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CLAIM: Starbucks will stop accepting cash at its stores in the U.K. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Starbucks is not going cashless at all of its U.K. stores, but individual franchises can choose not to accept cash, according to a statement posted on the company’s U.K. Twitter account.THE FACTS: Claims that all Starbucks locations in the U.K. are going…

Canadians whose travel plans have been derailed by flight delays or cancellations say they're losing patience with the agency responsible for enforcing compensation rules.The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) — a quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator tasked with settling disputes between airlines and customers — has been dealing with a…

By Daniel De Simone & Natasha BootyBBC News, Atteridgeville prison & London24 November 2023, 11:21 GMTUpdated 12 minutes agoImage caption, The athlete nicknamed 'Blade Runner' was jailed in 2016Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is to be freed from jail on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.He…

Comment on this storyCommentWhen Abdulrazak Gurnah won the Nobel Prize in literature last year, not nearly enough people had read anything by the Tanzanian-born writer. The author of 10 English-language novels, Gurnah had attracted critical praise, but fans knew his stories of East Africa and exile should be reaching a wider audience. In…

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegisterNo state honours or Putin presence planned for funeralGorbachev's reforms precipitated end of Soviet UnionFormer leader stunned by Russian actions in UkraineThis content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.MOSCOW, Sept 3…

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on U.S. foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday at age 100.Kissinger died at his home in Connecticut, according to a statement from…

PREVIEWFrance will clash against Germany in an international friendly at the Groupama Stadium in Decines-Charpieu, near Lyon on Sunday.With Euro 2024 on the horizon, there will be keen eyes on host Germany, which faces a challenging prospect against Didier Deschamps’ France despite the match being a friendly contest.Germany, having gone through…

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday.Kishida, just returned from a week-long vacation, was due to return to work on Monday with an overseas trip scheduled for later in the week.For the latest headlines, follow our Google…

Signa Holding, the central company in the sprawling property group that owns half of New York’s Chrysler Building, almost all of Germany’s biggest department stores and part of Selfridges in London, filed for administration on Wednesday. The rapid unravelling of the group has left lenders across Europe racing to assess their exposure to the…

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