LONDON (Reuters) -The National Education Union (NEU) on Monday recommended that its members in England reject a government pay offer of a one-off payment this year of 1,000 pounds ($1,227) and an average pay rise of 4.5% in the next financial year. Teachers have been involved in strike action this year that has left classrooms …
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By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays has said recent allegations against its former Chief Executive Jes Staley are “serious and new”, after U.S. lawsuits alleged he had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged involvement in his sex-trafficking operation. The British bank said in a notice ahead of its annual general meeting scheduled …
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) – Glass beads spawned in violent impacts from space rocks on the lunar surface have been found to have water trapped inside, offering what scientists describe as a potential reservoir of this precious resource for future human activities on the moon. Scientists said on Monday an analysis of lunar soil samples …
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(Reuters) – Jounce Therapeutics Inc on Monday agreed to be acquired by privately held Concentra Biosciences for $96.46 million, while spurning a merger deal with British biotech firm Redx Pharma. The new Concentra deal also involves a workforce reduction of about 84% of Jounce’s employees, compared to about 57% as part of the Redx deal, …
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KIREYEVSK, Russia (Reuters) – Residents of the small Russian town of Kireyevsk expressed shock and anger on Monday that an alleged Ukrainian drone had been downed over their houses, bringing down roofs and ceilings and putting their lives in danger. “It’s absolutely outrageous to shoot it down over a residential area. There’s a field just …
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(Reuters) – European countries are experiencing a wave of strikes and protests due to high energy prices, a wider rise in living costs, and in France an increase in the retirement age. Here are details from across Europe: GERMANY * Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on Monday, causing …
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By Kylie MacLellan and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Humza Yousaf, the man set to become Scotland’s first Muslim leader after a bruising contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon, is an experienced minister who faces a tough task uniting the Scottish National Party around its independence bid. Announced the winner in the race, which will see …
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By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Soaring inflation is taking the steam out of Hungary’s wedding market, supercharged in recent years by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s lavish family support measures, with the number of weddings plunging to a nine-year-low at the start of 2023. Nationalist Orban, in power since 2010, has launched …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced increasing pressure on Monday to put the brakes on his government’s drive to enact sweeping changes to the Israeli judiciary, with hundreds of thousands of protesters taking to the streets. The courts overhaul plan has sparked unprecedented public anger since Netanyahu’s coalition of hard-right and religious parties …
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By Mari Saito and Maria Tsvetkova BERLIN/NEW YORK (Reuters) – German prosecutors said on Monday they searched the home of two pro-Kremlin activists, looking for evidence to corroborate a Reuters report that the couple donated cash to buy radios for Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Reuters reported in January that Max Schlund and his romantic partner …
