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Business News- Special delivery: how a Royal Mail postbox ended up in Antarctica 13/12/2025A letter to the king has added a royal flourish to life at Rothera Research Station, where mail remains a vital link to the worldIt might be traditional to write to Father Christmas with a gift list, but when Kirsten Shaw wanted a new postbox for staff at the UK’s Rothera Research Station in Antarctica, […]
- Cuba denounces US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast as ‘piracy’ 13/12/2025Cuban foreign ministry called US military action ‘maritime terrorism’ under a policy of ‘economic suffocation’Cuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on Wednesday, calling it an “act of piracy and maritime terrorism” as well as a “serious violation of international law” that hurts the Caribbean island nation […]
- Labour is procrastinating over policy as UK’s economy goes backwards | Phillip Inman 13/12/2025New business rates regime that is poised to hit pubs and hotels is latest example of hasty decision-makingThere is a heavy cloud hanging over Labour’s Christmas celebrations.The most recent figures show the economy is going backwards and worse, the slide is prompting recession talk in the corridors of City banks. Continue reading...
- Gavin Newsom pushes back on Trump AI executive order preempting state laws 13/12/2025California governor says order pushes ‘grift and corruption’ instead of innovation just hours after president’s dictumThe ink was barely dry on Donald Trump’s artificial intelligence executive order when Gavin Newsom came out swinging. Just hours after the order went public Thursday evening, the California governor issued a statement saying the presidential dictum, which seeks to […]
- Dior, Chanel and … Veja? The ethical Paris trainer worn by A-listers and royalty 13/12/2025Veja doesn’t do surveys or freebies, hates greenwashing and Black Friday, and as demand for trainers wanes, it continues to go its own wayIn the grand hierarchy of Paris fashion, it’s tricky for a brand to stand out. Especially one whose coup de maître is a goes-with-everything white sneaker. Yet 20 years after Veja first […]
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