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EasyJet on Wednesday said it made £3.59 billion ($4.5 billion) from charging passengers for flight and holiday add-ons such as extra baggage in the full year to October, as the budget airline’s CEO criticized a recent Spanish fine over the practice. The easyJet group, which includes an airline and a package holiday provider, said ancillary … Read more
Reuters Jamieson Greer (R) helped strike a new trade deal with Canada and Mexico in Trump’s first term US President-elect Donald Trump says Jamieson Greer will be his trade representative after he takes office on 20 January 2025. The announcement came after Trump threatened new tariffs – which are taxes on imported items – on … Read more
Hamas is unlikely to compromise in Gaza, despite the decision by its ally, Hezbollah, to stop fighting. A deal in Gaza would also be harder for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.
Rumours about the US returning nuclear weapons to Ukraine have been circulating since November 21, when The New York Times published an article citing several unnamed US officials who “suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union”. At this stage, these … Read more
Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported Tuesday. Two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton and two Australians died following what media said was a night out in the town on … Read more
Rami Khouri on why the Lebanon ceasefire negotiations may turn into another Western-led, carving up of the Middle East.
Veteran Democratic Party strategist James Carville scorched young progressives in the Harris campaign, arguing that their role in scuttling her interview with Joe Rogan helped cost her the election. A campaign official said earlier this month Vice President Kamala Harris backed out of appearing on “The Joe Rogan Experience” because of “concerns at how the … Read more
Just Eat Takeaway said it was delisting its shares from the London Stock Exchange due to the “low liquidity and trading volumes” of its shares on the exchange. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Just Eat Takeaway will delist from the London Stock Exchange next month, in a blow to the U.K.’s ambitions … Read more
Getty Images Drake has filed two legal actions in as many days Drake has filed a second legal action against the record label Universal Music over the promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us. In papers filed in Texas, the star accuses Universal of defamation, and claims it could have halted the release of a … Read more
The heaviest November snowstorm on record in the South Korean capital was a nuisance to commuters, and a delight to tourists, children and dogs.