Ohio senator tells president that China-built cars pose ‘existential threat to American auto industry’ but forgets Tesla and other Western brands also make EVs there
Newcastle state MP Tim Crakanthorp will not be subject to a further corruption investigation after being forced to resign from his various ministries.
The measures, championed by PM Rishi Sunak, pass despite opposition by several leading Conservative figures.
Polls show significant support for curb to protect children but some Tories uneasy with idea of government ‘microparenting’Ministers are considering banning the sale of smartphones to children under the age of 16 after a number of polls have shown significant public support for such a curb.The government issued guidance on the use of mobile phones in English schools two months ago, but other curbs are said to have been considered to better protect children after a number of campaigns. Continue...
The Dutch data protection authority Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens has urged the infrastructure ministry to take action about the growing number of traffic lights that have been fitted with software, allowing them to track road users. The traffic lights connect to the mobile phones of road users and follow them to gather information about traffic volume and speed. But the traffic lights also collect personal information about motorists, enabling them, for example, to follow a complete route...
A minister has insisted it is for parents to discipline their children after paediatricians called for a UK-wide ban on smacking.
Car traders and other professional dealers will no longer be able to accept cash payments of more than €3,000 from 2026, if finance minister Steven van Weyenberg and justice minister Dilan Yesilgöz have their way. The ministers plan to press ahead with legislation to outlaw large cash payments even though parliament declared the issue to be “controversial” and so out of bounds to the caretaker cabinet. However, if the measure, designed to cut down on money laundering, is not implemented
The transportation sector hasn't met its climate goals in Germany; now the minister in charge is asking for emissions targets to be eased
Senate Banking Committee chair called Chinese cars an "existential threat" to the US motor industry.
MPs have voted in favour of a motion that could lead to an end to foreign adoptions by Dutch families. A majority of MPs voted in favour of a Socialist party motion calling on the cabinet to come up with a plan to “carefully wind down” foreign adoptions, ignoring calls by legal protection minister Franc Weerwind to vote against it. The motion was backed by the far-right PVV and other right-wing parties as well as ChristenUnie and the pro-animal PvdD.
A former BJP MLA in Karnataka has raised a massive controversy over his "one peg" swipe at the state Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar.
A social media ban for under-16s is among a raft of proposals set to be unveiled by the Government within weeks, it has been reported. (Stock Image)