There was a clear sense of the King wanting to reset royal operations after the medical problems which befell the monarchy in 2024. By the end of that year, routine royal news reports would make no mention of his health. He had been around the world, visiting Australia in mid-October …
Read More »FBI searches home and office of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says
The FBI is searching the Maryland home and Washington office of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration as national security adviser but later became critical of the president, as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information, a person familiar with the matter said Friday, …
Read More »Royal Mail and DHL halt US deliveries over tariffs
Postal services around the world are pausing deliveries to the US over confusion around new import taxes that must be paid on parcels from the end of the month, BBC reported. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month ending the global import tax exemption on low-value parcels, which takes …
Read More »DHL Pauses Most US-Bound Parcel Shipments Ahead of De Minimis Closure
DHL Group and DHL Parcel Germany are temporarily suspending the shipment of parcels and postal items to the U.S. as the country prepares to close off the duty-free de minimis provision on Aug. 29. Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to suspend the trade exemption, which allowed …
Read More »Post office suspends mail to USA due to tariffs
Friday, 22 August 2025 17:55 The Isle of Man Post Office is suspending services to the USA this weekend. Any mail sent to America from Saturday, August 23 will be returned to sender, though letters and correspondence are unaffected. The change is due to a recent decision by the US …
Read More »X-rays: NI health trust investigating after appointment letter blunder results in raft of no-shows
Northern Trust patients affected were from similar geographic area Whiteabbey Hospital, Co Antrim An NI health trust has said it is investigating the cause of an appointment letter blunder that led to several missed appointments in its X-ray department last week. The Northern Trust has said a postal error may …
Read More »Canada to drop many of its retaliatory tariffs on the US
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday that his country will drop some of its billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs on US goods, though it will keep levies on autos, steel and aluminium. It comes a day after he and President Donald Trump spoke over the phone for …
Read More »German, French post offices restrict packages to US over tariffs
The postal services of Germany and France on Friday announced a raft of restrictions on package deliveries to the United States due to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. DHL, which owns the Deutsche Post service, said that from Saturday it would “temporarily suspend” its standard category of US package …
Read More »Dark Horse Direct offers Blue Eye Samurai statue – downthetubes.net
By John Freeman on August 22, 2025 • Dark Horse Direct has dived into the world of the hit Netflix Original series Blue Eye Samurai – the story of a samurai who cannot be swayed from her quest for revenge – with a new Blue Eye Samurai: Mizu Statue. Inspired by promotional key …
Read More »Hero postmasters ‘subsidising’ state-run Post Office from own pockets in new scandal | UK | News
Last post? Post Offices are being subsidised by loyal subpostmasters in an ‘untold scandal’ (Image: Daily Express) Britain’s army of loyal postmasters are paying to keep counters open for their communities in another Post Office “scandal”. Many are subsidising loss making businesses from their own pockets or forced to plough money from …
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