Royal Mail has blamed strike action for helping send it slumping to a full-year loss of more than £1 billion. The group’s owner, International Distributions Services, revealed Royal Mail swung to an operating loss of £1.04 billion for the year to March 26, against earnings of £250 million the previous …
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The Royal Canadian Mint says it’s temporarily laying off 56 employees at its Winnipeg facility. In a statement, the Mint says “prolonged effects of the pandemic and ongoing geopolitical instability” are disrupting global markets, which it says is limiting demand for coins it makes for other countries. It says it …
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Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz addresses the kingdom’s advisory Shura Council from his royal palace in Neom, Saudi Arabia, December 29, 2021.SAUDI PRESS AGENCY/Reuters Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 86, left hospital on Sunday following a colonoscopy last week, the royal court said in a statement on state media. …
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Prince Charles and Camilla meet with representatives from local community projects supported by Meta as they attend the opening of the new office of Meta in central London on March 30.KIRSTY O’CONNOR/AFP/Getty Images Prince Charles and his wife Camilla are set to return to Canada in May, their first visit …
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London stocks rose in early trade on Tuesday despite the imposition of a third national lockdown in England, as investors eyed a statement from Chancellor Rishi Sunak on a fresh business support package. At 0840 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.6% at 6,609.84, faring well considering England was set …
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