Wed 26 February 2025: Labour is losing support fastest among voters who feel economically insecure, according to a report urging UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to focus on boosting living standards, rather than on culture wars and immigration. The prime minister has faced calls from some backbench Labour MPs to take a tougher stance on […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after a massive blackout impacted 19 million people. In an address to the nation, Boric said the outage affected eight million homes and held private companies responsible for the disruption. “What happened today is outrageous because it’s not tolerable that […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: Social media giants Meta and X failed to take down far-right hate speech adverts on their platforms, in an apparent bid to influence election outcomes in Germany, an investigation has revealed. A report by corporate accountability group Ekō revealed that it submitted ten adverts to social media networks Meta and X this month, […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: The Trump administration has scrapped a Biden-era policy that required the US government to report on how American-supplied weapons are being used by allied nations, according to two US officials and a source familiar with the matter. The directive, National Security Memorandum 20 (NSM-20), obligated the US to assess whether recipient […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: Apple has revealed intentions to channel over $500 billion into the United States across the next four years, with initiatives to onboard 20,000 new employees and construct a server facility in Texas. The announcement, made public on Monday, follows closely on the heels of President Donald Trump’s claim that Apple CEO […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: The US-based electric vehicle giant Tesla’s sales in Europe dropped by 45.2% in January on a yearly basis, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) data released on Tuesday showed. Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla sold 9,945 units of vehicle in January, ACEA’s report showed, while this figure was at 18,161 units in […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasises alarming human rights abuses in Ukraine, Palestine, and DRC. Warmongers and authoritarians are “suffocating” human rights across the world, the chief of the United Nations has warned. Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres depicted a world where human rights […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: Cancer death rates in the UK are 60% higher among people living in the most deprived areas compared to those in wealthier regions, according to a new analysis by Cancer Research UK on Friday. The charity’s findings reveal a stark inequality, with 28,400 extra cancer deaths annually linked to deprivation, equivalent […]
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Mon 24 February 2025: In a surprising shift from longstanding U.S. policy, the United States sided with Russia on Monday to oppose a UN General Assembly resolution denouncing Russia’s war on Ukraine. This vote put the U.S. in conflict with its traditional European partners and in agreement with the aggressor, marking a notable shift as […]
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Mon 24 February 2025: The Trump administration has instructed immigration officials to deport unaccompanied migrant children or force them to face immigration courts, local media reported, based on sources familiar with the matter. An internal document from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on “unaccompanied alien children” focuses on preventing children from falling victim to human […]
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