The Confederation of British Industry, one of the UK’s largest business lobby groups, has shelved plans for a tie-up with manufacturing body Make UK, telling members it was “confident” an alternative emergency cash rescue would be found. A call with ...
In recent years, the United Kingdom has seen a remarkable transformation in the automotive industry as electric and hybrid vehicles have become increasingly popular. This shift is not only impacting individual consumers but is also creating exciting opportunities for small ...
BEIJING — The Chinese navy wants to hire highly educated graduate students to fly shipborne aircraft, and is raising the age limit to expand its search, as it seeks to improve the qualifications of its air personnel and build a ...
PARIS — France on Wednesday published new eligibility rules for electric vehicle (EV) incentives to exclude EVs made in China, even though carmakers in Europe do not have more affordable rival models on the French market. WHY IS FRANCE REVISING ...
OTTAWA — Canada this week divulged it had intelligence possibly linking Indian government agents to the murder of a separatist Sikh leader, the kind of news that usually sparks uproar among democratic allies. Not this time. India is being courted ...
UNITED NATIONS — Countries addressing a climate summit during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) criticized big polluters for not doing more to tackle global warming, and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said time was running short thanks to the ...
TOKYO — Japan welcomed more than two million visitors for a third straight month in August, recovering to more than 80% of pre-pandemic levels for the first time, official data showed on Wednesday. The number of foreign visitors for business ...
THAILAND’S new prime minister (PM) vowed to restrict the use of marijuana for medical purposes after thousands of weed shops opened across the country since the nation became the first in Asia to decriminalize cannabis a year ago. The government ...
The government borrowed bill less than expected last month as falling inflation and bumper tax revenues helped to improve the state of the public finances. Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in August showed that monthly public ...
The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £3.2 billion in the five months from April 2023 to August 2023. This is a £300 million increase from the same period in the previous ...