Changes to sick pay to cover part of workers’ salaries from the first day off could end up benefiting British businesses by as much as £2bn, according to analysis commissioned by the UK’s main union body. The Trades Union Congress (TUC), which is pushing for the government to stick with its plans for workers’ rights,…
The UK financial watchdog has fined Barclays Bank £42m over its “poor handling” of financial crime risks linked to Stunt & Co, the firm run by the socialite James Stunt, and the wealth management company WealthTek. The Financial Conduct Authority said the fines related to separate failings linked to the two businesses. It fined Barclays…
UK inflation unexpectedly rose in June driven by motor fuel prices and food, according to official figures, underscoring the challenge facing the chancellor, Rachel Reeves. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the consumer prices index rose by 3.6% last month, up from a reading of 3.4% in May. City economists had forecast an unchanged…
Authorities in Japan are searching for a hunter who went missing on a mountain in Hokkaido near where a brown bear was recently spotted, amid a spate of deadly attacks by the animals that has triggered the declaration of a bear emergency in one town. The hunter was reported missing by a friend on Mt…
Germany’s 16 states are locked in a fierce row over when they are able to take their summer school holidays, with the southernmost two accused of permanently hogging the best slots on the grounds that their children are required to help bring in the harvest. Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg are resisting calls from the other 14…
Former government ministers and youth politicians in Muslim-majority Malaysia have slammed a decision to nominate right-wing influencer Nick Adams as US ambassador to the country, calling it an insult to the nation. Donald Trump announced last week that Nick Adams, a self-proclaimed “alpha male”, had been announced as ambassador to Malaysia, praising him as a…
Strong winds have been blamed for more than 400 drones falling from the sky into Melbourne’s Yarra River during a light show celebrating the Matildas before the Women’s World Cup. The light show, using 500 Damoda drones, was scheduled for the evening of 14 July 2023 over the river in Docklands, in Melbourne’s CBD. The…
The Trump administration said it would scale down its military operation in Los Angeles with the removal of half of the national guard troops that were deployed to the area last month amid protests over the federal government’s mass immigration sweeps. Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, ordered the release of 2,000 national guard troops,…
A man has been indicted on charges of murdering a prominent Minnesota state representative and her husband and seriously wounding a state senator and his wife. Vance Boelter, who is accused of shooting dead Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, while disguised as a police officer, was indicted by a federal grand jury. He…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Woman charged with murder of seven-month-old boy in Perth A woman has been charged with murder after the death of a seven-month-old baby in Perth on Monday. Emergency services were called to a residence in Balcatta, north-west of Perth, at around…
