Sunday, Jan 19, 2025 14:26PM
Norwegian billionaire Petter Stordalen offered 5,000 free nights in his hotel chain to refugees and said that in the past week he has already taken in at least 50 refugee... FULL STORY >>
Resources: The Economist
BBC News : The UK has objected to Gibraltar being described as a "colony" in European Union legislation allowing UK nationals to travel to the EU after Brexit. T... FULL STORY >>
Today, Microsoft MSFT +0.00% is kicking off its launch of Windows 10 with a $10 million give-back campaign. Nine nonprofits have already been chosen to receive a portion ... FULL STORY >>
Resources: www.forbes.com
Brexit will have a bigger economic impact on the UK than the European Union, the former head of the European Central Bank has told BBC Radio 5 Live. Jean-Claude Trichet added the break-up was "totally contrary to the new w... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : Boeing has issued changes to controversial control systems linked to two fatal crashes of its 737 Max planes in the last five months. But it's still not certain when the planes, that were grounded worldwid... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : A Chinese-Australian writer who went missing at the weekend has been detained in China, the Australian government says. Yang Hengjun, a blogger and former Chinese diplomat, has not been heard from since fl... FULL STORY >>
The UK is targeting the likes of Google and Facebook by introducing a digital services tax that aims to raise £400m (€450m) a year for the government. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond unveiled the measure in ... FULL STORY >>
BBC News In a speech at a Shanghai trade expo, President Xi Jinping also made a robust defence of the global free trade system which he said was "under attack". The comments are being seen as a reference to the US, with... FULL STORY >>
BBC NEWS : Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the people of Taiwan to accept it "must and will be" reunited with China. In a speech marking 40 years since the start of improving ties, he reiterated Beijing's cal... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and the daughter of its founder, was detained at Vancouver airport on a US extradition request. China has demanded her release, calling the arrest a human ri... FULL STORY >>
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