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Image copyright NICOLAS ASFOURI Apple shareholders are set to vote on whether Apple should change its human-rights policies. They will be asked whether they want Apple to make a commitment to respect freedom of expression. Apple removed a mapping app during the Hong Kong protests, leading to criticism that it pandered to Beijing. Campaign group […]

Image copyright AFP Image caption Artisanal mining is common in DR Congo as people do it as a means to make a living Apple, Google, Tesla and Microsoft are among firms named in a lawsuit seeking damages over deaths and injuries of child miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The case has been filed

Image copyright Getty Images British Airways pilots have struck a deal with the airline over a dispute over pay and conditions that led to a mass walkout in September. Members of the British Airline Pilots’ Association (Balpa) and BA reached a tentative deal last month, which reportedly promised an 11.5% pay rise over three years.

Image copyright Getty Images UK shares rose again on Monday as investors welcomed more political certainty following the election and easing of global trade tensions. New York’s Dow Jones index is also at a record high after Washington and Beijing agreed on Friday to pause their ongoing trade dispute. London’s FTSE 100 rose another 2.6%

Image copyright Getty Images/Twitch Russia’s third-largest internet company is suing streaming service Twitch for 180bn roubles (£2.1bn) over pirate broadcasts of English Premier League games. Rambler Group alleges its exclusive broadcasting rights were breached by the service more than 36,000 times between August and November. It is seeking to permanently ban the Amazon-owned platform in

Image caption Northern said issues with services were unrelated to the new timetable Rail commuters in the north of England have been hit by cancellations and delays as new winter timetables were launched. Northern had cancelled 19 trains by 10:00 GMT and 31 were delayed, which it said was down to “operational issues” rather than

Image copyright PA Hundreds of post office workers have won a key victory against the Post Office and the controversial accounting software they were forced to use. The judgement ends years of campaigning by those affected, some of whom were jailed in cases where the software wrongly logged missing funds. Mr Justice Fraser said the

Image copyright Getty Images Sales discounts on clothing and products in the lead up to Christmas could be the biggest in almost ten years, according to one consultancy. Deloitte, which has monitored the prices of 800,000 products online and in shops since 2011, expects average discounts to hit 50% by Christmas Eve. Its forecast came

Image copyright Getty Images Two former executives at the private security company Serco have been charged over an alleged scandal involving the electronic tagging of criminals. Nicholas Woods and Simon Marshall have been charged with fraud by false representation and false accounting. Earlier this year, Serco was fined £19.2m over its electronic tagging service for

Image copyright NurPhoto / Getty Images House of Fraser department stores will be closing in 2020, Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has warned. Mr Ashley – whose business bought the department stores a year ago – said that while some stores were not paying rent they were still “unsustainable”. “We are doing as much as