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The White House said in a report on Thursday that more than 40 countries have helped China sidestep US tariffs by routing exports through nations that face lower American import duties. The countries named include Canada, India, Mexico, Japan and South Korea, which the White House said had helped China evade tens of billions of…

Chiltern Railways has been brought into public ownership after 30 years as a private company. It is the 10th rail company now under the Great British Railways (GBR), the government’s programme of public ownership, which it says will save money and improve services. Chiltern Railways, which was privatised in 1996, operates services from London Marylebone…

The assembly, dominated by lawmakers who are allies of former president Nicolás Maduro, passed the bill with the backing of interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed office after Maduro was seized in a US military operation earlier this month.

Aviation safety campaigners in the United States say they have evidence a plane that crashed in India last year had previously suffered a series of technical failures, including an in-flight fire. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed on 12 June, shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad en route to London, killing 260 people. The Foundation for…

Angus CochraneBBC Scotland News Petrofac Petrofac has offices in Aberdeen, London, Woking and Greater Yarmouth Energy services firm Petrofac has filed for administration. The company, which employs about 2,000 people in Scotland, said its North Sea business would continue to operate as normal. In a statement, Petrofac said it had applied to appoint administrators for…