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Sadiq Khan is the first person to be elected to three terms as london mayor (Picture: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images) Sadiq Khan has been handed a knighthood in the New Year Honours list – even after more than 200,000 people signed a petition against the move. The Mayor of London is one of a handful of politicians to receive top honours ahead of the new year. Emily Thornberry MP, the chair of the foreign affairs committee, has been made a dame while Andy Street, who recently lost re-election as West Midlands Mayor, has been knighted. But the gong…

The president of ATA Extremadura, Candelaria Carrera, presented this Monday, December 30, the main results of the study “Training Needs of Self-Employed Workers in Extremadura”, a report that is part of the actions that ATA Extremadura is carrying out in the framework for the development of the project III Plan for the Improvement of Self-Employment Training. This study, which has carried out a detailed x-ray of the group in the region, has confirmed the urgent need to advance in digital skills to ensure the competitiveness of the Extremaduran self-employed. Self-employment represents more than 19% of total employment in the region.…

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom G, who last week was caught up in an Israeli strike against Yemen’s main airport that he said might have cost him his life, called for Abu Safiya’s immediate release. As the Israelites continue their genocide in Gaza. The WHO chief called Monday for the immediate release of Hossam Abu Safiyeh, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who is being held by Israel’s military following a major raid on the facility. The Friday-Saturday assault on Kamal Adwan in Beit Lahia left northern Gaza’s last major health facility out of service and emptied of patients, the World…

Much of the list features women in music – who have completely dominated the pop culture sphere this year. With record tours from Taylor Swift and Beyonce to the emerging new stars who have burst onto the music scene. Celebrity scandals, shocking deaths and divorce also filled the pop culture space in 2024. The Biggest Pop Culture Moments of 2024 The Eras Tour was reported to have grossed more than $2 billion, making it by far the biggest tour ever. P Diddy is charged with sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He is also facing a string of allegations…

A GCI visual of the upgraded london Liverpool Street station concourse (Picture: Network Rail) London Liverpool Street station is set for a major refurbishment in the new year. Plans have taken a step forward for the revamp of the UK’s busiest railway station which has links to the Elizabeth line, London Underground and Stansted Express services. Network Rail has unveiled its plans to upgrade the station because it sees ‘significant overcrowding,’ access is difficult for people with disabilities luggage and small children and that the station layout can ‘confusing’ for passengers. The station – which saw 94,499,824 passengers last year…

The twelve-month Euribor, the indicator most used in Spain to calculate variable mortgages, is close to closing December at around 2.434%, its ninth consecutive drop, and which will mean new savings in the installments of these loans of more than 1,200 euros per year. Although there are still two sessions left until the end of December, the Euribor provisionally reaches that average rate of 2.432%, lower than the 2.506% in November, and above all, the 3.679% a year earlier. This will mean that those who have to review their mortgage annually will see new savings in their payments. In the…

A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike and adverse weather conditions were cited by authorities as likely causes of the crash that flung passengers out of the plane and left it “almost completely destroyed”, according to fire officials. Video showed the Jeju Air plane from Bangkok landing on its belly at Muan International Airport, skidding off the runway as smoke streamed out from the engines, before crashing into a wall and exploding in flames.…

A plane crash has killed almost everyone on board the South Korean Jeju Air Flight 2216. The Boeing jet exploded on the tarmac after skidding along the runway during a landing malfunction. According to news reports the plane burned-out wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 aircraft located on the runway at Muan — some 288 kilometres (about 180 miles) southwest of Seoul — as firefighters and emergency vehicles worked nearby. Bits of plane seats and luggage were strewn across the field next to the runway, not far from the charred tail, offering a glimpse into the catastrophic impact of…

Isaac Donkoh, aka Young Dizz, released the new rap on Christmas day celebrating his early release from prison. The gang member freed from jail early by Labour has boasted of ‘raising the crime rate’ since his release in a new rap. However, that is part of the lyrics of the song, similar to what rappers like Drake and Snoop Dogg ‘spit’ in their songs. Gang member freed early by Labour brags of ‘raising the crime rate’ in new rap Drill rapper Isaac Donkoh, also known as Young Dizz, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison in 2019…

Valencia will give aid of 300 euros for each newborn or adopted child in 2025 starting January 2 New aid to promote birth rates. The Valencia City Council has announced that it will give 300 euros for each newborn, adopted or fostered child during 2025 and who is registered in the city. In a statement, the Maria José Català council explains that it has allocated an initial amount of 1.5 million euros to cover the amount of aid, with the clear objective of “alleviating the initial economic impact of the arrival of a baby and promote birth, adoption and foster…