Stamp duty changes ‘will motivate first-time buyers’
The UK’s biggest mortgage lender says house prices rose 3.3% during the course of 2024....
Month : January 2025
Why Apple is offering rare iPhone discounts in China
Rival technology giant Huawei has also cut smartphone prices in the run-up to the Lunar New Year holiday....
Biden meets exiled Venezuelan opposition candidate
US President Joe Biden calls Edmundo González “the true winner” of Venezuela’s contested presidential election....
Russia claims capture of Ukrainian front-line town
Ukraine has not acknowledged the fall of Kurakhove in the war-torn region of Donetsk....
Jean-Marie Le Pen – founder of French far right and ‘Devil of the Republic’
A Holocaust denier and unrepentant extremist on race and immigration, the far-right politician has died at 96....
French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96
Le Pen – an unrepentant extremist on race, gender and immigration – founded the far-right National Front in 1972....
December sales provide little cheer for retailers
Black Friday boosted monthly sales, but overall 2024 was a lacklustre year for retail, figures show....
Firms to raise prices due to tax and wage increases
Consumers could face higher costs in the coming months amid falling confidence among UK businesses....
Cases of HMPV are on the rise in China – but what is it?
Pictures from China, where cases of the virus are surging, have people worried on social media....
WFP condemns occupation attack on aid convoy in Gaza
The UN World Food Program (WFP) strongly condemned the ‘horrifying incident’ that recently took place in the Gaza Strip, when a clearly marked WFP convoy...