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BBCCurrently, only small planes can take off and land at Nuuk Airport.A new international airport will soon open in Greenland's capital Nuuk, allowing larger planes to land for the first time, paving the way for direct flights from the United States and Europe.It's the first of three airport projects that officials hope will boost the local economy by making the Arctic territory more accessible than ever.Covered by an ice cap and sparsely populated, Greenland is a vast autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.Its capital Nuuk, on the southwest coast, is a small town of 18,000 inhabitants. Modern apartment buildings…

BbcLe Royaume-Uni est malade. C'est beaucoup plus malade que d'autres pays similaires, et la situation s'aggrave, se transformant en une crise sanitaire, sociale, médicale, économique et potentiellement budgétaire.Nous nous dirigeons vers un record historique en matière de prestations liées à la santé, selon de récentes prévisions, et le Trésor s'inquiète. La hausse de la facture des prestations de santé en âge de travailler est passée de 36 milliards de livres sterling avant la pandémie à 48 milliards de livres sterling au cours du dernier exercice, et les prévisions officielles de l'Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) prévoient qu'elle atteindra 63 milliards…

Unlock the power of seamless integration with our API solutions. Introduction An Application Programming Interface (API) is a set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate and interact with each other. It defines the methods and data formats that applications can use to request and exchange information. APIs enable developers to access the functionality of existing software components or services, such as databases, operating systems, or web services, without having to understand the underlying implementation details. They provide a standardized way for applications to interact, making it easier to integrate different systems and build new applications…

Ministers are to take a direct role in overseeing the construction of the HS2 rail line to try to “contain” the rising costs of the high-speed line between London and Birmingham.Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said it had long been clear that the cost of HS2, which could reach £65 billion, had been allowed to “spin out of control”. She said she had now seen “up close” “the scale of the failure”, which she described as “disastrous”.“I promised to work quickly and make things right and that’s exactly why I announced urgent measures to bring HS2 costs under control and ensure…

Getty ImagesPakistani authorities prepare to launch national vaccination campaign for children under fivePakistan's health authorities say they have confirmed six more cases of polio, bringing the number of children infected to 39 this year.The new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) included three in Balochistan, two in Sindh province and one in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Polio, an infectious disease that causes crippling paralysis in young children, has been virtually eliminated globally after decades of vaccination campaigns.Pakistan and Afghanistan are the last countries where the disease is still endemic. There is no cure for the disease and paralysis caused by infection is…

PicrylShapurji Saklatvala was the nephew of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, founder of the Tata group.The name Shapurji Saklatvala may not be one that jumps out of the history books for most people. But like any good story from the past, the son of a cotton merchant, a member of India's extremely wealthy Tata clan, has quite a story.At every moment, it seems his life was one of constant struggle, challenge and perseverance. He shared neither his wealthy cousins' last name nor their fate.Unlike them, he would not run the Tata Group, which is currently one of the world's largest business empires…

Ministers are exploring plans to hand ownership of the Post Office to thousands of sub-postmasters across the UK, sources have told the BBC.The proposal is in its early stages and is one of several under consideration.The Department of Business and Commerce has asked management consultancy BCG to explore a possible ownership model, as first reported by Sky News.The Commerce Secretary expects to receive a report in the coming months, a government source said.Deputy Postmasters are responsible for the day-to-day management of more than 11,500 post offices across the UK.In July, former business secretary Sir Vince Cable told the Post Office…

Boeing has offered striking machinists a 35 percent pay increase over four years as part of a new contract proposal it hopes will end a month-long strike. About 33,000 union workers, mostly in Seattle, will vote Wednesday on whether to accept the aviation giant's offer.They have been on strike since September 14, stopping production of the 737 MAX and the company's 767 and 777 planes. The company's financial results have been hit so hard that it announced earlier this week that it was seeking an additional $35 billion in financing. The company also said it would have to lay off…

ReutersPeople complain about poor treatment from Revolut after being cheated out of money deposited with e-money company “I never imagined that I would be scammed,” says Dr. Ravi Kumar.“But here I am, a 53-year-old NHS consultant in intensive care medicine and anesthesia, deeply affected.”He lost £39,000 in May when scammers tricked him into transferring money to his Revolut account and giving them access.He had saved money for his teenagers.“I was very depressed,” he adds. “My children are too young to share this grief.”Dr Kumar is one of around 100 people who told the BBC they felt badly treated by Revolut…

Announcing a continued freeze on income tax thresholds beyond 2028 in the next Budget would not be a breach of Labour's election platform promise, government sources have insisted.Ahead of the June general election, leader Sir Keir Starmer and future chancellor Rachel Reeves have pledged “not to raise taxes on working people”.But a freeze on the threshold could allow the chancellor to raise around £7bn by bringing more people into the tax system.Reeves is currently trying to find £40 billion through a mix of savings and tax rises which she will announce in the new government's first budget on Wednesday October…