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      28 December

      Passengers left stranded at Gatwick Airport after rail strikes

      Passengers who touched down at Gatwick Airport on Tuesday were left stranded in the aftermath of rail strikes and reported waiting for hours for hire cars and coaches. No trains were available at the airport on Tuesday morning, despite strike action by the RMT Union ending at 6am. There are no trains between the airport and London Victoria until next Tuesday, with passengers having been told to get trains to London Bridge instead.  However, the first Thameslink service did not run until 12.43, and the first Southern Rail service on Tuesday was not until 13.33. Betty Valentine, an author, posted photos of a long queue and wrote on Twitter: “The queue for the first train out of Gatwick stretches across the airport – if…

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    • 27 December

      British train drivers striking over pay are highest-paid of their profession in Europe

      UK train drivers are the best paid in Europe earning an estimated £4,900 (€5,542) per month against €3,030 and €3,010 per month in Germany and France respectively. According to figures released by Eurostat and calculated for an average of 40 working hours per week, UK train drivers come at the very top of the pay scale compared to their counterparts in the rest of Europe. Only Danish train drivers come close to British ones with a €4,763 salary per month, followed by Irish train drivers earning an average of €3,173 per month. The figures come as members of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) at CrossCountry staged a 24-hour strike from 9pm on Boxing Day as part of a long-running campaign for a guarantee…

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    • 27 December

      People return to work in Beijing as China takes a step towards living with Covid

      Commuters wearing masks filled the subway trains of Shanghai and Beijing on Monday as the two cities of China took a step towards living with Covid-19 as hospitals continued to swell up with millions of new coronavirus patients.  After imposing tough anti-Covid restrictions for three years, Chinese President Xi Jinping removed the zero-Covid policy, which included continuous testing and tough lockdowns, on December 7 in the aftermath of public protests and increasing outbreaks. “Our country’s new coronavirus epidemic prevention and control is facing new situations and new tasks,” Xi was cited as saying by the Xinhua news agency, when he for the first time addressed the sudden change in China’s Covid policy. The virus is now spreading unchecked throughout the…

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    • 27 December

      Paris shooting suspect ‘tells investigators of hatred of foreigners’

      The man suspected of shooting dead three Kurds in Paris this week has told investigators of his “hatred of foreigners”, prosecutors say. The suspected gunman, 69, was arrested on Friday after two men and a woman were shot dead at a Kurdish cultural centre in the French capital’s busy 10th district. Three others were wounded, one of whom then managed to disarm the gunman, the Paris prosecutor’s office said. Two of those injured remain in hospital but are stable. The suspect said during questioning that a burglary at his home in 2016 had triggered a “hatred of foreigners that became totally pathological”, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement. The office had already suggested on Saturday that a suspected racist motive had…

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    • 27 December

      Braverman considers raising the threshold for British citizens applying for a family visa

      The Home Secretary is also looking into increasing the minimum salaries for companies employing skilled workers to reduce numbers. Her new blueprint would see the government pushing up the minimum income threshold for British citizens applying for a family visa for a spouse or children. Currently, a couple must prove that they have an income of at least £18,600 and show evidence they have enough money to cover the costs of any children who do not have British citizenship. Ms Braverman’s plans, which were reported by the Times, would also increase the minimum salary thresholds for workers filling jobs on the shortage occupation list, which gives employers in certain sectors more flexibility to hire from overseas. Many of the thresholds…

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    • 27 December

      Ninety migrants cross Channel on Christmas Day

      Ninety migrants crossed the English Channel in two small boats on Christmas Day. The crossings were the first recorded since Dec 21 and took the provisional total for migrants making the dangerous journey from France this year to 45,756. Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, has promised legislation in the new year to help tackle the situation by ensuring that someone who enters the UK illegally does not have the right to stay. Ministers are also working to tighten immigration rules to curb the number coming to the country legally. Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, has drawn up a plan that would target foreign students, make it harder to bring spouses to the UK and increase the minimum salaries for companies employing skilled workers, The Times reported.…

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    • 26 December

      Pope Francis appeals to call off “senseless war” in Ukraine during Christmas message

      Describing the war as “senseless”, the head of the Roman Catholic Church urged to put an immediate end to the ongoing aggression that took uncountable lives. Vatican City: Pope Francis during his traditional Christmas message on Sunday appealed to put an end to the ongoing war in Ukraine and said that it is time to express solidarity and assist all those who are suffering. Describing the war as “senseless”, the head of the Roman Catholic Church urged to put an immediate end to the ongoing aggression that took uncountable lives. The Pope delivered his message from St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. “May the Lord inspire us to offer concrete gestures of solidarity to assist all those who are suffering, and may he enlighten the…

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    • 26 December

      Bethlehem rebounds from pandemic, lifting Christmas spirits

      BETHLEHEM, West Bank: The biblical town of Bethlehem marked a merry Christmas on Saturday, with thousands of visitors descending upon the traditional birthplace of Jesus as it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic. Tourism is the economic lifeblood of this town in the occupied West Bank, and for the past two years, the pandemic kept international visitors away. This year, visitors are back, hotels are full and shopkeepers have reported a brisk business in the runup to the holiday. Although the numbers have not reached pre-pandemic levels, the return of tourists has palpably raised spirits in Bethlehem. “We are celebrating Christmas this year in a very much different way than last year,” Palestinian Tourism Minister Rula Maayah said. “We’re celebrating Christmas with…

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    • 26 December

      Google’s anti-competitive activities harm Indian consumers, economy: MapMyIndia CEO

      The CCI in October slapped a steep penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on internet giant Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in relation to Android mobile devices New Delhi: Google’s anti-competitive activities are harming Indian consumers and the economy by stifling “swadeshi” (indigenous) competitors, a top official of home-grown navigation firm MapMyIndia said. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October slapped a steep penalty of Rs 1,337.76 crore on internet giant Google for abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in relation to Android mobile devices and ordered the internet major to cease and desist from various unfair business practices. Google has approached the appellate tribunal NCLAT to challenge the CCI order on unfair business practices in…

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    • 26 December

      Chinese intruded into Indian territory to collect Cordyceps fungus: Report

      Cordyceps is mainly found in the Indian Himalayas and at higher altitudes of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in southwestern China. Beijing: Several attempts of Chinese intrusion into Indian territory were to collect Cordyceps, also known as caterpillar fungus or the Himalayan Gold, an expensive herbal drug in China, according to the Indo-Pacific Centre for Strategic Communications (IPCSC).Chinese soldiers have been accused of illegally entering Arunachal Pradesh in search of the fungus which is claimed to be costlier than gold in China. Cordyceps is mainly found in the Indian Himalayas and at higher altitudes of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau in southwestern China.Globally, in 2022, the Cordyceps market has been valued at USD 1,072.50 million. China is the largest producer as well as exporter of Cordyceps. However, according to IPCSC,…

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