John Hackett

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Abbott’s BinaxNOW rapid Covid-19 nasal swab test. The test uses so-called lateral flow technology, similar to the method allowing at-home pregnancy tests. Photograph: AP
Abbott’s 15-minute Covid test gets emergency authorisation in US

A 15-minute Covid test from Abbott Laboratories that will be priced at just $5 (€4.30) has been granted emergency authorisation for use in the US, a b(...)

HSBC’s restructuring will eventually eliminate one job in five around the world, and around a sixth of jobs in Britain. (Photograph: WALLACE WOON/EPA)
HSBC to axe 840 UK jobs

HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, started laying off 840 information technology workers in Britain on Monday, the first big tranche of redundancies under (...)

Jeremy Corbyn: Was accused by Gen Sir Nicholas Houghton of undermining “the credibility of deterrence”. Photograph: PA
Corbyn stance on scrapping nuclear missiles makes sense

General Sir John Hackett once put me right about the meaning of nuclear deterrence. As far as the military was concerned, the concept of “mutually ass(...)