Uk Charters Flight for British Nationals to Leave Lebanon

DHS deports Chinese migrants on charter flight

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deported a group of Chinese migrants earlier this week on a charter flight to China, according to officials. Tuesday's flight marked the second removal of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

UK deports record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians in single flight

Flight comes as news emerges of plan to send asylum seekers who arrive on Chagos Islands to British territory of Saint Helena. A record number of Nigerians and Ghanaians were deported to their home ...

World - The Guardian - October 19

British national and several Turkish citizens abducted in Kenya

World - Yahoo News - October 19

British national and several Turkish citizens abducted in Kenya

Necdet Seyitoğlu, 49, said he and others were abducted in the capital city of Nairobi.

BC Vote in Limbo Until Final Count After Conservative Surge

World - Yahoo News - October 20

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes on Lebanon and Gaza leave dozens dead

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing journalists in southeast Lebanon, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies

World - ABC News - October 25

From the archives: British PM Margaret Thatcher joins Face the Nation

In the midst of the Iran-Contra hearings on Capitol Hill, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joined Face the Nation in July of 1987. Moderator Lesley Stahl asked the prime minister about how ...

The little airline that could — Lebanon's national carrier braves Israeli airstrikes

Since Israel began bombarding Beirut’s southern suburbs in its war against Hezbollah militants, Lebanon’s national air carrier has become a local icon simply by continuing to do its job

World - ABC News - October 22

Ryanair warns air travel tax rises mean 10% of its UK flights could be cut

CEO Michael O’Leary says decision to raise passenger duty ‘will deliver cuts, not growth’

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Faulty jobs data leaves UK hiring picture uncertain, economists say

Minimum wage rise in Budget at time of labour market uncertainty could lead to more unemployment

World - Financial Times - October 27

Reeves cuts National Wealth Fund budget despite UK investment drive

Chancellor’s decision comes as government seeks to work with private sector to decarbonise economy

Business - Financial Times - October 14

‘We won’t leave’: survivors defiant after Israel turns sights on Lebanon’s Baalbek region

Residents in some towns say there was no warning before IDF airstrikes that killed more than 120 people. Warning: this article includes graphic content Fadi was praying on Wednesday afternoon ...

World - The Guardian - Yesterday

Commonwealth nations adopt their first ocean declaration

Commonwealth countries have adopted their first ocean declaration during their summit held for the first time in the Pacific island nation of Samoa

World - ABC News - October 26

The Paris conference for Lebanon raises $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian and military support

An international conference for Lebanon in Paris raised $1 billion in pledges for humanitarian aid and military support

World - ABC News - October 24

Middle East crisis live: Israeli attacks on UN forces in Lebanon must stop, say UK, Italy, France and Germany

Benjamin Netanyahu claims Israeli military did its utmost to avoid harming Unifil personnel while striking Hezbollah fighters. More now on the Hezbollah strike on an IDF training base we reported ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

No 10 rejects claims PM received Taylor Swift tickets as ‘thank you’ for security measures – as it happened

Downing St says decisions over protection for the singer were up to Scotland Yard and not the government. Keir Starmer has has welcomed private investment of £550m to make it easier for people to ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

UK’s clean power 2030 target unachievable without reform, warns National Grid

Investment and ‘clarity of ambition’ required to decarbonise electricity system, says top executive

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – UK politics live

Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ right. In the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

National insurance rise will hit lower-wage parts of UK economy hardest, study shows

Findings of IFS think-tank come as Reeves acknowledges policies could dampen pay growth

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

UK apologizes for child's death in case that made air pollution in low-income areas a national issue

The British government has apologized for the death of a 9-year-old girl who is believed to be the first person in the U.K. to have air pollution listed on her death certificate, after a ...

Health - ABC News - 4 days ago

UK apologizes for child's death in case that made air pollution in low-income areas a national issue

The British government has apologized for the death of a 9-year-old girl who is believed to be the first person in the U.K. to have air pollution listed on her death certificate, after a ...

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

BBC chair suggests ending 'odd' 10-year charter renewal

Samir Shah says there's a "sense of almost perpetual government review over the BBC".

It Was Love After First Flight

Lindsay Bennie heeded Victoria Williams’s call for a Valentine’s date, but they were hundreds of miles apart. Once they finally met, “our connection was instantaneous,” Ms. Bennie said.

Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 18

Standard Chartered lifts income guidance again after beating third-quarter profit forecasts

The lender, which derives most of its revenue from Asia, saw pre-tax profit jump of 37% from the $1.32 billion posted a year ago.

Business - CNBC - 6 days ago

Charter’s broadband saga may have bottomed. Has its stock done the same?

Charter shed 110,000 internet customers in the quarter, but a MoffettNathanson analyst thinks the rate of decline has bottomed out.

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

SpaceX's Starship Cleared for New Test Flight

The FAA said requirements have been met for the next launch. The company has criticized the length of reviews.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 12

Salmond's body to be brought home on private flight

The former first minister died at a conference in North Macedonia on Saturday at the age of 69.

Alex Salmond's body arrives back in Scotland

The former first minister died of a heart attack in North Macedonia at the weekend.

Passengers stuck on planes and homes without power

Northern Ireland Electricity restored power to more than 10,000 customers over the course of Sunday.

Lufthansa extends suspension of flights to Beirut, Tehran into 2025

World - Yahoo News - October 23

Birmingham Airport back open after evacuation

Flights were grounded and passengers told to leave the building as police investigated a suspicious vehicle.

Why flights to Europe are the cheapest they've been in years

Airlines have ramped up capacity between the U.S. and Europe in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business - CNBC - 2 days ago

Flights Redirected From Barcelona as Storms Lash Coast

Flights were rerouted away from the city as heavy rainstorms hit, just days after other parts of Spain suffered some of the worst flooding in the country’s recent history.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - Yesterday

The great British gilt tilt

Be not afeard

World - Financial Times - October 15

Delta ex-flight attendant files lawsuit alleging retaliation, sexual harassment

Attorneys for Aryasp Nejat, fired in August, argue he is ‘one of the latest casualties’ of airline’s anti-union campaign. A former flight attendant at Delta Airlines has filed a lawsuit against the ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

Turbulence on Air Canada flight sends food flying around the cabin

Air Canada says nobody was hurt, but "moderate turbulence" on one of its flights from Vancouver to Singapore did make a mess of a passenger mealtime.

World - CBS News - October 15

Uk Charters Flight for British Nationals to Leave Lebanon

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