Why are so many Venezuelans going to the United States?
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans have arrived at the United States border in the past two years, part of a historic wave of migrants headed north amid growing global crises.
Day: September 25, 2023
Electric car rules could cost carmakers billions
New Brexit trade rules could push up the price of electric cars, manufacturers warn.
Far-right candidate thwarted in Germany mayoral race near former Nazi camp
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Sunday lost a tight mayoral race where the party had been tipped to secure the office of city mayor for the first time.
Sheffield council faces mass equal pay claim over ‘scandalous’ pay grades
Thousands of women who have been underpaid by up to £11,000 a year set to launch claim, GMB union saysSheffield city council is to become the latest local authority to face a mass equal pay claim from women who have been underpaid by up to £11,000 a ye…
Psychologists investigate meerkats’ response to human emotions
Researchers explore whether the animals adapt their behaviour in response to people’s happiness, sadness or angerThey are known for living in packs and being sociable animals. Now meerkats are being investigated to see if they can also pick up on human…
Great British slowdown has hamstrung our economy – thinktank
Country needs successful firms to grow and struggling ones to shrink, says Resolution FoundationThe UK needs more businesses to fail, or at least shrink, to solve the economy’s long-running productivity crisis, a study has argued.The country’s lack of …
New gallery spaces showcasing Scottish art to open in Edinburgh
Much-delayed £38.6m project brings works from 1800 to 1945 together for the first time as single collectionA suite of new galleries built to present work by many of Scotland’s most famous artists, including the Glasgow Boys, Phoebe Anna Traquair and Ch…
Historic Welsh pub loved by Dylan Thomas awarded £300,000 grant
Co-operative enterprise Vale of Aeron is one of 45 projects to receive money in Community Ownership Fund’s latest roundWhen Iwan Thomas received the news that he had won a £300,000 grant for the Vale of Aeron, a pub adored by the poet Dylan Thomas when…
Clams ruled Italian town until blue crabs moved in
Italian fishermen, swamped by the insatiable blue crab, are trying to save not only the verace clam but also a good portion of beloved spaghetti alle vongole that is made with them.