Avanti West Coast workers to strike over Christmas
Avanti West Coast train managers have voted to strike for three days over the Christmas period. The RMT union said that walkouts have been scheduled for 22, 23 and 29 December for the
Microsoft 365 suffers outage Tuesday morning
Microsoft 365 users groused over an outage Tuesday that left them unable to use a number of applications. According to Downdetector, user complaints began spiking early Tuesday morning. Most users reported issues with the
British businesses stop shipping to Northern Ireland due to updated rules
Small British businesses have stopped selling to Northern Ireland as well as Europe due to extra administrative hurdles posed by new EU customs rules coming into effect. Many small firms said they are
Altoona McDonald’s visited by Luigi Mangione is flooded with negative reviews a
The Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s restaurant Luigi Mangione — the suspect charged in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing — visited after the shooting has been flooded with negative reviews since his arrest. The low ratings
The Guardian view on the EU-Mercosur trade deal: another farmer flashpoint approaches
Anticipating the strong protectionist winds that will blow from Donald Trump’s White House, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has been responding by making her own economic weather. Last
Coffee drinkers face price rises as costs on global markets hit record high
Your morning caffeine hit could become even pricier in the new year after the cost of coffee beans on international commodity markets soared to a record high. On Tuesday, the price for arabica
Sycamore bid for Walgreens paves way for fresh Boots auction
A $10bn-plus takeover bid for one of America’s biggest pharmacy chains is set to trigger a fresh auction of Boots the Chemist after a string of aborted attempts to sell the British retail
Supreme Court may sharply limit environmental impact statements that block energy dev
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court may be about to sharply limit the reach of so-called environmental impact statements, which gauge potential harm caused by new developments and can often block or scale back large
The Latest: UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect is charged with murder in New York City
Police arrested a suspect in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a McDonald’s customer in Altoona, Pennsylvania, spotted a man who officers found with a gun, mask and writings linking him
Another infant dies in listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat meat and poultry prod
A second infant has died in an 8-state listeria outbreak related to recalled Yu Shang Food ready-to-eat meat and poultry products, according to federal health officials. The products were sold online and at