Wed 19 February 2025: Millions of households face a greater than expected increase to their energy bills of £85 a year from April after Europe’s gas storage levels slumped, according to analysts. The average gas and electricity bill for households across England, Scotland and Wales is expected to rise by nearly 5% from April to […]
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Wed 19 February 2025: Tech company Meta is set to build the world’s longest undersea cable, a 50,000-km (31,000-mile) project designed to enhance global internet connectivity, according to British media on Tuesday. The cable, longer than Earth’s circumference, will link the US, India, South Africa, Brazil, and other regions, Sky News reported. Named Project Waterworth, […]
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Wed 19 February 2025: Amnesty International has called on French lawmakers to reject a bill that seeks to ban headscarves and other religious symbols in sports competitions. The bill, which proposes banning clothing and symbols displaying religious affiliation in all sports disciplines in France, will be debated in the French Senate this week. Amnesty International […]
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Wed 19 February 2025: US President Donald Trump leveled sharp criticism Tuesday at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying Kyiv could have made a deal to avoid the war with Russia. Speaking to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump said the Ukrainian leader “should have never started” the war, criticizing Zelenskyy after he expressed […]
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Tue 18 February 2025: Talks between Russia and the US on improving ties as well as the Ukraine war —the first such talks in years— concluded after 4 and a half hours, Russian state media reported Tuesday. Speaking at a media briefing on the sidelines of the meeting in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, which was broadcast […]
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Tue 18 February 2025: The unemployment rate in the UK increased to 4.4% in December 2024, up from 4.3% on a quarterly basis, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Tuesday. The economic inactivity rate was at 21.5%, while the employment rate also increased to 74.9%, the ONS said. The number of unemployed people […]
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Tue 18 February 2025: Pope Francis will remain in the hospital for an extended period due to a new diagnosis announced by the Vatican on Monday, following his bout with bronchitis last week. The 88-year-old leader of the Catholic Church has been diagnosed with a “polymicrobial respiratory infection,” prompting doctors to adjust his treatment for […]
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Tue 18 February 2025: US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem launched a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign Monday to warn those who want to enter the country illegally. “Tonight, I’m announcing a nationwide and international multimillion-dollar ad campaign warning illegal aliens to leave our country NOW or face deportation with the inability to return to the US,” […]
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Mon 17 February 2025: Multiple people were reportedly injured after a Delta Airlines commercial plane arriving from US city of Minneapolis crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday. “Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are […]
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Mon 17 February 2025: US President Donald Trump Sunday brushed off concerns over the EU’s potential ban on US food imports, arguing that his trade policies are fair and beneficial to the US. Asked by reporters about European countries saying they will ban US food imports in response to his tariffs, Trump dismissed the significance […]
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