Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections
The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there’s a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.
Day: July 18, 2025
Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections
The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there is a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.
Penélope Cruz, Bruce Springsteen, Walter Salles and Bowen Yang are 2025 Academy Museum Gala honorees
Penélope Cruz, Bruce Springsteen, Walter Salles and Bowen Yang have been named the honorees of this year’s Academy Museum Gala, hosted by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
New ‘buy now, pay later’ affordability checks may cover even smallest loans
City watchdog publishes details of its plans to regulate the BNPL market, which has now grown to £13bn Lenders may have to carry out affordability checks on even the smallest buy now, pay later loans under new rules drawn up by the City watchdog.The Fi…
Green mission aims to raise £1bn to bring nature into UK towns and cities
Initial £15.5m will go to schemes such as launch of large regional park to improving green spaces along canalsA coalition of environmental and heritage bodies has launched a billion-pound mission to bring nature into the heart of urban areas in the UK….
Britons urged to count butterfly numbers amid hopes of ‘outstanding’ summer
Big Butterfly Count asks volunteers to spend 15 minutes in local green space with big recovery expected after 2024’s dramatic declinePeople are being urged to help measure the scale of Britain’s butterfly bounceback after last summer’s dramatic decline…
Israel and Syria ‘agree to ceasefire’
Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the US ambassador to Turkey has said.
Chinese leasing giant ICBC struggling with cut-price auction of former Bourbon fleet
First offshore vessel up for sale has been relisted, while valuable large construction ship finds no takers
Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from edge of space, dies in paragliding crash
Austrian extreme skydiver, 56, lost control of his motorised paraglider while flying over central ItalyThe extreme sports pioneer Felix Baumgartner, famed for a record-breaking 2012 skydive from the edge of space, has died in a paragliding accident in …
Brazil’s Lula says he won’t take orders from ‘gringo’ Trump
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