Hundreds of current and former McDonald’s employees – some as young as 19 – have joined a legal action against the fast-food giant over allegations of bullying, sexual abuse and harassment across more than 450 UK outlets. The complaint, filed through law firm Leigh Day, follows a fresh wave of accusations highlighted by a BBC investigation. The broadcaster reported that ...
The Biden administration reportedly has been negotiating with the Taliban to swap three Americans being held in Afghanistan for a Guantanamo Bay prisoner who is alleged to have been a close associate of Osama bin Laden. The talks, which have been ongoing since at least July of last year, involve exchanging suspected senior Al Qaeda aide Muhammad Rahim al Afghani ...
Two of President-elect Trump’s former co-defendants in the classified documents case want a judge to block Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report from being released to the public. Trump’s valet Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, the property manager of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, want U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to keep Smith’s report out of the public ...
Romina Boccia As a new Congress and administration descend on Washington, they will face critical decisions that will define our economic future. The choices made—or avoided—this year could determine whether the United States averts a fiscal crisis or plunges further into unsustainable territory. The time to act decisively by putting the US budget on a path to balance is now. ...
Errol Musk, father of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, has stirred controversy by suggesting that Tommy Robinson, a far-right British activist, could one day become prime minister. In an interview with Al Arabiya News presenter Tom Burges-Watson, Errol likened Robinson’s situation to that of Nelson Mandela and criticised prominent political figures, including Nigel Farage and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. Errol ...
Quintessentially, the concierge service co-founded by Sir Ben Elliot – nephew to the Queen Consort – has cautioned that “material uncertainty” remains over its ability to continue as a going concern, despite recording higher sales and narrowing losses in its latest financial year. Newly filed accounts for Quintessentially (UK) Limited, the holding company for much of the “luxury lifestyle” group’s ...
Britain’s retailers have suffered another blow after budget-conscious consumers reined in their Christmas spending, disappointing hopes of a bumper festive season and leaving the “golden quarter” with only muted growth. Figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor show that total sales rose by just 0.4 per cent over the three months to December, compared with the same ...
A Windows partition is a distinct section of a storage drive, divided logically to organize data, install operating systems, or manage files effectively. However, sometimes instances may occur when you lose data from your Windows partition. Losing important files can be a distressful experience, but no need to worry. Luckily, there are several partition recovery software and manual methods available ...
Retail giant Next has defied expectations for the crucial Christmas trading season, posting stronger-than-forecast sales but cautioning that a spike in wage costs will lead to higher prices this year. Full-price sales at the clothing and homeware chain rose 6 per cent in the nine weeks to 28 December, beating City forecasts of 4.5 per cent. This growth – fuelled ...
Businesses shed jobs at the fastest pace in four years last month after higher employment costs and mounting uncertainty from the autumn budget dented confidence, according to the latest S&P Global data. Excluding pandemic-era figures, the decline in headcount was the sharpest in over 15 years, with nearly a quarter of firms either laying off workers or freezing recruitment. The ...