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Posts suspend services to the Middle East

National postal operators across Europe, Asia and Oceania have suspended deliveries, returned parcels to senders and warned of mounting international delays after airspace closures linked to the US–Israel–Iran conflict disrupted global mail routes. As previously reported by CEP-Research, the express and freight sectors have also been heavily impacted by the …

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Ex-Royal Navy chief says ‘horrible but acceptable’ US torpedoing of Iranian warship makes conflict ‘a global war’ – and describes what strike would have been like for the sailors on board

The United States-Iran conflict became a ‘global war’ on Wednesday night after an American submarine sank a regime warship in international waters. A torpedo launched from the US sub struck the Iris Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka, some 2,000 miles from Iran.  Footage showed a huge explosion beneath …

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Keith McDowall obituary: non-spinning spin doctor

When Keith McDowall titled his autobiography Before Spin he was making a point. During his years in Whitehall as a non-spinning media guru, he was scrupulously non-partisan and rigorously honest. Serving Conservative and Labour ministers during the premierships of Harold Wilson, Edward Heath and James Callaghan, he instructed his staff …

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Trump warns Starmer: Fall into line over Iran, or else

US President Donald Trump has delivered the most extraordinary public rebuke of a British prime minister in the post-war period, insisting that he and NATO allies fall fully into line behind the US-led war on Iran. Speaking from the Oval Office Tuesday, Trump denounced Keir Starmer for initially refusing to …

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The last post for mail investments?

At face value, the collapse of City Link on Christmas Eve is just the latest in a long line of setbacks for the UK’s postal and courier services as they struggle to get to grips with the online retail revolution. The ever-changing dynamics of consumer spending have caused significant upheaval …

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