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Image Courtesy: https://m.limburger.nlBelgian group Alain Broekaert (GAB) is seeking to initiate receivership proceedings for the French subsidiary of Dutch fashion brand Scotch & Soda, which GAB acquired less than six months ago and which operates 24 stores in France.…

California officials discuss search for Kiely RodniThe mother of Kiely Rodni has said an Amber Alert should have been “been issued immediately” as the desperate search to find her missing 16-year-old daughter entered the sixth day.Kiely was last seen around 12.30am on 6 August near the Prosser Family Campground in Truckee, where she attended an…

A Conservative former home secretary has backed calls for Boris Johnson’s successor to ditch his Brexit plan to split from the EU on data regulation, amid warnings it will cost businesses billions.A new report by the ex-leader of Tory MEPs, Lord Timothy Kirkhope, today warns Mr Johnson’s plan for a new UK-only rulebook on data security could cut…

By John CampbellBBC News NI economics and business editor6 minutes agoImage source, Getty ImagesPost-Brexit divergence between UK and EU rules is not being systematically tracked by the government, experts have told the House of Lords. Divergence is significant for Northern Ireland because it has remained inside the EU's single market for…

Senior Taiwan official died of heart attack, local media sayThe Taiwan official who was found dead in his hotel room on Saturday morning (see 5.52am) died of a heart attack, according to official media reports cited by Reuters. Authorities said there was no sign that anyone had broken into his room. Ou Yang Li-hsing was deputy head of the…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the War in UkrainemyFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Ursula von der Leyen pledged to maintain financial aid to Ukraine and backed its EU membership ambitions in an unannounced visit to Kyiv aimed at showing support to the country at a time that western diplomatic focus is shifting to…

Rising consumer demand and a lower threat of avian flu should result in better sales and availability of turkey this Christmas, producers have forecast. Poultry giant and major turkey supplier Avara Foods this week said it was “buoyant” about turkey sales in the run-up to the festive season, having seen “an uplift in all-year-round category…

Russian police have detained one of the most prominent opposition politicians still free in the country for his public criticism of the Ukraine war, capping a six-month crackdown on dissent propelled by the Kremlin’s invasion of its neighbour.Yevgeny Roizman, the former mayor of Ekaterinburg, the fourth largest city in Russia, said he was to be…

A federal judge in Texas has thrown out the state’s ban on people aged 18 to 20 carrying handguns in what appears to be the first major judicial decision since a landmark ruling on weapons rights by the US supreme court in June.The challenge to the Texas statute that bans young adults not in active military service from having handguns in public…

5 Hours AgoZelenskyy wishes the U.S. a happy ThanksgivingUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) departs for the US Senate after a meeting with members of the House of Representatives at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, in September 21, 2023.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesUkrainan President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wished…