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UK to offer 10,500 post-Brexit visas to counter growing worker crisis
Sep 26, 2021
LONDON — Britain will issue up to 10,500 temporary work visas to lorry drivers and poultry workers to ease chronic staff shortages, the government announced on Saturday, in a U-turn on post-Brexit immigration policy.The short-term visas, to run from next month until late December, come as ministers grapple with a huge shortfall in drivers and some ...
Sudan says it will talk with protesters over oil shutdown
Sep 26, 2021
KHARTOUM — Sudan's transitional government on Sunday sent a senior delegation to the ...
IMF chief says she 'did not pressure anyone' while at World Bank
Sep 25, 2021
WASHINGTON — After an investigation found she used her senior role at the World Bank ...
Huawei executive freed in Canada after deal with US prosecutors
Sep 25, 2021
SHENZHEN, China — Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was headed home from Vancouver on Saturday as two Canadians released from prison in China re ...
US jobless claims rise again amid Delta, hurricane
Sep 23, 2021
WASHINGTON — New applications for US unemployment benefits rose for the second straight week last week, according to government data on Thur ...
Google to spend $2b on New York City office
Sep 22, 2021
NEW YORK — Google announced on Tuesday plans to buy a New York City office building for $2.1 billion, confirming its push into America's lar ...
Stocks rise awaiting Fed update
Sep 22, 2021
LONDON — Stock markets mostly rose on Wednesday, recovering further from recent sharp losses on easing concerns over Chinese property giant ...
IEA presses Russia to end Europe gas shortage
Sep 21, 2021
PARIS — The International Energy Agency (IEA) on Tuesday urged Russia to step up gas deliveries to Europe in anticipation of higher winter d ...
Barbers suffer under Taliban rule as Afghans shun fashion
Sep 21, 2021
"Before, people came and asked for different hairstyles, but it's simply not like that anymore," 24-year-old Shah said at his barber's shop, ...
UK rules out gas supply emergency as prices soar
Sep 20, 2021
LONDON — Britain's government does not expect a gas supply emergency during the winter as soaring prices threaten energy groups, Business Se ...
Canada election heralds more government spending
Sep 19, 2021
OTTAWA — Canada spent hundreds of billions of dollars to aid workers and keep businesses afloat during the pandemic, causing its national de ...
Allegations of favouring China could erode confidence in IMF chief
Sep 18, 2021
WASHINGTON — A storm of controversy threatens to undermine Kristalina Georgieva's leadership of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as exp ...
UAE to pour billions into UK investments
Sep 17, 2021
ABU DHABI — The UAE will invest billions of dollars across the UK's technology, infrastructure and energy transition sectors, Abu Dhabi's Mu ...

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