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Image copyright Getty Images Men still receive an average of £28 more a week in state pension than women despite reforms starting to narrow the gap, analysis suggests. A retired man typically receives £154 a week, compared to £126 a week for women, according to Which?. The consumer group studied …

Image copyright Reuters Sometimes it seems there’s nothing but doom and gloom on the UK’s High Streets. This week we heard profits were down at Debenhams and a big deal between shopping centre owners Hammerson, which owns Birmingham’s Bullring, and Intu fell through. New store openings are at their lowest …

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionMeet the robots that can pick and plant It seems there are few jobs robots can’t do these days, even the most delicate jobs, like picking asparagus or potting plant seedlings. But they’re only needed because humans can’t – or won’t – …

Image caption A school commute with a difference How can you create public transport in the jungle without polluting it? The isolated Achuar peoples of Ecuador have created an ingenious solution. A couple of hours before dawn in Kapawi, a village in a remote corner of the Ecuadorian Amazon, a …

The approach is laced with peril for a party divided over matters of ideology and political strategy, and increasingly dominated by activists who tend to resent what they see as meddling from Washington. A Democratic effort to undercut a liberal insurgent in a Houston-area congressional primary in March stirred an …

Image copyright Getty Images London Marathon organisers are trialling the use of compostable cups this weekend to try and reduce the amount of plastic bottles used. 90,000 of the recyclable cups will be put at three drink stations along the 26.2 mile (42.1km) route. This is in addition to the …

Denying any financial motivation, Mr. Perez said in an interview that the lawsuit had been taking shape for months, and recalled facing demands as early as the winter of 2017 to file suit against Mr. Trump for allegedly abetting foreign interference in an American election. He said he had instructed …

Photo President Trump on his phone while departing Mar-a-Lago today. Mr. Trump often assails news organizations over reports he sees as unfavorable. Credit Tom Brenner/The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump on Saturday criticized a report by The New York Times that described his years of poor treatment of …

Ms. Clifford, who received $130,000 from Mr. Cohen weeks before the election, has sued him, seeking to be released from that agreement, which her lawyer has argued is invalid because Mr. Trump did not sign the contract. Ms. McDougal similarly sued American Media Inc., the media company that had paid …

“The Department of Health and Human Services has submitted a draft of a proposed rule” to the White House for clearance, the Justice Department told the judge this past week. And the White House confirmed that it was reviewing the proposed rule on “nondiscrimination in health programs.” The Trump administration …