Author: Paramita Sarkar

UK business travel to Europe hit 84% in 2024, while leisure visits to Great Britain surged with rail breaks and screen-tourism focus for 2025.Read More

In Spain, violence fueled by disinformation reveals a deeper crisis: voters abandoning the center and the far right redrawing Europe’s political map.Read More

European Union officials may cut growth forecasts for 2026 in the coming week in an assessment of damage to the region’s economy, a year after Donald Trump won back the White House.Read More

The outlook to be released in Brussels on Monday will point to the cumulative impact of trade threats and higher tariffs imposed by the US, along with the challenges of persistent weakness in Germany and political turmoil in France. Forecasts released in May were already downbeat in the wake of President Trump’s market-jolting “Liberation Day” announcement of levies the previous month, followed by a climbdown as he suspended action to pursue deals. The European Commission earlier predicted a 0.9% increase for gross domestic product in the euro area, and it’s likely to raise that estimate this time around.Read More

Armed police were called to Cefn Fforest in Wales on Thursday morning after being told two people were seriously injured.Read More

BRITAIN-CARICOM/REPARATIONS (PIX):Caribbean countries to hold slavery reparations talks on UK visitRead More

By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -A delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reparations commission will hold talks this week with officials and politicians in Britain on addressing the historical injustices of slavery and colonialism, as well as their lasting impacts. At least 12.5 …Read More

Lainie Williams, of South Wales, died on ThursdayRead More

The BBC is accused of combining two different parts of Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech.Read More

Travel from Canada dropped by double digits last month, continuing a near-yearlong decline fueled by trade disputes.Read More