Two female staff members were threatened with a knife during an armed robbery in a shop in Magheralin, County Down. The incident happened at around 17:40 GMT on Friday at…
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India: Amazon faces Indian court scrutiny for labour conditions at warehouse
Amazon is facing prosecution in an Indian court for labour law violations at a major warehouse near the country’s national capital of Delhi. An inspection was launched after reports emerged of…
USA: Biden approves $385m arms sale to Taiwan
The United States has signed off on $385m in new weapons sales to Taiwan, the latest sign of deepening military ties that have unsettled China. The US expects to begin delivering…
Kosovo: PM Albin Kurti blames Serbia for explosion at canal supplying power plants
A canal in Kosovo feeding two power plants that generate most of the nation’s electricity has been damaged in an explosion, with the prime minister calling it a “terrorist attack”…
USA: PM Justin Trudeau at Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump after tariff threat
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Florida to meet Donald Trump as Canada seeks to head off the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. Canadian media…
UK: Electric car production drops with firms ‘under intense pressure’
UK car production fell sharply in October amid industry concerns about “intense pressure” on investment in electric vehicle-making. Output of all cars dropped by more than 15% from a year…
Canada: Oil patch rattled by Trump’s tariff threat
In Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta, there is a deep sense of unease over President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods. Canadian politicians and energy…
India: Fatal car crash in Uttar Pradesh sparks concerns over Google Maps
Can a navigation app be held responsible if a user gets into an accident? That is the question being asked in India after three men died when their car veered…
Sweden: PM Ulf Kristersson asks China to co-operate over severed cables
Sweden has formally asked China to co-operate with an investigation into damage to two cables in the Baltic Sea after a Chinese ship was linked to the incidents. The cables…
Canada: Watchdog sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct
Canada’s Competition Bureau is suing Google for alleged anti-competitive conduct in its online advertising. In a statement, the country’s antitrust watchdog alleged Google had illegally linked two advertising tools to…