r Getty Images BP has struck a $6bn (£4.4bn) deal to sell a majority stake in its motor oil division, Castrol, to a US investment firm. The oil giant sold a 65% stake in Castrol, which makes lubricants for cars, motorcycles, and industrial vehicles, to Stonepeak, a New York-based company. The deal valued Castrol…
As dusk fell, a Lincoln Continental parked outside Andrea Giovino’s Staten Island home. Dinner was being cooked on the stove, her children were playing, and the $6,000 worth of roses she had planted out front were swaying in the wind. But her husband was not alone in the car that night – there were two…
Thailand and Cambodia have reported new fighting in their ongoing border conflict, the first talks between the two sides since the latest outbreak of violence. Clashes broke out in the border provinces of Sisaket and Surin, Thai media reported on Wednesday. Thai forces responded to Cambodian BM-21 rocket attacks with artillery, tank fire, and drones….
It’s been almost a year since Lindsay and Craig Foreman were arrested by Iranian authorities on spying charges, which they strongly deny, leaving their children heartbroken this Christmas. The couple is enduring horrific conditions in an Iranian prison. Trapped in a terrifying Iranian prison, surrounded by rats and without enough food, a British couple never…
getty images The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said the number of passengers passing through UK airports would be the highest seen on any Christmas Eve since records began in 1972. It estimates more than 335,000 people will fly into the UK on Wednesday, up 5% from Christmas Eve in 2024, although minimal disruption is…
ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Winnie-the-Pooh’s fame reached new heights in 1961 when Disney acquired the rights Christmas Eve marks the 100th anniversary of the first appearance of one of the world’s most popular children’s characters. Winnie-the-Pooh first featured in the short story The Wrong Sort of Bees, published in the newspaper London Evening News on 24…
Reserve Bank of India (ANI image) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a draft proposal aimed at making cross-border payments more transparent and consumer-friendly. With this, the bank aims to address long-standing complaints about hidden charges and unclear pricing in foreign exchange transactions. A large number of individuals face difficulties while making overseas…
