Sat 04 May 2024: Sadiq Khan clinched his third consecutive term as London’s mayor on Saturday (May 4), defeating Conservative contender Susan Hall in a widely anticipated victory. Khan’s win strengthens the Labour Party’s dominance over the Conservatives in local elections preceding the UK’s upcoming general elections. Despite public concern over frequent knife attacks in […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: The legal challenge facing Uber from nearly 11,000 black cab drivers is indeed significant, especially considering the hefty sum of £250 million ($313 million) at stake. The accusation of deliberately misleading Transport for London (TfL) to secure a license is serious and could have far-reaching implications for Uber’s operations in London. […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: Global food prices rose slightly in April as increasing meat, cereals and vegetable oils prices offset drops for dairy and sugar, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on Friday. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 119.1 points this April, down 0.3% from March and 9.6% from April 2023. The […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: The Conservative Party, which is now in power in Britain, is expected to lose the next general elections after suffering a crushing setback in local elections. Almost all council results have been counted, and the opposition Labour Party has gained 170 seats while the Conservatives have lost 450. On Saturday, counting […]
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Sat 04 May 2024: Germany had about 693,000 births in 2023—the lowest since 2013—according to data released on Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Destatis released numbers that showed a 6.2 percent decrease in the same number from the prior year. In the meantime, the percentage of births to first children has fallen while […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: In a Thursday interview with The Economist, French President Emmanuel Macron, reiterated his earlier claims that if Russia breaches the Ukrainian front lines and the Ukrainian government requests it, he has not ruled out sending ground forces to that country. “If the Russians were to break through the front lines, if […]
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Fri 03 May 2024: Britain’s Conservatives are currently polling lower than under Liz Truss, the latest data from YouGov has revealed. The latest YouGov/Times voting intention poll finds the Tories on 18%, down two points since April 24. This is the lowest Conservative vote share of this parliament, lower than under Liz Truss, when it […]
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Thu 02 May 2024: Russia on Thursday said it took control of another village in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. “As a result of active actions, units of the Center group of troops completely liberated the settlement of Berdychi in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” a Russian Defense Ministry statement said. Indicating that heavy fighting has continued across […]
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The US Treasury Department has rolled out new sanctions aimed at disrupting Russia’s war in Ukraine. Thu 02 May 2024: The United States has imposed new sanctions on hundreds of individuals and firms linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine, accusing Moscow of illegally using chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces. US officials on Wednesday announced […]
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Spirit AeroSystems has been under scrutiny over its role in a midair blowout involving a Boeing 737 MAX 9 in January [National Transportation Safety Board] Thu 02 May 2024: A whistleblower who accused a Boeing supplier of ignoring defects in the production of the 737 MAX has died, family members and his lawyer have […]
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