Mateusz Kaczmarek

At the heart of the row is a general US tariff that former President Donald Trump raised to 39% on almost all Swiss imports on 1 August 2025 – the highest rate applied to any European country. SWI swissinfo.ch

Octopus Energy has kicked off its Pink Friday 2025 campaign today, turning the traditional Black Friday spending frenzy into a week‑plus of freebies, deep discounts on green tech and even an electric car giveaway for its loyalty members. The event runs from Monday 24 November to Tuesday 2 December 2025 and is open to eligible customers signed up to Octopus’s Octoplus rewards scheme. Octopus Energy+1

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing a high‑stakes Budget on Wednesday that will combine an above‑inflation pay rise for pensioners, the scrapping of the two‑child benefit cap and a wider £15bn expansion of welfare – all funded by a fresh wave of tax rises hitting wealthier households and millions of workers. Sky News

Trailblazing Canadian journalist Madeleine Poulin, a pioneering on‑air presence at Radio‑Canada and the public broadcaster’s first female correspondent in both Ottawa and Paris, has died at the age of 87.

SEATTLE — November 24, 2025 — Seattle City Light says a broken piece of hardware on a power pole is to blame for a major outage that cut electricity to nearly 3,000 homes and businesses in southwest West Seattle on Sunday, November 23. Power was restored in stages over roughly six and a half hours, with the last customers back online early Sunday evening. West Seattle Blog...+2westsideseattle.com+2

Two serious recent crashes in South Sacramento — one at Fruitridge Road and Franklin Boulevard and another on Franklin Boulevard near Turnbridge Drive — are drawing renewed attention to a corridor already known for heavy traffic and safety concerns. At the same time, a viral story about a California lawyer turning a $3,000 car‑insurance offer into an $87,000 settlement is reshaping how many drivers think about post‑crash negotiations. SSBCrack News+2sacramentoinjuryattorneysblog.com+2