Fri 06 December 2024: More than half of British employers plan to raise their prices and cut jobs in response to the new government’s first budget, according to a survey published by the Bank of England on Thursday. Almost 60% of firms expected to lower their profit margins to cope with an increase in social […]
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Fri 06 December 2024: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has uncovered new insights into the Spiderweb protocluster, a massive “city of galaxies” forming 10 billion light years from Earth, European Space Agency (ESA) reported on Wednesday. By observing the protocluster as it appeared just 4 billion years after the Big Bang, astronomers identified previously […]
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Fri 06 December 2024: The Bahamas on Thursday said it had rejected a proposal from the incoming Trump administration to take in deported migrants, as the next US president seeks to follow up on pledges to slash immigration. Donald Trump’s team has drawn up a list of countries to which it wants to deport migrants […]
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Thu 05 December 2024: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that Honda has announced a recall involving approximately 205,760 SUVs in the United States due to concerns of potential fuel leak. Specifically, Honda Passport and Pilot models manufactured between 2023 and 2025 are part of the recall. The reason for this is that […]
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Thu 05 December 2024: United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled “a plan for change” on Thursday as his Labour government seeks to regain public trust amid declining approval ratings. Delivering a major speech in Buckinghamshire, Starmer outlined six “milestones” the government aims to achieve, including building 1.5 million homes, revitalizing the National Health […]
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Thu 05 December 2024: More than three-quarters of US adults say that news organizations are biased when presenting news on social and political issues, according to a new survey. The survey from the Pew Research Center released Tuesday found that 77 percent of surveyed Americans believe media organizations are biased. This is a slight decrease […]
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Thu 05 December 2024: US tech giant Apple is facing a lawsuit for allegedly spying on its employees using company-managed devices such as iPhones. Workers using personal Apple devices must link their iCloud accounts to the company, from which Apple allegedly collects various data from off-duty employees, such as location, claimed Amar Bhakta, who has […]
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Wed 04 December 2024: Britain will push NATO allies to bolster support for Ukraine and increase defense spending during the alliance’s foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday. Foreign Secretary David Lammy will attend the NATO meeting to call for an increase in support for Ukraine and underscore its commitment to 2.5% defense spending, according to a Foreign Office […]
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Wed 04 December 2024: China has banned exports to the United States of the critical minerals gallium, germanium and antimony, which have widespread military applications, escalating trade tensions the day after Washington’s latest crackdown on China’s chip sector. The curbs, announced on Tuesday, strengthen enforcement of existing limits on critical minerals exports that Beijing began rolling out […]
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Mon 02 December 2024: The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned that attacks on the tribunal, which have come largely from Washington and Moscow, “jeopardise its very existence”. Addressing ICC members in The Hague at an annual conference on Monday, ICC President Tomoko Akane said the court faced “coercive measures, threats, pressure […]
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