Mon 10 June 2024: Tax rises “hiding in plain sight” that will cost UK households an average of £800 a year are already on the way whoever wins the general election, a leading thinktank warned. While the Conservatives and Labour argue about what levies the other would introduce in power, the Resolution Foundation has warned […]
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Mon 10 June 2024: Ukrainian forces have for the first time hit a latest-generation Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an air base inside Russia, Kyiv’s GUR defense intelligence agency said on Sunday, showing satellite pictures which it said confirmed the strike. In a Telegram post, the GUR did not specify how the Su-57 was […]
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Sun 09 June 2024: US President Joe Biden warned that Vladimir Putin would “not stop” at Ukraine, accusing The Kremlin of harbouring the ambitions of territorial ambitions. He was speaking on Saturday (June 8) while pledging support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia. “Putin is not going to stop at Ukraine,” Biden said […]
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Sun 09 June 2024: The universally known traffic light has not experienced a significant redesign in almost 100 years, ever since William Pott, a Detroit police officer, created the first three-section traffic light in the United States in 1921. Now, say experts, the rise of driverless cars means that a new set of safety guidelines […]
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Sun 09 June 2024: Polling stations have opened in 20 European countries for elections anticipated to shift the European Parliament to the right, potentially reshaping the future of the EU, the world’s largest trading bloc. Key issues influencing voters include the war in Ukraine, climate policies affecting farmers, and migration concerns, from Portugal to Austria, […]
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Sat 08 June 2024: A UN official on Friday said a sharp increase in fighting in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where Russian forces entered early May and have since advanced, has the “heaviest impact.” “An escalation in fighting in the Kharkiv region since 10 May has had the heaviest impact,” Joyce Msuya, UN […]
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Sat 08 June 2024: Primary schoolteachers in the UK pointed out the increasing number of students coming to schools feeling hungry and without proper clothing or school supplies compared to the last year, a survey revealed on Wednesday. A recent research carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) said that since 2021, […]
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Fri 07 June 2024: Next week, four Russian vessels, including a nuclear-powered submarine, will dock in Havana, Cuban officials announced. According to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the vessels, which do not carry nuclear weapons, will arrive in the Cuban capital between June 12 and 17, and their presence “does not represent a threat to […]
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Fri 07 June 2024: Banknotes in Britain, bearing the image of King Charles III, went into circulation for the first time on Wednesday- two years after he was crowned after his mother Queen Elizabeth’s death. The four banknotes with the king’s portrait on the front carry values of £5 ($6.4), £10, £20 and £50. The […]
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Thu 06 June 2024: The UN General Assembly, on Thursday, elected five non-permanent members to the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the 2025-2026 term. Somalia, Pakistan, Panama, Greece and Denmark won elections at the General Assembly. Somalia received 179 votes, Pakistan 182, Panama 183, Greece 182 and Denmark 184, meeting the criterion of obtaining two-thirds […]
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