Analysis by Deutsche Bank investigated how much a 5km journey cost in a cab in cities across the world, as part of its Mapping the World's Prices 2025 report. The data included both traditional taxis and cabs ordered through an app like Uber or Bolt. London came in fifth place, with around £17.26 per 5km ride, ahead of other expensive cities including Amsterdam, Milan and Tokyo.
A new pavilion opens on Mount Royal, the highest point in Montreal and home to the landmark basilica Saint Joseph's Oratory. Designed by architecture practice Lemay, the intervention climbs four stories along the upper slopes of the mountain park. It's embedded into a wooded landscape and reframes the experience of arrival at one of Quebec's most visited cultural and religious sites.
Live updatesLive updates, Russian attack on Ukraine's Zaporizhia region kills at least one and injures three, according to its governor. At least one person has been killed and three injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine's Zaporizhia region, including the city of Zaporizhzhia, according to its governor. Ukrainian overnight drone attacks hit Moscow and sparked an industrial fire in the Tula region, which lies directly south of the Russian capital, regional authorities say.
Hundreds of thousands of workers are due to be automatically enrolled in the My Future Fund from new year's day. Employers will be forced to sign up workers and make contributions into the new scheme if the staff do not have a works-based pension or a private one and if they meet other criteria. But Mr Calleary has been concerned that some companies have been trying to circumvent signing up staff for the new scheme by putting them into company schemes with peppercorn contributions.
Russian forces launched one of their largest drone assaults in weeks overnight, striking multiple regions across Ukraine and inflicting more damage to the country's energy network. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia deployed 116 attack drones early on December 24, nearly 90 of which were Iranian-made Shahed models. Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 60 drones, while 48 managed to hit targets in 19 locations, the military said.
They tried to kill us. They failed. Let's eat, Andrew Walters said. It is an old Jewish joke that's as relevant as ever in Greater Manchester in the face of today's threats. For Walters, the independent councillor for Kersal and Broughton Park, Salford, the joke encapsulates the good-humoured resilience that is a defining feature of his Orthodox Jewish community. This vibrant neighbourhood was identified as a target by an Islamic State sleeper cell, whose plot to kill as many Jews as possible in a marauding firearms attack was thwarted.
However, Ukraine's president said sensitive issues around territorial control in Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland, along with the management of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), remain unresolved. Mr Zelensky spoke as the US showed the 20-point plan, hammered out after marathon talks in Florida in recent days, to Russian negotiators. A response is expected from Moscow today, Mr Zelensky said. The Ukrainian president briefed journalists on each point of the plan yesterday but his comments were embargoed until this morning.
Used grounds are slightly acidic and dense. Sprinkled thickly, they can form a crust that repels water and suffocates roots. Instead, mix small amounts into compost (no more than 10%), or add to an outdoor compost heap where worms can break them down properly. Never dump fresh, wet grounds straight on to houseplants. The test I mixed a few tablespoons of dried coffee grounds into the soil
A survey by the BCC found that 54 per cent of exporters believe the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) has failed to help them increase sales in the UK's largest overseas market, a rise of 13 percentage points compared with last year. The findings underline growing concern that Brexit-related barriers are becoming more restrictive rather than easing over time. The results come as Prime Minister Keir Starmer pursues a much-trailed "reset" of the UK's trading relationship with Brussels.
The chief minister of Gibraltar made a series of grossly improper and sinister interventions to interfere in a live criminal investigation in order to protect his friend, mentor and business partner from the consequences of a search warrant, a public inquiry has found. The retired England and Wales high court judge and inquiry chair, Sir Peter Openshaw, concluded that Fabian Picardo acted to protect James Levy KC when police were at Hassans law firm, where Levy was a senior partner, on 12 May 2020.
So far today, gardaí, along with GoSafe mobile and static safety cameras, have detected nearly 392 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit. A motorist was detected travelling at 139kmh in a 60kmh zone on the Dublin Road in Newtownmountkennedy, Co Wicklow. Other speeds detected today include motorists travelling 119kmh in a 50kmh zone on the Drummartin Link Road in Dublin 14, 163kmh in a 120kmh zone on the M6 road in Killavally, Tyrrellspass, Co Westmeath
Weather affects us all: Where we go, what we wear, how we gather, and sometimes even how we feel. Who could understand this better than Al Roker, who has spent decades guiding families through snow days, heat waves, and everything in between as "America's weatherman"? Now, he's translating that knowledge for a new demographic through his animated PBS Kids show Weather Hunters.
Shocked that a fellow Brantfordite would attempt to dampen the joy of Christmas for believers, Canadian observers posted enraged screeds on social media, calling the poster-maker a " psycho" who deserved a rock through their window. After receiving several direct complaints, police officers made contact with the resident, who voluntarily removed the signs. "While it isn't illegal to be a 'Grinch,' we do encourage everyone to embrace the spirit of the season," read a lightly menacing statement from the Brantford Police Service.
Evidence from the original investigation into the Frenchwoman's death in 1996 is being re-evaluated, in addition to new witnesses and modern forensic testing The family of Sophie Toscan du Plantier will mark the 29th anniversary of her death with a private ceremony this Christmas as a garda cold-case review into the killing nears completion. The French mother of one (39) was beaten to death on a laneway leading to her isolated holiday home at Toormore outside Schull in west Cork in the early hours of December 23, 1996.
Sobering new research from the think tank Resolution Foundation shows that for aspirational Brits looking to move up the wealth ladder, not even a lifetime of savings would be enough. In fact, the average worker would need to save their earnings for 52 years, to raise £1.3 million ($1.7 million), the amount needed to move from the middle and become as wealthy as the richest 10%.
