Emer MoreauBusiness reporter
Getty ImagesMillions of people are set to get a pay rise from April due to an increase in the minimum wage, the government has announced ahead of Wednesday’s Budget.
The hourly rate for over-21s will rise by 50p to…
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Daniel Driscoll: How Trump’s ‘drone guy’ became central to the US effort to end the Ukraine war
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll was at the White House earlier this month preparing for a trip to Kyiv to discuss drone technology when he received an unexpected assignment from President Donald Trump: push Ukraine…
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Could Trump’s $50m reward succeed in toppling Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro? | Donald Trump News
‘Hungry for justice’
Members of the Venezuelan diaspora community in the US have likewise applauded the bounty as sending a strong signal against the Maduro administration.
Aminta G, a Venezuelan business owner who is a permanent resident in the…
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Volcanic in Ethiopia Spews Ash Into Asia, Disrupting Flights – The New York Times
- Volcanic in Ethiopia Spews Ash Into Asia, Disrupting Flights The New York Times
- Ethiopian volcano eruption sends ash to Delhi, hitting flight operations BBC
- This volcano erupted for the first time in 10,000 years sending ash clouds across…
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Ethiopian volcano subsides, leaving a trail of disruption and canceled flights
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Volcanic activity in northern Ethiopia’s long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano subsided Tuesday after an eruption over the weekend that left a trail of destruction in nearby villages and caused flight cancellations after ash…
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The killing of a Hizbullah commander shows how fragile truces are – The Economist
- The killing of a Hizbullah commander shows how fragile truces are The Economist
- Who was Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah official killed by Israel? Al Jazeera
- Lebanon asks world to stop Israeli attacks Dawn
- Israel kills top Hezbollah official in…
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Who is Trump’s ‘drone guy’ taking central role in Ukraine peace talks?
PA MediaUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shakes hands with Dan Driscoll in Kyiv When talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war took an unexpected turn last week, with the leak of a peace plan said to come from the US, the Trump administration…
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Rebuilding ‘human-made abyss’ in Gaza will cost at least $70bn, UN says | Gaza
Israel’s war in Gaza has created a “human-made abyss”, and reconstruction is likely to cost more than $70bn (£53bn) over several decades, the United Nations has said.
The UN’s trade and development agency (Unctad) said in a report that…
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Saudi Arabia calls, Italy answers: All the deals sealed at the Riyadh Forum
Saudi Arabia and Italy are tightening economic ties at a pace not seen before. At the Italy-Saudi Arabia Business Forum in Riyadh, the two countries signed 22+ agreements across energy, infrastructure, defense, transport, tech and more -…
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US brokers Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi as Trump tries to push through deal | Ukraine
Discussions involving US, Russian and Ukrainian officials are taking place in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the latest step in the Trump administration’s attempts to push through a peace deal to end the conflict in Ukraine.
The US army secretary, Dan…
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