UK employers group says tax hike has hit hiring hard
Almost one third of small and medium-sized British employers have made staff redundant or are thinking about job cuts as a direct result of the increase in their social security ...
Kenya interior minister accuses protesters of coup attempt after deadly demonstrations
Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen accused protesters on Thursday of attempting to overthrow the government during a day of deadly demonstrations, remarks that protest leaders said were an attempt ...
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Supreme Leader says Iran ‘slapped America in the face’
Iran would respond to any future U.S. attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday, in his first televised ...
Spain’s top court upholds amnesty law for Catalan separatists
Spain’s Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld core elements of a disputed amnesty law enacted by the Socialist government after Catalonia’s failed 2017 secession bid, under which more than 300 people ...
North Korea may send more troops to Russia for Ukraine war, Seoul says
North Korea may deploy additional troops to Russia to fight in the war against Ukraine in July or August and Pyongyang is continuing to supply arms to Russia, South Korean ...
White House video embraces Trump as ‘daddy’ after Nato chief’s remark
The White House embraced the moniker of “daddy” for Donald Trump in a video that it released after NATO chief Mark Rutte used the term in a conversation with the ...
Gaza war
21 Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes
Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 21 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, local health authorities said, as mediators reached out to Israel and Hamas to seek a resumption ...
UK living standards to stagnate for rest of decade, report warns
Living standards in Britain look set to barely grow over the rest of the decade and poorer households are likely to suffer a drop, in part due to a welfare ...
cocaine
UN warns of record cocaine boom driven by Colombia and rising global demand
The global cocaine trade keeps setting new records, with cocaine the world’s fastest-growing illicit drug market as Colombia production surges along with users in Europe and North and South ...
US banks set to pass Fed stress tests and boost dividends, say analysts
The biggest US lenders are expected to clear the Federal Reserve’s annual health check this year, showing they have ample capital that can be used to boost dividends, analysts ...
Iran-Israel war ends, but fallout shapes future of region and nuclear talks
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would likely seek a commitment from Iran to end its nuclear ambitions at talks next week and credited U.S. strikes on Iran ...
President Trump: US saved Israel, will now save ‘warrior’ Netanyahu, cancel his trial
U.S. President Donald Trump called for Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or cancel his corruption trial, saying the U.S. would save him like it did his ...
UK jobs surveys send fresh cool-down signals
Britain’s labour market is showing further slowdown signs, according to surveys published on Wednesday which pointed to below-inflation pay growth and a fall in job vacancies, especially for graduate-level ...
Kombos calls UK’s Doughty again over Middle East developments
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday held a telephone conversation with the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty to discuss ongoing developments in the region, a ...
Defiant UK PM Starmer defends leadership as welfare rebellion grows
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to lead his party into the next general election and rejected suggestions he was failing to listen to the concerns of his party on ...
Spain’s High Court upholds conviction of ex-football chief Rubiales in kiss case
Spain’s High Court on Wednesday upheld a verdict that found former football federation president Luis Rubiales guilty of sexual assault for an unsolicited kiss on the lips of national ...
Nato commits to higher spending sought by Trump and mutual defence
NATO leaders on Wednesday backed the big increase in defence spending that U.S. President Donald Trump had demanded, and restated their commitment to defend each other from attack.
While ...
Venice ready for billionaire Bezos’ ‘wedding of the century’
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez will arrive in Venice on Wednesday, a source and local media said, for three days of lavish VIP parties to celebrate their ...
Armenia arrests archbishop over alleged coup plot
Armenian authorities on Wednesday arrested a prominent Christian cleric, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, along with 13 other people and charged them with orchestrating a plot to overthrow the government.
In a statement, ...
Greece holds Georgian suspected of fuelling Chios fire with cigarette
Greece has arrested a Georgian woman suspected of discarding a cigarette that helped trigger one of several wildfires razing land and threatening homes on the island of Chios.
Blazes broke ...
Russia’s Medvedev calls EU an enemy, says Ukrainian membership would be dangerous
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that the European Union had evolved into an enemy of Russia that posed a direct threat to its security, and Moscow was ...
King Charles invites Trump for state visit later this year
Britain’s King Charles will host U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit later this year, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Wednesday.
Trump accepted an invitation from Charles for ...
With defence spending set to rise, Trump reassures NATO allies
NATO leaders were set to sign up on Wednesday to a big increase in defence spending at a short summit tailor-made for U.S. President Donald Trump, who struck a ...
Trump says damage from Iran strikes severe despite “inconclusive” intelligence
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the damage to Iranian nuclear sites from missile strikes over the weekendwas severe, though he also acknowledged that the available intelligence ...