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Negotiations between Starbucks and its union have broken down with workers calling the company’s proposals “almost laughable” and highlighting the multi-million pay package of the coffee chain’s recently appointed CEO.

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late 2021

Google is being investigated by the UK competition watchdog over the impact of its search and advertising practices on consumers, news publishers, businesses and rival search engines.

The tech company accounts for more than 90% of general searches in the UK, according to the Competition and Markets Authority.

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Fifteen bodies have been brought out of an illegal goldmine in South Africa and 44 people have been taken out alive since Monday, after police blocked supplies of food, water and medicine to the workers underground in October in an attempt to force them out.

On Thursday, a letter brought …

Maro Itoje has been installed as England’s new captain before the forthcoming Six Nations with Steve Borthwick stripping Jamie George of the role after 12 months. Borthwick has also selected the in-form No 8 Tom Willis for a crucial championship but overlooked Henry Pollock.

Borthwick’s decision to hand Itoje the …

Authorities in Bangladesh have filed a criminal case against the UK Treasury minister, Tulip Siddiq, accusing her of misusing her position as an MP to gain influence and illegally acquire land with her aunt, the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Siddiq has faced mounting calls to resign over her links …

A man has been charged with driving offences after an alleged hit-and-run collision involving an eight-year-old child and a horse, which had to be put down, police have said.

Christopher Rogers, 61, of Bolventor, Launceston, has been charged with driving without due care, driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, failing …

Paulo Alberto da Silva Costa was having a regular day at work as a doorman in Rio de Janeiro when he was arrested in 2020. It was only then that he learned he was a suspect in 62 crimes: almost all were thefts, but there were also two homicide charges. …

Whether you’re on Broadway, in the audience at Radio City or marveling at what you just witnessed in Carnegie Hall, New York is the home for encores. But when it comes to one of the Big Apple’s brightest stars, coming back out on the stage doesn’t just mean another big …

Chinese officials have reportedly held preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the US to the billionaire Elon Musk, should the short-video app be unable to avoid an impending ban.

Beijing officials prefer that TikTok remains under the control of Chinese parent Bytedance, but have discussed …

Kemi Badenoch has said “peasants” from “sub-communities” from some countries are the ones in grooming and rape gangs, saying a national inquiry would seek to identify those in authority who did not act.

“There are some places where, when people behave in that way, a mob turns up and burns …