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Unite has warned holidaymakers they face "severe disruption" at Gatwick Airport this month after floor workers introduced a brand new collection of strikes.More than 230 staff, who work for 2 contracted companies on the London web site, will stroll out on a number of dates later in August due to a dispute over pay, the union mentioned. Unite believes 216 flights could possibly be disrupted in the course of the first wave of commercial motion, which it claims might have an effect on round 45,000 passengers.It comes after round 1,000 Gatwick workers at 4 different corporations axed plans to strike this summer season after they have been supplied "significant" pay rises.Those collaborating within the new walkouts embody baggage handlers and airplane floor workers who work for Re...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A authorized battle over the U.S. authorities’s ongoing seize of hundreds of untamed horses in Nevada the place 31 mustangs have died in a weekslong roundup goes earlier than a choose Wednesday as opponents attempt to show it’s unlawful and ought to be stopped. ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Bank mentioned it won't contemplate new loans to Uganda after the East African nation earlier this yr enacted an anti-gay invoice that rights teams and others have condemned. ...

TUI has revealed latest wildfires in Greece value it round €25m (£21.5m) - but it surely has additionally returned to a 3rd quarter revenue for the primary time for the reason that pandemic.The journey agency stated 12 repatriation flights, compensation payouts and buyer welfare bills had all contributed to the estimated value after it cancelled outbound journeys and evacuated 8,000 holidaymakers throughout the disaster in Rhodes. It stated the Greek island accounted for round 5% of its summer time schedule - however stated 80% of its company there had been "unaffected" by the fires.The disclosure got here in TUI's new quarterly assertion - by which it reported underlying group earnings earlier than curiosity and tax of €169m (£145m) within the three months to June.The determ...

Someone in Florida gained a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night time, ending a stretch of lottery futility that had stretched for practically 4 months. ...

China's annual inflation fee has dropped to -0.3%, heightening fears the nation's sluggish restoration from COVID may have a wider influence on the worldwide financial system.The year-on-year drop within the shopper worth index (CPI) in July comes after figures earlier this week revealed imports and exports within the nation additionally fell a lot quicker than anticipated final month. CPI had been at zero the month earlier than.Read extra: Falling costs in China may simply be dangerous for everybodyThere had been hopes that enterprise would growth in China because it reopened following extreme lockdown restrictions, which in flip would doubtlessly assist the broader international financial system. But, amid indicators of a stuttering restoration and low shopper confidence, t...

While so many nations have spent the final 12 months grappling with cussed inflation, China is going through the alternative downside.Indeed, in July costs truly fell by 0.3% in comparison with a 12 months earlier than. While the time period 'deflation' should not be formally coined till costs have fallen for 3 months in a row, there are actually actual fears that's the place issues are headed, and it's nonetheless a giant second for the world's second largest financial system.You would possibly suppose that falling costs won't be such a nasty factor, certainly within the immediacy it could typically really feel like a quick reduction for households.But deflation is definitely a phenomenon that worries governments and central bankers much more than its reverse quantity, infla...

Six English water firms are going through authorized motion over allegations they under-reported air pollution discharges and overcharged clients consequently.Professor Carolyn Roberts, an environmental and water guide, mentioned she is planning to convey a string of circumstances to the Competition Appeal Tribunal in a bid to safe greater than £800m compensation on behalf of 20 million clients. She claims the businesses did not disclose the variety of sewage discharges, leading to households being "unfairly overcharged".Professor Roberts, who's represented by Leigh Day Solicitors, is bringing her first declare - estimated to be price £330m - in opposition to Severn Trent Water, which serves eight million individuals throughout the Midlands and components of Wales.It follows ...

The UK is on the right track to expertise 5 years of "lost" financial development and is vulnerable to a recession subsequent 12 months, in response to an financial assume tank.The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) mentioned by 2024 revenue inequality could have grown, together with unemployment and ranges of debt. Researchers, writing within the assume tank's newest quarterly outlook, mentioned "elevated housing, energy and food costs" would proceed into subsequent 12 months, whereas gross home product (GDP) - a key indicator of a rustic's financial output - would doubtless "barely grow".It mentioned GDP was at present 0.5% beneath the extent it was earlier than the pandemic, and wouldn't move that degree for an additional 12 months - but additionall...

A era in the past nonprofit organizations recurrently lobbied for laws and served as advocates on points. But in keeping with a current survey, charities at the moment are way more reluctant to hunt to affect lawmakers and different policymakers. ...