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Royal Mail couriers vote to strike as labour tensions mount

The union’s vote at the group’s eCourier unit casts a shadow over Daniel Křetínský’s £5.3bn takeover deal

World - Financial Times - October 30

Japan’s Mount Fuji Gets Snow After Breaking Snowless Record

Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest snowless period in 130 years.

Top stories - The New York Times - November 6

Banks face growing risk as double defaults on commercial loans mount

A bank practice known as ‘extend and pretend’ has delayed a write-off reckoning but may hide a growing systemic risk

World - Financial Times - November 7

Snow finally falls on Mount Fuji, later than ever before

Mount Fuji has finally gotten its iconic snowcap, meteorologists in Japan said, more than a month later than it did last year and the latest in 130 years.

Watch: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews giant column of ash

New volcanic eruptions have spread fresh panic among residents on the island of Flores.

Germany appoints new finance minister as pressure for quick snap elections mounts

Jörg Kukies was appointed as the new German finance minister on Thursday, replacing Christian Lindner.

Business - CNBC - November 7

Snow finally settles on Mount Fuji, weeks after it usually appears

Japan's Mount Fuji finally got its trademark snowcap more than a month after it normally would, after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years.

Vistry shares plunge as cost overruns hit profits

UK housebuilder blames ‘insufficient management capability’ and ‘poor divisional culture’ for underestimating costs

Business - Financial Times - November 8

Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki unleashes towering columns of hot clouds

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano is spewing towering columns of hot ash high into the air following the huge eruption that killed nine people and injured dozens of others

World - ABC News - November 8

Haiti appoints new prime minister as security crisis mounts

Entrepreneur Alix Didier Fils-Aimé replaces Garry Conille as country rocked by worsening gang violence. Haiti’s transitional presidential council has appointed the entrepreneur and former senate ...

World - The Guardian - November 11

France mounts security operation for Israel match after Amsterdam violence

World - Yahoo News - 6 days ago

Whistles and boos at France-Israel football match

Some fans attending the game in Paris jeer the Israeli anthem played at the start of the game.

Fears mount over Trump’s second term amid flurry of shock selections

Dismay as president-elect picks Matt Gaetz as attorney general and Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth for key roles. Fears that Donald Trump’s second presidency will be more extreme than his first have ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy amid mounting financial losses

Biggest US budget airline says it expects to operate as normal as it works its way through Chapter 11 process. Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy following mounting debt and a failed merger

Spirit Airlines said Monday it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after struggling with losses, growing debt and a failed merger during the post-pandemic travel lull.

Magicians Mount Search for Woman Behind Decades-Old Deception

A British society of magicians expelled a woman for tricking her way into the club in 1991. Now it wants to invite her back, but the woman seems to have pulled a disappearing act.

World - The New York Times - 13 hours ago

Bitcoin rises to a new record as investors absorb growing Ukraine-Russia tensions

Bitcoin moved higher Tuesday amid rising geopolitical tensions between Ukraine and Russia.

Business - CNBC - 6 hours ago

Son of Singapore’s First Prime Minister Says He Is Granted Asylum in the U.K.

Lee Hsien Yang accused his brother, a former prime minister, of persecuting him politically, inflaming the feud in Singapore’s first family.

World - The New York Times - October 23

Britain and Germany will sign a defense pact to counter Russia's growing threat

World - Yahoo News - October 22

Britain and Germany sign defense pact to counter Russia's growing threat

Officials say German submarine-hunting planes will patrol the North Atlantic from a base in Scotland under a new Britain-Germany defense pact in response to the growing threat from Russia

World - ABC News - October 23

Trump accuses Britain's ruling Labour Party of election interference

Former President Donald Trump accused Keir Starmer's British Labour Party of illegally assisting Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the election Nov. 5.

Britain's PM rejects a claim by the Trump campaign about election interference

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has rejected a claim by Donald Trump’s campaign that his Labour Party is illegally interfering in the U.S. presidential election

World - ABC News - October 23

How a Metal Detector Hobby Turned Up the Chew Valley Hoard in Britain

A pastime in a farmer’s field led to the discovery of Norman-era coins valued at more than $5 million.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 24

Britain's leaders likely to face slavery reparations questions at a summit of former colonies

A confrontation for Britain over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade appears increasingly likely to feature at a summit of nations its empire once colonized, after Caribbean leaders said ...

World - ABC News - October 24

Calls for reparations for Britain's slave trade are rooted in dark legacy

A debate about reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade overshadowed a summit in Samoa of the Commonwealth, many of whose member nations were once British colonies

World - ABC News - October 25

Britain's Labour government to deliver debut Budget this week, settling weeks of uncertainty

U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will deliver the government's hotly awaited debut budget on Wednesday, putting to bed weeks of uncertainty over potential tax hikes and spending cuts.

Business - CNBC - October 28

Utility in Britain Offers Free Electricity to Grow Clean Energy

A utility sends phone alerts when wind power is cheap. A builder sells “zero bill” houses. They’re among several experiments to redefine how people value electricity.

World - The New York Times - October 29

Tommy Robinson, U.K. Anti-immigrant Agitator, Jailed for Contempt of Court

The founder of the English Defence League was sentenced to 18 months for ignoring a court order to stop making false claims about a teenage Syrian refugee.