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The UK government is braced for the prospect of further public sector strike action, with nurses in England expected to reject a 3.6 per cent pay uplift. Results of a ballot of staff by the Royal ...
Net profits at Singapore’s national carrier fell from S$266mn ($207mn) to S$186mn compared with the same period last year, the group reported on Monday. It said its losses from associated companies, ...
The late disgraced financier’s associates were among those who benefited most from the neoliberal policies of the past 40 years ...
The euro’s fall accelerated on Monday as investors bet that the EU-US trade deal would hurt the European economy’s already lacklustre growth. The single currency was down 0.7 per cent against the ...
Two prominent Israeli human rights groups have accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, adding to a small but growing chorus of domestic critics warning their country is carrying out war crimes.
The EU and US have agreed a trade deal that will hit most European imports with a 15 per cent tariff and require the bloc to invest hundreds of billions of euros into American energy products and ...
Russian state-owned airline Aeroflot was forced to cancel dozens of flights on Monday, after a hacking group claimed credit for a devastating year-long cyber attack.
UK prime minister discussed proposal with German chancellor and French president at weekend, says Downing Street ...
Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production at the Haus für Mozart is staged with dramatic flair, though there are musical shortcomings ...
Tom Lehrer, the American satirical songwriter and performer whose creative work was essentially completed by 1965 yet retains an uncanny freshness and timeliness, has died aged 97. The man who once ...
Lack of conviction and intolerance are character defects that augur badly for centrist and centre-left parties ...
It seems barely a lifetime ago (actually April 9) when Donald Trump suspended for a notional 90 days until August 1 the wrongly named “reciprocal tariffs” he had imposed a week earlier. That merry day ...