Author: Morton Obrien

Workers at the UK’s largest container port began an eight-day strike on Sunday, which could affect trade and supply chains in the region. Around 2,000 workers in Felixstowe, on England’s east coast, are locked in a pay dispute, becoming the latest workers to strike in Britain. Unions demand higher wages amid cost-of-living crisis “This strike will cause major disruption and will create huge shock waves throughout the UK supply chain, but this dispute is entirely of the company’s own making,” said Bobby Morton, the national docks director of the Unite union. “The company had every opportunity to make a fair…

© Maxar Technologies/EPABerLusaAugust 21, 2022 • 19:25US, French, German and British leaders this Sunday demanded the swift dispatch of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency, Europe’s largest, to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which has been occupied by Russian troops since March.US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, German President Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke on the phone.According to Scholz’s spokesman, the four leaders agreed to quickly send inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the plant, where fighting between Russians and Ukrainians has escalated, raising fears of a…

The Foreign Secretary has been urged to intervene in the case of a Leeds University student who has been jailed in Saudi Arabia for three decades for using Twitter. Salma al-Shehab, 34, who lives in England, was arrested early last year while visiting her family. The doctoral student was initially sentenced to six years in prison, but this week it was increased to 34 years after an appeal. It is said to be the longest sentence for a women’s rights activist in Saudi Arabia. Hilary Benn, the Labor MP for Leeds Central, has now written to Liz Truss to intervene…

Liz Truss, the British foreign secretary and favorite to succeed Boris Johnson as head of the British government, said in an interview with The Sun this Sunday (21) that the prospect of an economic recession is inevitable.”We often hear that there will be a recession,” Truss said. “I don’t believe it’s inevitable.An opponent of former finance minister Rishi Sunak, Truss differs from him on how to act, especially in a tense economic and social environment, with inflation above 10% and strikes in various sectors.The foreign minister is promising immediate tax cuts instead of providing direct financial aid to sections of…

The Yorkshire Police in the United Kingdom released images this Friday of Thomas Nutt carrying the already dead woman in a suitcase. After doing so, he reported his wife missing to the police, which later turned out to be untrue. According to British channel SkyNews, the crime would have been caught on surveillance cameras on their wedding night in October 2021. In the video just released, the couple can be seen entering the house, but only the husband can be seen leaving alone with a suitcase, which is brought inside the body of his married wife, Dawn Walker. After the…

Leon Edwards will aim to become a second British UFC champion this weekend when the Birmingham fighter challenges Kamaru Usman in a welterweight rematch. Jamaican Edwards was defeated by Usman in 2015 when the Nigerian-American moved up to the title at 170 pounds. The 35-year-old Usman eventually won the belt in 2019 and has since retained it five times in a row, extending his overall winning streak to a remarkable 19 fights. Last time out, Usman (20-1) defeated Colby Covington on points to retain gold against the American for the second time. The “Nigerian Nightmare” also recorded two successful defenses…

The Brits from Kasabian have proved they have one of the most loyal F-clubs in British indie rock. “The Alchemist’s Euphoria”, their seventh album, became the quartet’s sixth album to debut at number one in the UK Albums Chart. The result will surely be a relief for the team. It was their first work featuring the vocals of Serge Pizzorno.Until recently, Serge was the guitarist and songwriter of the band’s songs. He took over as front man after singer Tom Meighan left the band after pleading guilty to assaulting his fiancee.Returning to the charts, he had four more releases, including…

The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation and officials of the United Kingdom Embassy in Brazil held a meeting in Brasilia (DF) on Monday (1st) to discuss expanding scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries. Countries. During the meeting, they highlighted the possibilities of cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, sustainability and development. The MCTI Minister highlighted the following knowledge areas as priorities for bilateral cooperation: Health and Life Sciences; agriculture and sustainable food production; Biodiversity and Bioeconomy; Climate Science and Clean Energy; Innovation and Artificial Intelligence. The representative of the United Kingdom Embassy thanked for the partnership…

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Chapecó, Campos Novos and Canoinhas are the next cities in the state of Santa Catarina to receive the Embraba caravan next week, from August 23 to 25. Criciúma is one of the cities in the state of Santa Catarina that received the initiative last Friday (12). The Embraba Caravan has already passed through Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Minas Gerais and will travel through 48 Brazilian agricultural regions. It aims to discuss alternatives to the crisis of fertilizer scarcity, train participants to develop strategies to rationalize the use of inputs and encourage adoption…