Food prices in the UK have soared by a record 10.6% this month, as the war in Ukraine continues to drive the cost of staples such as margarine, pasta and tinned tomatoes to new highs. Overall, shoppers faced 5.7% inflation ...
DUBAI/SULAIMANIYA, Iraq — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighboring northern Iraq, where authorities said 13 people were killed. The strikes were reported after Iranian authorities accused ...
VENICE, Fla. — Hurricane Ian plowed into Florida’s Gulf Coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday, unleashing howling winds, torrential rains and a treacherous surge of ocean surf that made it one of the most powerful US storms in recent years. ...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Russia was poised to annex a swath of Ukraine within days, releasing what it called vote tallies showing overwhelming support in four provinces to join it, after what Ukraine and the West denounced as illegal sham referendums ...
A rail strike scheduled for Saturday will be the biggest yet this year, with 11 per cent of services operating and most cities cut off. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers’ (RMT) union, Unite, the Transport Salaried Staffs’ ...
Borrowing costs for British companies have surged as the fallout from Friday’s mini-budget continues to reverberate around bond markets. Sterling corporate bond prices look set for their biggest monthly fall since the late 1990s, despite Bank of England moves to ...
Britain’s biggest carmaker has revealed the scale of efforts to retrain its workforce to cope with the shift to zero-emission vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover said 10,000 workers in the UK alone, both in its facilities and those employed by dealers ...
Just as pandemic-related supply chain dislocation among motor manufacturers has begun to abate, carmakers have warned that they are being hit by the sharp fall in sterling and rapidly rising energy costs. The latest UK car factory output figures were ...
The UK government-backed British Business Bank has warned that the worsening economy could increase the number of companies unable to repay its loans, including coronavirus pandemic support. The BBB said in its annual report on Wednesday that “should an economic ...
Vodafone has claimed the top spot as the UK’s most valuable brand for the fifth year in a row. That’s according to the latest Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable UK Brands 2022 report. Collectively, the UK’s leading 75 brands are now ...