (40,000 pounds) fire truck-sized snake mound, or a fully loaded city bus.What’s surprising is that those 1,400 snakes don’t come from culs throughout the state. They came from a 200-square-mile area in southwest Florida, the Conservancy reports.According to Ian Bartoszek, Conservancy Science…

Jill Lawless, Associated Press LONDON (AP) – The US and China held second day talks in London on Tuesday aimed at mitigating trade disputes after President Donald Trump said it was “not easy,” but the US is “doing well” in negotiations. The Chinese delegation led by the Deputy Prime Minister met several hours on Monday at Lancaster House, a gorgeous 200-year-old mansion near Buckingham Palace, with hours of Monday meeting Treasury Secretary Howard Latnik, Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent, and trade representative Jamieson Greer. China’s Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and trade negotiator Li Chenggang are also on the Beijing delegation. This…

Volsia County, Fla. (WFLA) – 14 men have been arrested after a three-day undercover investigation targeting internet predators, the Volusia Sheriff’s Office said. The man involved in the undercover investigation “Travel to Gavel” thought he was sending messages to boys and girls aged 13 to 15. One of the men arrested, the 25-year-old Ocala, was charged with worsening battery, attacking law enforcement officers, and getting out of injury, and resisting arrest with violence after accelerating the vehicle to adjunct and breaking his leg. Another arrest, 45 years old from North Carolina, was on vacation with his girlfriend and three children,…