LONDON (Reuters) – British employers have offered the biggest increases in annual pay settlements since 2008 as inflation mounts but the raises are still lagging behind overall price growth, industry data showed on Wednesday. The median pay award in the three months to the end of January rose to 3%, a strong increase from 2% …
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By Andrew MacAskill and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Andrew’s decision to settle a claim that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl decades ago may bring an end to his legal difficulties but the damage done to his reputation means he is unlikely to ever play a role in public life again. The settlement …
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By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Andrew has settled a U.S. lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, potentially sparing him further embarrassment in a lurid case that helped precipitate his fall from grace. The settlement, which includes an undisclosed payment, was …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British-Belgian teenager Mack Rutherford is hoping to become the youngest male, at 16, to fly around the world solo in a light aircraft, just months after his sister became the youngest woman to do so. Rutherford said on Tuesday he felt “pretty confident” he was ready for the challenge as he posed …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew has settled a civil lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre accusing the prince of sexually abusing her when she was 17, a court filing showed on Tuesday. Here is a look at the lawsuit against Queen Elizabeth’s second son, the settlement and what the dispute means …
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By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) -London’s marine insurance market on Tuesday added the Ukrainian and Russian waters around the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to its list of areas deemed high risk as tensions persist in the region, a senior official said. Guidance from the Joint War Committee, which comprises syndicate members from the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Buckingham Palace declined to comment on Tuesday on the news that Prince Andrew had settled a lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre accusing the Duke of York of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. (Reporting by Michael Holden; writing by Kate Holton)
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday reported 46,186 new cases of COVID-19 and 234 deaths further deaths within 28 days of a positive test, government statistics showed. Cases over the last seven days are down 27.6% on the previous week, with weekly deaths down 35.5% compared to the previous seven days. (Reporting by Alistair Smout)
LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister Liz Truss spoke with her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Monday and told him it was time for final decisions in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, the foreign office said on Tuesday. Truss also reiterated her determination to secure the release of detained British nationals. The foreign …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Long COVID is less likely to affect vaccinated people than unvaccinated people, a new review of 15 studies by the UK Health Security Agency released on Tuesday has concluded. UKHSA said the people who received two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca or Moderna vaccine, or one dose of the single-shot J&J vaccine, were …
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