Strikes by London Underground workers will go ahead from Friday evening after last-ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) will walk out throughout the next week, causing huge disruption to services. The union is in dispute over a 5 per cent pay offer and other […]
(Bloomberg) — Soldiers, firemen and emergency personnel made last-ditch efforts to rescue any survivors still trapped in the rubble from a New Year’s Day quake that devastated an area on Japan’s northwest coast and killed at least 77 people. Most Read from Bloomberg The government doubled the number of Self-Defense Force members to 2,000 to […]