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The head of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, has been reported missing after travelling to China. Mr Meng was last seen leaving from Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, southeast France. He arrived in China in late September, according to an Interpol official.He has not been seen or heard from since then, his wife said.On Friday, French police announced they are leading investigations to find him.”He did not disappear in France,” a source close to the inquiry said.European officials reported that he left the country on 29 September.Interpol has said the whereabouts of Mr Meng is a “matter for the relevant authorities in both…

It is impossible to understate the significance of Unilever’s decision to drop its controversial plans to scrap its dual-listed structure and move its headquarters to the Netherlands. City investors have been regularly criticised for appearing too supine when up against a determined company board: nodding through takeovers that often turn out to destroy shareholder value; protesting against executive pay policies with votes that are not binding and ignored by boards; and, worse still, not even voting their shares on occasion.In this instance, they have bared their teeth, and how: the third biggest company in the FTSE-100 has received the bloodiest…

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to a Congolese doctor and an Iraqi woman for their efforts to end sexual violence as a weapon of war. Dr Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad “have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes,” the Nobel Committee said in announcing the prize.Dr Mukwege, 63, has devoted his life to defending victims of war-time sexual violence while Ms Murad, 25, who is Yazidi, has campaigned through telling of the sexual abuse she and others suffered at the hands of Islamic State.The gynaecologist and his staff have treated thousands…

Two children from the same family have died after getting E.coli in Leicestershire, Public Health England (PHE) has said. The ages of the children, or where they are from, has not been confirmed.PHE says its East Midlands branch has been working closely with environmental health colleagues from Charnwood Borough Council, which includes the city of Loughborough.The two siblings had contracted haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (HUS) – a condition where the abnormal construction of red blood cells can lead to life-threatening kidney failure.Dr Lauren Ahyow, consultant in communicable disease control at PHE East Midlands, said: “E.coli is an infection that causes a spectrum…

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has cancelled plans to move its main headquarters from London to Rotterdam. The Marmite-maker presently has two parent holding companies: Unilever plc, whose shares are listed in London and New York; and Unilever NV, which is based in Rotterdam and whose shares are listed in Amsterdam and New York.Under the proposals, shares of Unilever plc would have been replaced with one new share in Unilever NV, while the two parent holding companies would be replaced simply by Netherlands-based Unilever NV.After resistance from shareholders, however, the company will instead retain both its headquarters in the UK…

More than 58,000 pregnancy tests that were sold in the UK have been recalled after some returned inaccurate results. People who bought Clear & Simple digital pregnancy tests in the UK have been urged to check the lot number after a small number returned false positives.More follows… From – SkyNews

Cristiano Ronaldo has been left out of Portugal’s squad for two upcoming matches as he fights a rape allegation. The star footballer will not play for his national team in its second game of the UEFA Nations League in Poland on 11 October.He will also miss a friendly match in Glasgow against Scotland three days later.The decision comes days after teacher Kathryn Mayorga, 34, claimed the Juventus forward raped her in June 2009 in a Las Vegas hotel room.Ronaldo, 33, tweeted on Wednesday that he “firmly” denies the accusation – his first direct denial of the allegations. Image: Ronaldo and…

London faces the threat of flooding due to the impact of rising sea levels, a report warns. Other major coastal cities such as Houston, Manila, Jakarta, Lagos and Dhaka could all face similar risks, according to Christian Aid’s Sinking Cities, Rising Seas.Climate change could act as a “threat multiplier” to existing factors such as sinking ground and subsidence, water extraction and bad planning, increasing the risk of flooding.London’s sinking problem is largely a vestige of the last ice age when glaciers that weighed Scotland down and lifted up the south like a see-saw melted and reversed the effect, according to…

Two pest controllers have been found dead at a Norfolk poultry factory following a suspected chemical spill. Emergency services were called to Banham Poultry in Attleborough at about 1.10am on Thursday after the sub contractors’ bodies were discovered.The men, one in his 30s and another in his 40s, were found close to the building and nobody else was injured, police said.Three hazardous area response teams were sent to the factory, as well as an air ambulance.”Despite the best efforts of all involved, two men died at the scene,” a spokesman for the Eastern Ambulance Service said.Trains going towards Cambridge were…

UK car sales fell by a fifth last month, according to industry figures – with the decline blamed on a squeeze in the supply chain caused by the introduction of new European emissions standards. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 338,834 vehicles were registered, down by 20.5% compared to the same period last year.New car sales had already been falling in 2018 and are now down by 7.5% for the nine months to date – blamed on a fall in business and consumer confidence as well as drivers shunning diesel vehicles and changes to car tax.The SMMT…