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US grocery workers hit by rising prices: ‘We’re at the bottom of the food chain’
Wed, 27 Nov 2024, 12:00
Grocery prices have surged in recent years, rising byalmost 27%since the months before the pandemic. Workers inside grocery stores have been hit particularly hard. “We’re often the people down at the bottom of the food chain when it comes to wages, ” said Conor Watson, a meat cutter at a …
Malta summit ends the cold war – archive, 1989
Wed, 27 Nov 2024, 11:45
Summit leaders hold joint press briefing: Bush and Gorbachev seek rapid arms-cuts progress By Hella Pickin Valletta4 December 1989 The decision to stage a joint press conference at the end of the turbulent seawater summit was one more programme change forced on the two leaders yesterday by Malta’s stormy weather. …
Wednesday briefing: Why was the UK so poorly prepared for extreme flooding?
Wed, 27 Nov 2024, 06:42
Good morning. Storm Bert brought heavy rain, gale-force winds and snow across the country last weekend, overwhelming flood defences already described as being in disrepair. Parts of south Wales and south-west England, where a month of rain pummelled sodden towns and villages, fared particularly badly. At least five people died, …
Inflation flat at 2.1% as RBA likely to sit tight on interest rates
Wed, 27 Nov 2024, 05:48
Australia’s headline inflation rate remained well within the Reserve Bank of Australia’s target band in October but the central bank is likely to want more proof price rises have moderatedbefore it will cut interest rates. Last month, the consumer price index was 2. 1% higher than a year ago, holding …
Will Labour’s 2030 green energy goal cost more than 2035? They should come clean | Nils Pratley
Wed, 27 Nov 2024, 05:00
The government’s plan todecarbonise the UK’s electricity system by 2030is a vast undertaking. Energy companies will throw £40bn-plus annually at the effort, backed by financing that ultimately affects consumers’ bills. So it is extraordinary that no official body seems able to answer this question: will it cost more to complete …
China’s CO2 emissions have peaked or will in 2025, say 44% of experts in survey
Wed, 27 Nov 2024, 00:01
Nearly half of experts surveyed by a climate thinktank believe China’s carbon dioxide emissions have already peaked, or will do so in 2025, reflecting increasing optimism about the country’s green transition at a time when it is being called on to take a leading position on global climate action. According …
Vauxhall owner plans to shut Luton van factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk
Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 22:37
The owner of Vauxhall has announced that it plans to close its van factory at Luton, in a decision that will put 1, 100 jobs at risk of being cut or moving location despite the UK government preparing to relax rules on electric cars. Stellantis said it would shift van …
Smithfield meat market to close for good after relocation plans voted down
Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 18:21
London’s historic Smithfield meat market is to close for good after the City of London Corporation voted to pull out of plans to relocate it and Billingsgate fish market to Dagenham. The corporation, which owns and operates the central London site of the centuries-old market, had earlier this month put …
Mexico president vows to retaliate with own tariffs against Trump’s tax threat
Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 18:20
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has rebuked Donald Trump’sthreat to impose steep tariffs on Mexico, arguing the plan would do nothing to halt the flow of migrants or drugs bound for the US border, and vowing that Mexico would hit back with tariffs of its own. “One tariff would be followed …
RFU’s annual report shows a worrying decline. Has it lost its purpose? | Gerard Meagher
Tue, 26 Nov 2024, 17:38
There have been suggestions in recent years, little more than rumours – though plenty of them – that the Rugby Football Union’s chief executive, Bill Sweeney, might have been preparing his exit strategy. That finding a replacement for Eddie Jones could be his parting gift, that negotiating the new eight-year …
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