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Meetings in Gibraltar are the latest twist in worldwide campaign that is enriching the US president’s family One Friday in November, armed police blocked off the road that runs beside Gibraltar’s medieval city walls to clear the way for a convoy of blacked-out BMWs. The vehicles pulled up at the offices of Hassans, a law … Read more
ONS figures show public sector net borrowing was £11.7bn – £1.9bn less than in same month last year The UK government borrowed more than expected in November, official figures show, amid pressure on the economy before chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn budget. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed public sector net borrowing – … Read more
House of Lords report says tools such as raising pension age and increasing immigration will not be adequate Young people will suffer most from the government’s failure to take seriously the unsustainable pressure on public finances and living standards created by the UK’s ageing population, according to the findings of a House of Lords inquiry. … Read more
Chris Minns says state ‘can’t risk another mass demonstration on that scale in NSW [because] the implications can be seen, in my view, on Sunday’ The New South Wales premier wants parliament to grant his government “extraordinary powers” to effectively ban protests for three months, with Chris Minns claiming the “implications” of pro-Palestine rallies could … Read more
Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more.
Search for shooter in killing of two students began anew after first person detained was released A man suspected in the shooting at Brown Universitythis weekend that killed two people and injured nine committed suicide Thursday night, authorities said. , Continue reading…
Opposition parties say Labour is ‘scared of voters’ but government says merging authorities have voiced concerns Local elections could be delayed again as merging councils lack the capacity for reorganisation, the government has announced, triggering claims from opposition parties that Labour is “scared of the voters”. Sixty-three council areas could opt to postpone elections until … Read more
Barham Salih, who fought against Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq and later served as president, was chosen to lead the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.
The government has greatly restricted the number of work and study permits issued to foreigners following an unpopular immigration boom during the pandemic.
He won the award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press. He went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.