Month: January 2023

Read MoreAs rate rises hit borrowers, we ask if the global housing market is heading for a painful downturn.As rate rises hit borrowers, we ask if the global housing market is heading for a painful downturn.

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Read More Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak signed the $1.4 billion deal to buy additional Abrams tanks. Poland’s defense minister signed a deal at a military base in Wesola, near Warsaw on Wednesday. The agreement foresees the delivery of 116 M1A1 Abrams tanks with related equipment and logistics starting this year. The deal covers the…

Read More Trump adviser Michael Flynn was banned in 2021 over the January 6 US Capitol riot Former US President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser and one of the key figures in the ‘Russiagate’ controversy, Michael Flynn, was reinstated on Friday on Twitter after a two-year ban. The move comes as part of an…

Read More Planned overhaul for GP surgeries puts party on collision course with British Medical Association Wes Streeting has said a Labour government would “tear up the contract” with GPs, and could make family doctors salaried NHS employees. The shadow health secretary said the way GP surgeries operate financially is a “murky, opaque business”. The…

Read More McCarthy had earlier blamed Trump for encouraging his supporters to attack the US Capitol two years ago McCarthy had earlier blamed Trump for encouraging his supporters to attack the US Capitol two years ago

Read MoreA compilation of Listening Post reports on the media dimensions of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.A compilation of Listening Post reports on the media dimensions of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Read MoreKosovo’s prime minister discusses the latest ethnic tensions.Kosovo’s prime minister discusses the latest ethnic tensions.

Read MoreFamily members said they did not get to meet with the men before their execution.Family members said they did not get to meet with the men before their execution.

Read More There are now four men known to have been executed since demonstrations began in September over the death of Mahsa Amini. All have faced internationally criticized, rapid, closed-door trials. (Image credit: AP Photo/Middle East Images, File) There are now four men known to have been executed since demonstrations began in September over the…

Read More Specialisms such as dentistry have shortages and EU exit still causes issues with medicines in Northern Ireland, thinktank finds NHS trusts in England have increased recruitment from low-income “red list” countries to make up for the post-Brexit loss of EU staff, despite a code of practice to safeguard health services in those developing…

Read More Female workers tell of exploitation and sexual assault at frankincense warehouse supplying US essential oils company “I’m not speaking metaphorically – a bottle of doTERRA essential oil can change the world,” says David Stirling, a mild, clean-cut, middle-aged man. His largely female audience cheers and whistles, as if for a celebrity. Stirling, then…

Read MoreTwo men hanged after being convicted of killing member of the paramilitary Basij force during continuing protests.Two men hanged after being convicted of killing member of the paramilitary Basij force during continuing protests.

Read Moreearthrise meets the business leaders disrupting the global economic system by prioritising planet as much as profit.earthrise meets the business leaders disrupting the global economic system by prioritising planet as much as profit.

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Read More Prime minister to host rare weekend meeting but Labour says patients deserve more than ‘talking shop’ Rishi Sunak will hold emergency talks with NHS and care leaders in an attempt to tackle Britain’s winter healthcare crisis. The UK prime minister will host the NHS Recovery Forum in No 10 on Saturday. The talks…

Read More Footage posted to social media showed passengers disembarking via emergency slides and walking across tarmac A Jetstar flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in central Japan after receiving a bomb threat, according to local media. The aircraft was reportedly travelling from Narita airport near Tokyo to Fukuoka on Saturday, when…

Read More Ultranationalist religious rulers sworn in last week have made explicit what was previously obscured: annexation Glancing up and staring directly into the camera, the suspect who broke into the centuries-old Jerusalem cemetery appears to spot the CCTV equipment recording his hate crime. Seemingly unfazed, he looks down again, focusing on the task at…

Read More Council steps in after videos on social media turn Nottinghamshire river crossing into viral tourist attraction Deep in the English countryside is an ancient river crossing that has been used, in various forms, for at least 1,000 years. It featured in the Domesday Book, attracted Cistercian monks who built an abbey nearby, and…

Read MoreThe Shan State Progress Party, United Wa State Party and National Democratic Alliance Army attend elections talks.The Shan State Progress Party, United Wa State Party and National Democratic Alliance Army attend elections talks.

Read MoreThe comet is made of ice and dust and emits a greenish aura, and is estimated to have a diameter of about a kilometre.The comet is made of ice and dust and emits a greenish aura, and is estimated to have a diameter of about a kilometre.

Read MoreCollaborators are a traumatising aspect of the Palestinian reality, but they cannot be blamed for Israeli crimes.Collaborators are a traumatising aspect of the Palestinian reality, but they cannot be blamed for Israeli crimes.

Read More Reports of strikes on Ukraine’s frontline after Vladimir Putin ordered a truce to observe Russian Orthodox Christmas What we know on day 318 of the invasion Russian forces struck a fire station in southern Ukrainian city of Kherson in an attack that left several people dead or wounded, a top Ukrainian official has…

Read More Charges against Rhianan Rudd, then 15, were dropped after evidence proved she had been groomed online by rightwing extremists Charities say the case of a UK teenager who became the youngest girl to be charged with terror offences after online grooming by rightwing extremists should be a “wake-up call” about the online vulnerability…

Read MoreSatellite monitoring detected 218.4 square km of forest cover destroyed in Brazil’s share of the Amazon.Satellite monitoring detected 218.4 square km of forest cover destroyed in Brazil’s share of the Amazon.

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Read More Experts call for a multidisciplinary approach, with climate-related disasters to continue disrupting freight delivery Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Western Australia’s “worst ever” flood has further highlighted the vulnerability of Australia’s supply chains, experts say. On…

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Read MoreThe California lawmaker narrowly overcomes opposition from right-wing legislators to secure the speaker’s gavel.The California lawmaker narrowly overcomes opposition from right-wing legislators to secure the speaker’s gavel.

Read More Lawmakers nearly came to blows as historic streak of voting neared dramatic conclusion Lawmakers nearly came to blows as historic streak of voting neared dramatic conclusion

Read More The California Republican was able to woo his hard-right detractors after several negotiations and concessions The Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was elected as speaker of the US House of Representatives in a dramatic late-night vote, after quelling a days-long revolt from a bloc of far-right conservatives to finally capture the gavel on a…

Read More The Republican leader’s victory came at a price: McCarthy had to agree to a series of compromises that dramatically weaken the power of his new post. The Republican leader’s victory came at a price: McCarthy had to agree to a series of compromises that dramatically weaken the power of his new post.

Read More The Bakersfield Republican ceded so much, he will spend his tenure on a razor’s edge. Even worse, legislation will be hostage to an extreme fringe of far-right zealots. The Bakersfield Republican ceded so much, he will spend his tenure on a razor’s edge. Even worse, legislation will be hostage to an extreme fringe…

Read MoreIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government is vexing the Biden administration as it embarks on policies that U.S. officials fear will run counter to longstanding American goalsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government is vexing the Biden administration as it embarks on policies that U.S. officials fear will run counter to longstanding American…

Read More California Republican Kevin McCarthy was just one vote away from the position The US House of Representatives has again failed to appoint a new speaker following its fourteenth consecutive attempt. A lone Republican continued to stand in the way of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, leaving the chamber without a presiding officer. While McCarthy…