The Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has blamed a change in US president for the UK’s failure to hit post-Brexit trade targets. Badenoch told MPs that Joe Biden’s administration had no appetite for trade deals. She claimed it was why the ...
Buying, selling or hosting fake reviews will become illegal as part of changes planned in new laws being introduced on Tuesday The UK government’s new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill aims to help consumers and increase competition between big ...
Royal Mail is considering options to reform its operations in order to address the challenges it faces in the modern era with a reduction in the number of letter deliveries from six per week to either five or three. This ...
TAIPEI — Taiwan’s president-elect, Lai Ching-te, signaled on Wednesday his desire for Taipei to join the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, considering the island’s key role in the global economy. The United States excluded chip powerhouse Taiwan from the framework, part ...
Supermarket chain Morrisons has scrapped four-day working weeks for its head office staff following feedback. The company introduced the scheme for people working at its Bradford headquarters in 2020, reducing their weekly working hours from 40 to 37.5. As part ...
With only eight days remaining until the deadline, there are still around 4 million individuals who have not yet submitted their self-assessment tax return. In response, HM Revenue and Customs has issued a call to action, urging people to take ...
BANGKOK — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Wednesday he believes the country’s economy is in crisis, adding the government would roll out stimulus measures in addition to handouts to boost growth. “I confirm that the economy is not ...
BEIJING — China created 12.44 million new urban jobs last year, meeting its target, but more efforts are needed to prop up employment amid uncertain economic conditions in 2024, the country’s human resources ministry told a press conference on Wednesday. ...
SEOUL — North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles towards the sea off its west coast on Wednesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The missiles were fired at around 7 a.m. (2200 GMT on Tuesday) and were being analysed ...
DOHA/GAZA/JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas have moved closer to agreement on a 30-day ceasefire in Gaza when Israeli hostages and Palestinians prisoners would be released, sources told Reuters, as Israel pressed ahead with its assault on southern Gaza’s main city ...