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UK hoping budget eases pressure of high energy bills
UK hoping budget eases pressure of high energy bills
Economy
by  AFP

Pub landlord James Fitzgerald will wait a while longer to switch on the outside Christmas lights at the Thatched House in London, as high energy bills cause financial pain across Britain. Further tax rises in Wednesday's budget, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government seeks to cut debt, could see the Thatched House shut its doors at lunchtimes, said Fitzgerald, who has cut staff this year.

Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge
Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge
Economy
by  AFP

Hundreds of farmworkers and truck drivers blocked the Mexican side of a major border bridge with the United States on Monday as part of an ongoing national farmers' strike. The protest blocked the Zaragoza-Ysleta International Bridge, which connects the US city of El Paso, Texas with Mexico's Ciudad Juarez.