UK employee numbers surge above pre-pandemic level
British employers added a record 241,000 staff last month, lifting the total number of employees on company payrolls to just above the level before Britain first went into a COVID-19 lockdown ...
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Israel Q2 GDP revised upwards as economy rebounds from COVID
Israel’s economy grew faster than previously estimated in the second quarter, bouncing back strongly after most COVID-19 related restrictions were lifted.
Gross domestic product grew 16.6 per cent at an ...
Lebanon to sign contract for central bank forensic audit in days
Lebanon’s outgoing finance minister Ghazi Wazni said on Tuesday a contract for a forensic audit of the central bank would be signed in a few days by the new ...
Britain delays implementation of post-Brexit trade controls
Britain said on Tuesday it was delaying the implementation of some post-Brexit import controls, the second time they have been pushed back, citing pressures on businesses from the pandemic and ...
Pele to leave intensive care this week, says daughter
Pele will be moved out of intensive care in the next day or two as the Brazil great continues his recovery from surgery, his daughter Kely Nascimento said.
The 80-year-old ...
Apple rushes to fix iPhone message spyware bug
A cyber surveillance company based in Israel developed a tool to break into Apple iPhones with a never-before-seen technique that has been in use since at least February, internet security ...
Greece plans firm hand on Afghan migrants, wants more EU help
Greece would seek to block a potential wave of Afghan asylum-seekers fleeing Taliban rule and needs more European Union help on migrant issues, the prime minister said.
The Taliban’s ...
Chelsea start defence of Champions League crown
Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante will not be involved in the club’s Champions League opener against Zenit St Petersburg, manager Thomas Tuchel said on Monday ahead of their Group ...
UK’s travel sector facing new wave of job cuts, industry body warns
Britain’s travel sector is bracing for a new wave of job cuts, with an industry trade body saying that more than two thirds of its members were planning to ...
Putin meets Assad, takes swipe at US and Turkish forces in Syria
President Vladimir Putin received Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in Moscow for the first time since 2015 on Monday and criticised foreign forces that are in Syria without a U.N. mandate, ...
Banks expect London to remain a top financial centre, says survey
London will remain a leading global financial centre despite uncertainty over regulation due to Brexit, Lloyds Bank’s annual sentiment survey of financial firms showed on Monday.
Britain fully left ...
UK employers, stung by new levies, call for overhaul of tax system
British businesses demanded that finance minister Rishi Sunak stop raising their taxes and instead offer more help to meet the challenges of Brexit, COVID-19 and climate change when he makes ...
Nicholas strengthens into hurricane, pounds coastal Texas, Louisiana with rain
Heavy rains fell across the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana on Tuesday as tropical storm Nicholas strengthened into a hurricane and spun toward land, bringing the threat of widespread ...
Delta spreads in China, new cases ease in New Zealand, Australia
New local COVID-19 infections more than doubled in China’s southeastern province of Fujian, health authorities said on Tuesday, prompting officials to quickly roll out measures including travel restrictions to ...
Everton hit back in style to beat Burnley
Everton struck three times in seven minutes in the second half as they came from a goal down to beat Burnley 3-1 and move level on points with Premier League ...
Coronavirus: More than 50% of adults vaccinated in north
Close to 56 per cent of the adult population in the north have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, with 53.1 per cent having both shots, it was announced ...
Prince Andrew to challenge jurisdiction over accuser’s lawsuit in New York
By Jonathan Stempel
Britain’s Prince Andrew plans to challenge a U.S. court’s jurisdiction over a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her ...
Disgruntled China Evergrande investors crowd headquarters in protest
Chaotic scenes erupted at the headquarters of cash-strapped developer China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) on Monday, as roughly 100 disgruntled investors crowded its lobby to demand repayment of loans and financial products.
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UN seeks $600 million for Afghanistan’s ‘most perilous hour’
The United Nations urged the world on Monday to raise $606 million for Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger are spiralling since the Taliban took power, and foreign aid has dried up ...
Wealthy dads become first to go on trial in US college admissions scandal
Two businessmen sought to use their wealth to fraudulently secure spots for their children at elite U.S. universities, a federal prosecutor said on Monday at the start of the ...
Busquets urges Barca to move on from Messi exit as Bayern await
Barcelona are still digesting the shock of losing Lionel Messi but are not yet counting out the chance of an unlikely tilt for the Champions League, captain Sergio Busquets said ...
Britain’s top medics recommend 12 to 15-year-olds get Covid vaccine
Britain‘s top medical advisers on Monday recommended that all 12 to 15-year-olds receive a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, citing the benefit on avoiding disruption to education after a ...
Passengers down 71 per cent at Heathrow, asks for changes to travel rules
Britain’s biggest airport Heathrow said on Monday passenger numbers were still 71 per cent lower in August compared to the same month before the COVID-19 pandemic, as it demanded that ...
Pope laments Europe’s fractures between individual rights and common good
Pope Francis warned against too much focus on individual rights and culture wars at the expense of the common good on Monday during a visit to Slovakia amid increased nationalism ...