Fri 13 June 2025: The World Bank on Tuesday slashed its economic growth estimates for 2025 by 0.4 percentage points to 2.3%, citing “a substantial rise in trade barriers.” The revised figure would mark the slowest growth rate since 2008. “Global growth is slowing due to a substantial rise in trade barriers and the pervasive […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: Unemployment in the UK rose in April to the highest level in almost four years, official figures showed, as tax increases introduced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves added to a broader slowdown in the jobs market. In a blow for the chancellor before Wednesday’s spending review, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) […]
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Fri 13 June 2025: US president unveils site for applicants to register interest for ‘Trump Card’ granting path to citizenship. United States President Donald Trump has said his administration is accepting applications for his so-called “Trump Card”, which promises applicants permanent residency for $5m. Trump made the announcement on Wednesday as he unveiled a new […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: The Trump administration is planning to send up to 9,000 undocumented migrants to the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba as early as this week, the Washington Post and Politico reported Tuesday. Officials told the news outlets that foreign nationals under consideration for transfer to the facility include migrants from […]
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Wed 11 June 2025: Tech billionaire says some of his social media posts about US president ‘went too far’. Tech billionaire Elon Musk has expressed regret over his broadsides against United States President Donald Trump following their spectacular public falling-out. “I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week,” Musk said in a […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: US President Trump-appointed Health Secretary and vaccine sceptic will replace panel with his own selections. United States Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr has purged a 17-member panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that provides expertise on vaccines. Kennedy, who before taking a position […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: California resident shipped at least three containers of guns bound for North Korea, according to prosecutors. A Chinese man living illegally in the United States has pleaded guilty to exporting guns, ammunition and other military items to North Korea at the direction of Pyongyang, the US Department of Justice has said. […]
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Tue 10 June 2025: Moscow says it has received a list from Kyiv, demanding the release of hundreds of children as ceasefire talks stumble. Kyiv, Ukraine – Russian President Vladimir Putin faces criminal charges for the “unlawful deportation and transfer of children”. That is the definition of the 2023 arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court, […]
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Mon 09 June 2025: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday accused Britain of being 100% involved in Ukraine’s “terrorist attacks” against Russia. Speaking at the Future Forum-2050 in Moscow, Lavrov said Ukraine would be “helpless” in its “terrorist attacks” without Britain’s support. “These threats are serious enough. Clearly, all of this is done by […]
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Mon 09 June 2025: Foreign interference in elections is a real concern but sometimes used as an “alibi” by democracies to divert attention from domestic issues, the head of a democracy think-tank said Monday. According to a new report by Stockholm-based International IDEA, disinformation and manipulation of social media algorithms to influence results are among […]
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