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Jonathan Reynold’s trip suggests government will continue its rapprochement with Beijing despite security concernsThe trade secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, will travel to Beijing to revive a key trade dialogue with China despite saying it had been naive to allow Chinese inv...
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Carriers also asked to stop purchases of aircraft-related equipment and parts from US firms, report saysChina has reportedly ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing jets, the latest move in its tit-for-tat trade war with the US....
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US president issues scathing view of Chinese counterpart’s motivations amid escalating trade war with Beijing Xi Jinping’s tour of south-east Asia this week is probably intended to “screw” the United States, Donald Trump has suggested, as Xi embarks on a five-day tour of ...
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March annual rate comes before expected rise because of household bills going up this monthBusiness live – late...
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Judges to decide if Equality Act protections include transgender women with gender recognition certificatesHow UK court defi...
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Exclusive: Number of 18- to 24-year-olds needing help in England and Wales doubles in five years as services take calls every day in 2024Honeypot locations posted on social media and poor-quality navigation apps are likely to be responsible for a record number of callouts...
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Leader of National Education Union brands Nigel Farage ‘a poundshop Donald Trump’ after he said he wished to ‘declare war’ on the organisationThe UK’s largest teaching union has called Reform UK “far-right and racist” and its leader has dismissed Nigel Farage as “a pounds...
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‘She smells really bad,’ says British player of Lois BoissonDart spoke to umpire during defeat at Rouen OpenHarriet Dart has apologised after requesting her opponent at the Rouen Open put on deodorant because she “smells really ...
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China Daily, the ruling Communist party’s English-language mouthpiece, says the US ‘has been living beyond its means for decades’The US needs to “stop whining” about being a victim after “taking a fre...
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The sector, which had been set a target to reduce spillages by 40%, needs ‘radical reform’, campaigners sayWater companies have missed their targets to reduce pollution with 2,487 incidents recorded in 2024 – twice the limit set by the Environment Agency....