U.N. Secretary General António Guterres said in a speech before International Women’s Day that decades of advances on women’s rights are being wound back.
Crisis-Hit Lanka Says China To Restructure Loans For Securing IMF Bailout
China’s Exim bank “sent a letter to the IMF” expressing its willingness to “restructure” credit to Sri Lanka, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament.
Ukraine war: The cost and scale of rehabilitating the wounded
Ukraine is trying to rehabilitate thousands of soldiers left with life-changing war wounds.
Fox News hit with fresh federal election complaint over Trump camp collusion
Media Matters for America raised issue of Murdoch handing Jared Kushner confidential information about a Biden ad with the FECA US Federal Election Commission complaint over the collusion of Fox Newswith the Trump campaign in 2020 could be the first of…
Civil servant union accuses government of ignoring strike talks offer
Prospect says Cabinet Office not engaging over dispute that could lead to 150,000 public sector workers going on strikeA leading civil servants union has accused the government of ignoring its offer of talks to avert strikes and failing to even acknowl…
Majority of English councils plan more cuts at same time as maximum tax rises
Survey lays bare precarious state of local finances and increasingly ‘desperate’ measures planned in many areasMore than half of local authorities in England plan to cut more services while also raising council tax by the maximum possible amount, as th…
Mississippi: 15-year-old with master’s degree prepares to attend law school
James ‘Jimmy’ Chilimigras took entrance exam last year and scored 174, the highest tally in his home state, Alabama and LouisianaA 15-year-old Mississippi boy is reportedly preparing to start law school later this year and has the chance to become one …
Brexit: EU suppliers wary about doing business in UK, warn manufacturers
Trade body Make UK adds to pressure on Rishi Sunak as it calls for reset of relationships with EuropeBusiness leaders say frayed relations with the EU are costing the British economy, as suppliers in the bloc grow more cautious about doing business wit…
UK women priced out of work by lack of affordable childcare, PwC finds
Pressure builds for childcare help in budget as Britain slips down global league table for women in workWomen in Britain are being priced out of work and suffering from a growing gender pay gap as the result of a lack of affordable child care, a new re…