By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Pay settlements by British employers held at 6% in the quarter to April, matching the record increases seen in the three rolling quarters before, but were well below double-digit inflation, data from human resources company XpertHR showed on Wednesday. XpertHR said the median basic pay settlement in the three …
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By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Boards of listed companies face tougher hurdles from January 2025 to show investors they have effective safeguards against fraud to ensure accurate financial reports, Britain’s corporate governance watchdog proposed on Wednesday. Following collapses at retailer BHS and builder Carillion, the government ordered reviews that produced recommendations including stronger internal …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin on Saturday delivered Vladimir Putin one of the few battlefield victories of the president’s 15-month war in Ukraine. Even then, Russia’s most powerful mercenary could not resist breaking the taboos of Putin’s tightly controlled political system. Holding a Russian flag and with an automatic weapon slung over …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday announced new funding for a landmark scientific experiment deep in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest that will measure the impact of rising carbon dioxide levels on trees, the British embassy said. Foreign Secretary James Cleverley visited the project north of the city of Manaus where scientists are erecting dozens of towers …
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By William James and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Boris Johnson has been referred to police over further potential breaches of lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, a charge the former prime minister’s office portrayed as “yet another politically motivated stitch up”. The Cabinet Office, which is responsible for overseeing the operation of government, said …
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By Byron Kaye and Kylie MacLellan SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) -Rolf Harris, a mainstay of family entertainment in Britain and Australia for more than 50 years before his career collapsed into disgrace with his conviction for indecently assaulting young girls, has died aged 93. The Australian-born Harris, had been seriously ill with neck cancer and receiving 24-hour …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will relax immigration rules for fishing industry jobs to address a shortage of workers in the sector, the government said on Tuesday, making it cheaper and easier for overseas applicants to get a visa. The fishing industry is often seen as a bellwether for the success of Brexit, having loudly supported …
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By Amanda Ferguson LONDON (Reuters) – The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) will seek additional British government funds for Northern Ireland as a condition for restoring the region’s power-sharing government, its leader said on Tuesday. The DUP is in talks with London about restoring the region’s devolved government, which collapsed in February last year over its …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Hari Budha Magar, the first above the knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, said on Sunday that his ascent would raise awareness about disability. Magar, 43, climbed the 8,848-metre (29,032-foot) Everest on artificial legs on Friday and is now taking rest at the base camp, said Pravat Adhikari …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) -British equities fell on Tuesday as uncertainties surrounding a U.S. debt ceiling deal dented sentiment, while Burberry slipped, tracking wider declines across European luxury stocks. The FTSE 100 fell 0.1%, down after three sessions in the green, while the FTSE 250 midcap index lost 0.3%. White House …
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