Getty Images Boeing workers have voted to accept the aviation giant’s latest pay offer, ending a damaging seven-week-long walkout. Under the new contract, they will get a 38% pay rise over the next four years. Striking workers can start returning to their jobs as early as Wednesday, or as late as 12 November, the International…
A leading Slovak mountain climber has died while descending a 7,234m (23,730ft) peak in Nepal, after completing the rare feat of scaling the mountain’s perilous eastern face. Ondrej Huserka fell into a crevasse on Thursday, after he and his climbing partner ascended the Lantang Lirung mountain in the Himalayas – the 99th-highest peak in the…
Primark may invest more outside the UK as the high street will carry the “weight of tax rises” announced in last week’s budget, according to the chief executive of the cut-price fashion chain’s parent company. George Weston, the chief executive of Associated British Foods (ABF), which owns Primark as well as food and sugar brands,…
Play video content Lady Gaga gave a live performance at Kamala Harris’ final campaign rally Monday night in the all important swing state of Pennsylvania, belting out “God Bless America” to show her full support for the Democratic presidential nominee. Gaga was seated at a piano on the famous “Rocky” Steps of the Philadelphia Museum…
Joe Rogan has given his endorsement to Donald Trump as Americans head to the polls in Tuesday’s presidential election. The podcaster said he was giving the Republican his backing after being convinced in one of his interviews by tech billionaire Elon Musk, another high-profile supporter of Trump. Rogan’s backing could carry significant weight with his…
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts at a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. September 13, 2024. Piroschka Van De Wouw | Reuters Shares of Trump Media & Technology rose on Election Day Tuesday, with traders betting a second Trump presidency would give the business prospects of the Truth Social operator…
Only one in five high school boys in Japan say they have had their first kiss, the lowest ever figure recorded in a regular survey on youth sexuality. The study by the Japan Association for Sex Education (Jase) has been done every six years since 1974. High school girls are also demure with 27.5%, or…
As every southerner knows, people from the north of England will not eat chips without gravy, insist on talking to every stranger they meet and often sport a flat cap when walking the whippet. But do they also swear more? In an employment tribunal judgment that raises further questions about regional stereotypes, a judge has…
Getty Images Germany’s domestic intelligence says it was a stroke of fortune that a device in Leipzig had not ignited in mid-air (file pic) A series of parcel fires targeting courier companies in Poland, Germany and the UK were dry runs aimed at sabotaging flights to the US and Canada, Polish prosecutors say. Katarzyna Calow-Jaszewska…
A jumping castle at the centre of a primary school tragedy that killed six children was lifted, spun around in circles and tossed 75 metres by a “mini-tornado”, a Tasmanian court has been told. Rosemary Gamble, operator of Taz-Zorb, which set up inflatable equipment at Hillcrest primary school on 16 December 2021, is facing a…
