Fri 14 March 2025: UK sees surge in shoplifting and retail worker abuse, study finds Nearly a quarter of Britons have witnessed shoplifting or seen retail workers subjected to physical or verbal abuse over the past year as criminals grow “bolder and more aggressive,” according to a new survey. The British Retail Consortium (BRC), in partnership with market research […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that his country agrees with US proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine but stressed that any ceasefire would have to deal with the root causes of the conflict. “We agree with the proposals to stop the hostilities, but we proceed from the fact that this […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: The price of gold reached a new record on Thursday with an ounce trading at $2,983.50 at 1810GMT amid uncertainties caused by US President Donald Trump’s trade policies. The ounce of gold rose 1.68% on Thursday to set a new record. The safe haven asset has gained around 10% since Trump […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: US President Donald Trump struck a note of tempered optimism Thursday amid negotiations with Russia on a ceasefire proposal to bring the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine to a halt for at least 30 days. Addressing reporters as he hosted NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office, Trump said his officials […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s economic management amid stock market turmoil, polls show. United States President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy is facing growing pushback from Americans amid wild swings in the stock market and growing fears of a recession, new polling shows. In a CNN/SSRS poll released on Wednesday, 56 […]
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Thu 13 March 2025: The urge to throw more money at defence budgets across a number of countries has become infectious. It was bound to happen with Donald Trump’s return to the White House, given his previous insistence that US allies do more to fatten their own armies rather than rely on the largesse of […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that US representatives at the 18 February meeting in Riyadh expressed their desire to normalise relations with Russia, Anadolu has reported. Speaking to US bloggers in Moscow, Lavrov said that the American delegation also stressed the need to prevent conflicts from escalating into confrontation, especially military […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: Search for missing surfer now a recovery operation after evidence of bite marks found on surf board. Australian police have confirmed that a surfer who went missing was “taken by a shark” after search and rescue teams recovered a surfboard scarred with “bite marks” from the area of the attack. The […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: Global risks are rising, and many companies are struggling with how to adapt. The World Economic Forum’s 2025 Global Risks Report makes it clear that challenges like escalating global tensions and conflicts, climate change, economic instability and supply chain disruptions are interconnected and build on one another. And they’re here to stay. Meanwhile, […]
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Wed 12 March 2025: The US Department of Education announced Tuesday that it will cut nearly half of its workforce after President Donald Trump proposed to eliminate the agency entirely. “As part of the Department of Education’s final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce,” […]
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