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The Spanish fashion multinational Zarawhich has received complaints from British consumers who linked one of its advertisements to the war in the Middle East, announced that it has withdrawn it so as not to offend anyone, but at the same time noted that “The Jacket” campaign was “misunderstanding”. “The campaign, which was conceived in July […]
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UK to announce measures to reduce net immigration
United Kingdom will announce changes to its legal immigration system on Monday after a record number of arrivals in 2022 put pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to act before an election due next year. High levels of legal immigration have dominated the British political landscape for more than a decade and Sunak had promised […]
British antitrust regulator wins appeal to investigate Apple
The London Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that Britain’s antitrust regulator can investigate Apple’s mobile browser and cloud gaming services, overturning a lower court decision that the agency said could undermine its power to put investigations underway. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year opened an exhaustive investigation into Apple’s dominance and Googlefrom Alphabet […]
Irish novelist Paul Lynch wins the prestigious Booker Prize 2023
The Irish author, Paul Lynch, was awarded the prestige prize literary British Booker Prize 2023 for his dystopian novel “The Song of the Prophet” during a ceremony Sunday night in London. The novelist, who was selected for the first time, was rewarded for his fifth novel, a dark and harrowing account of the life of […]
Thousands of letters seized from Spain in the 18th century by the English come to light
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Thousands of documents, including much correspondence with Americafrom Spanish ships captured by the United Kingdom in the 18th century will be able to be consulted on the internet from Friday, the organization that stored them, the National Archives, announced in London. The documents relating to 35,000 ships, captured between 1652 and 1815, are beginning to […]
United Kingdom announces tax cuts and pension increases before elections
He British government revealed this Wednesday its fiscal plan for the coming months, which includes a drop of two points, to 10%, in the social contribution, an increase in pensions by 8.5% and an increase in the main social subsidy, Universal Credit, by 6.7%. In a statement before Parliament, the Minister of Economy, Jeremy Huntdetailed […]
The keys to the pomp surrounding the opening of the British Parliament
The king Charles III of the United Kingdom This Tuesday, for the first time as head of the British State, he read the legislative program of the Conservative Government of Rishi Sunak for this parliamentary year, in an event surrounded by all the pomp that marks tradition. Carlos III had already read the call “speech” […]
Brussels allows Hitachi Rail to buy Thales railway signaling subsidiary
The European Comission This Monday he gave his approval to the French group Thales to sell its railway signaling business to Japan’s Hitachi Rail after the latter committed to divestments in France and in Germanythe institution reported in a statement. The Spanish CAF was at the time a candidate to acquire these activities, as was […]
Cafes or libraries, the second life of British telephone booths
In his workshop full of period memorabilia, full of rusty gasoline tanks or enameled plates, Carl Burge puts the finishing touches on a red telephone booth, an emblem in the United Kingdomwhich is restoring. For more than two decades, this 54-year-old has given a second youth to these “legendary” cabins, but they are aging, spoiled […]
Antarctic melting: irreversible but less serious, limiting warming
He thaw of the Antarctica West, and the consequent rise in sea level that it will bring, is already “inevitable”but a study indicates that by keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees, this process would occur less quickly and coastal communities would have up to 50 years to adapt. A study by the British Antarctic Survey […]