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US shipping chaos: I fear my wedding sari is destroyed

US shipping chaos: I fear my wedding sari is destroyed

Graduate student Nicole Lobo moved back to the US in late August after a year in the UK, shipping 10 boxes of possessions back home to Philadelphia that she expected to arrive within a few days. Six w …

US-China trade tensions back as port fees take effect

US-China trade tensions back as port fees take effect

The US and China started charging new port fees on each other's ships on Tuesday, as trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies increase. China says its levies aim to safeguard the count …

Vodafone says outage affecting thousands of customers resolved

Vodafone says outage affecting thousands of customers resolved

Vodafone says it has resolved an outage on Monday across its network that left thousands of people across the UK without internet access. More than 130,000 reports were flagged to web outage monitor D …

Wage growth slows slightly over summer

Wage growth slows slightly over summer

Wage growth in the UK cooled slightly over the summer, as unemployment ticked up marginally. Average wage growth was 4.7% in the three months to August, down from 4.8% over the three months to July, a …

War crimes alert as food runs out in besieged Sudan city

War crimes alert as food runs out in besieged Sudan city

Satellite images show how Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is flouting international law by intentionally targeting civilians in the besieged city of el-Fasher - actions that should be …

Watchdog vows Botox crackdown after BBC exposé

Watchdog vows Botox crackdown after BBC exposé

The pharmacists' watchdog has promised to investigate and 'take action' after the BBC exposed illegal and potentially harmful practices in the aesthetic Botox industry. Under UK law, Botox can only be …