There have been many international postal news developments for the quarter ending December 31, 2022. The Universal Postal Union (UPU) released its 2022 Postal Development Report. South Africa’s postal bank suffered from several cyberattacks. New technologies were developed and deployed. And the United Kingdom endured postal strikes over the holidays....
Standing behind her post office counter with bricks of cash, a calculator and a flashlight, Lyudmila Gulovskaya distributes Ukrainian state pensions to a line of eager onlookers in this front-line village near Kherson. For these pensioners, it is the first money they have received from Kyiv in six months, after...
Three people have been charged in federal court in the shooting death of U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Aundre Cross. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Wisconsin announced two men, Kevin McCaa, 36, and Charles Ducksworth Jr., 26, were accused of shooting and killing Cross, 44, on the...
The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday that it intends to purchase at least 66,000 electric delivery vehicles as part of a push to transform its delivery fleet. The electric vehicles would amount to more than half the 106,000 vehicles it plans to acquire for delivery between now and 2028. The new...
The US Postal Service is about to increase the price of postage. The Postal Regulatory Commission has approved the USPS's request for a postage price hike next month, the second increase in just six months. Starting Jan. 22, 2023, first-class stamps will increase from 60 cents to 63 cents. Prices for...