Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the chancellor and business secretary have written to the UK’s main regulators asking them to come up with ideas for reform that could boost economic…
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Ukraine: Zelenskyy accuses Slovakia of opening ‘second energy front’ against Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico of opening a “second energy front” against Kyiv on the orders of Moscow, deepening an already tense dispute over transfers of…
UK: Living conditions ‘horrendous’ for some renters
A scheme to try and improve rented homes and help with problem landlords has found more than 2,000 faults in properties since it launched. The city council in Peterborough set…
USA: Trump urges US Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban
US President-elect Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to delay an upcoming TikTok ban while he works on a “political resolution” .His lawyer filed a legal brief on…
S Korea: Crypto-boss Do Kwon to be extradited to US
South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon will be extradited to the United States from Montenegro over the collapse of two digital tokens – TerraUSD and Luna tokens. For months, the…
Estonia: Navy to protect undersea power link after main cable damaged
Nato has said it will enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea, and Estonia has sent a patrol ship to protect its Estlink1 undersea power cable, after Russia was…
Panama: President José Raúl Mulino calls Trump’s Chinese canal claim ‘nonsense’
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has denied claims by US president-elect Donald Trump that there are Chinese soldiers stationed at the Panama Canal. In recent days Trump has threatened to…
China: Beijing to build world’s largest hydropower dam in Tibet
China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, stoking concerns about displacement of communities in Tibet and environmental impacts downstream in India and Bangladesh.…
France: alcohol-free wine on the market
In the vineyards of Bordeaux, the unspeakable has become the drinkable. Wine without alcohol has arrived. The heresy of yesterday is now – thanks to science and economic crisis –…
Turkey: Owner and architect of quake collapse hotel jailed
A court in Turkey has sentenced the owner and architect of a hotel which collapsed in an earthquake in 2023, killing 72 people, to jail. The owner of the Isias…