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Ambulance workers take part in a strike, amid a dispute with the government over pay. — courtesy photo
New British law to end wave of strikes to be introduced to parliament
LONDON — Legislation requiring key public services to maintain minimum safety levels during strike action by workers is to be introduced by the British government on Tuesday.The country is experiencing a wave of industrial action as pay rises fail to keep up with double-digit inflation, which is now around 40-year highs.Nurses, ambulance staff and rail workers are among those who have staged walkouts. The bill will not be debated and could take months to become law.Talks between government ministers and trade unions on Monday failed to produce a breakthrough to avert further planned strikes.The government has said it will consult on minimum safety levels to be set for fire, ambulance and rail services as part of the new law.“We will never withdraw the right to strike from people...
January 10, 2023

New British law to end wave of strikes to be introduced to parliament

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne in this file photo.
French PM to unveil controversial new pension reform
PARIS — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Tuesday will unveil the details of a hugely controversial pension reform project to raise the retirement age to 64.The plan has already angered a large majority of voters and will be a key test of French President Emmanuel Macron’s ability to implement change.Speaking ahead of crunch talks with unions that have fiercely resisted any change, Borne told FranceInfo radio that the age of 64 is “not set in stone”.She added that “other solutions” could help the government reach its target of balancing the pensions system by 2030.The overhaul would be one of the most extensive in a series of pension reforms enacted by successive governments on both the left and right in recent decades aiming to end budget shortfalls.What is clear is...
January 10, 2023

French PM to unveil controversial new pension reform

The UK defense ministry says Russia controls most of pounded salt mine town Soledar
Ukraine war: Russia steps up assault on salt-mining town of Soledar
KYIV — Russia has stepped up a powerful assault on the salt-mining town of Soledar in the Donbas region, forcing Ukrainian troops to repel waves of attacks by Wagner Group units.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there was "almost no life" with no walls left standing in Soledar, but that both the city and the nearby Bakhmut are holding on despite widespread destruction.The UK's Ministry of Defence has said Russia is likely to finally control most of the city in Ukraine's east after a months-long battle with Ukrainian forces.Russian troops and the mercenary Wagner Group have made advances in the past four days, the UK says.Soledar is near Bakhmut, where Ukraine is also locked in a bloody battle.President Zelensky said the whole land near Soledar is covered with...
January 10, 2023

Ukraine war: Russia steps up assault on salt-mining town of Soledar

After a media onslaught of interviews, trailers and leaks, Harry's memoir is published
Prince Harry's book hits shelves after days of controversy
LONDON — Bookshops across London opened at midnight to meet the demand for Prince Harry's memoir after it officially went on sale.Fans queuing to buy a hardback copy described wanting to hear the story "from the horse's mouth".It follows the chaotic launch of Spare with multiple leaks and copies being made available in Spain last week.Waterstones says Prince Harry's book has been one of its "biggest pre-order titles for a decade".The booksellers opened their flagship Piccadilly branch early on Tuesday in expectation of high customer demand, as the book was published around the world in 16 languages.Branches of WH Smith in locations including Euston, Victoria, Heathrow and Gatwick were also among those to extend their hours for the release.The memoir is...
January 10, 2023

Prince Harry's book hits shelves after days of controversy

Virgin Atlantic Cosmic Girl is parked at Spaceport Cornwall, in Newquay, England.
Britain's bid to launch first satellites from Europe ends in failure
LONDON — The first-ever satellite mission launched from Western Europe soil ended in disappointment early on Tuesday, when Virgin Orbit said its rocket had suffered an anomaly that prevented it from reaching orbit.The US-based company attempted its first international launch on Monday, using a modified jumbo jet called "Cosmic Girl" to carry one of its rockets from Cornwall in southwestern England to the Atlantic Ocean where the rocket was released.The rocket was supposed to take nine small satellites for mixed civil and defense use into orbit.But about two hours after the plane took off, the company reported that the mission encountered a problem.“We appear to have an anomaly that has prevented us from reaching orbit. We are evaluating the information,” Virgin Orbit said...
January 10, 2023

Britain's bid to launch first satellites from Europe ends in failure

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Prince Harry accuses ‘dangerous’ Queen Consort Camilla of leaking royal stories to the media
LONDON — Prince Harry has added to his allegations about the inner workings of the British royals ahead of the publication of his memoir “Spare” on Monday, setting the stage for an explosive week for the estranged family as they navigate his highly publicized disclosures.In two interviews with British and US networks ITV and CBS, the Duke of Sussex spoke of death of his mother, the Princess of Wales; his disdain for the British press; his anger over the treatment of his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and the subsequent fallout with his family since their marriage.Speaking to CBS’ 60 Minutes Sunday, Prince Harry accused Camilla, Queen Consort, of leaking stories about the family to the British media as part of her campaign to “rehabilitate” her image. He said he hadn’t...
January 09, 2023

Prince Harry accuses ‘dangerous’ Queen Consort Camilla of leaking royal stories to the media

Authorities have given the protesters until Tuesday to leave the village
Battle looms as Germany sacrifices village for coal
LUTZERATH, Germany — From her tiny wooden treehouse, which sways precariously in the winter wind, a young woman watches an enormous mechanical digger tear into the earth below, its jaws edging ever closer to the village which she's determined to save.Lützerath, in western Germany, is on the verge - literally - of being swallowed up by the massive coal mine on its doorstep.Around 200 climate change activists, who are now all that stand in the way of the diggers expanding the Garzweiler opencast mine, have been warned that if they don't leave by Tuesday they'll be forcibly evicted.It's why they've taken to the trees, Bente Opitz explains."It's a lot harder for the police to evict us," she says. "We have ropes between the treehouses so we can move...
January 09, 2023

Battle looms as Germany sacrifices village for coal

A couple eating fish and chips using a plastic fork from a single-use tray.
 England to ban single-use cutlery and plates
A couple eating fish and chips using a plastic fork from a single-use tray.LONDON — Single-use items like plastic cutlery, plates and trays will be banned in England, the government has confirmed.It is not clear when the ban will come into effect, but it follows similar moves already made by Scotland and Wales.Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey said the move would help protect the environment for future generations.Campaigners welcomed the ban, but called for a wider-ranging plastic reduction strategy.Government figures suggest that 1.1 billion single-use plates and more than four billion pieces of plastic cutlery are used in England every year.Plastic waste often does not decompose and can last in landfill for many years.Although it might be useful in terms of food hygiene, it can...
January 09, 2023

 England to ban single-use cutlery and plates

A woman stands at the site of a missile strike that occurred during the night in Kramatorsk. — courtesy Reuters
Ukraine denies Russian claim it killed 600 soldiers
KYIV — Ukraine has labelled as "propaganda" a Russian claim that it killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in an attack.Moscow claimed, without providing any evidence, that a "mass missile strike" in the eastern city of Kramatorsk had killed more than 600 Ukrainian forces.It said it was in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack on a Russian base that killed dozens of Russian soldiers on New Year's Day.But the Ukrainian military says this is untrue. "This is another piece of Russian propaganda," Serhiy Cherevaty, a spokesman for the Ukrainian army, told the BBC.Russia's Defense Ministry said it had killed more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen in a strike on buildings temporarily housing Ukrainian forces.More than 1,300 Ukrainian troops were housed in two...
January 08, 2023

Ukraine denies Russian claim it killed 600 soldiers

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Turkey has demands that NATO hopeful Sweden cannot — and does not — want to meet.
Turkey 'wants things we can't give them', says NATO hopeful Sweden
STOCKHOLM — Turkey has demands that NATO hopeful Sweden cannot — and does not — want to meet, said the Swedish Prime Minister on Sunday.Ankara has blocked Sweden and Finland's entry into the western military since May in an attempt to get the pair to meet certain political demands, prompting a long-running diplomatic tussle."Turkey both confirms that we have done what we said we would do, but they also say that they want things that we cannot or do not want to give them," Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told a defense think-tank conference."We are convinced that Turkey will make a decision, we just don't know when," he said, adding that "the decision is in Turkey's camp."Stockholm and Helsinki signed a deal with Turkey in 2022 aimed at...
January 08, 2023

Turkey 'wants things we can't give them', says NATO hopeful Sweden

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