• New strikes called as dispute deepens

    The dispute between unions and the government remains deadlocked after meetings between unions, the Minister for Employment and employer representatives.

  • [ANALYSIS] Concern about the right trading call during Holy Week

    This week’s initial trading results show that foreign investors appear to be coming back

  • Tice slams BBC for calling Reform 'far-right'

    The Reform UK leader says he has instructed his lawyers to get in touch with other news organisations who repeated the BBC line.

  • BBC apologises for calling Reform UK ‘far right’

    Reform party leader Richard Tice says he expects BBC to change its editorial guidelinesThe BBC has apologised for referring to Reform UK as “far right” in a news report.The apology related to coverage of the Liberal Democrats’ spring conference by the broadcaster, which said it had removed a sentence from an article that did not adhere to its editorial standards. Continue reading

  • Letters to the Editor: Should the media call out Trump's lies or try to ignore him?

    To the editor: Columnist Jonah Goldberg suggests that the media reduce its coverage of former President Trump radical remarks. ("Did Trump literally threaten a 'bloodbath'? No, and claiming he did only helps his campaign," Opinion, March 18) Goldberg ignores the greater problem: President Biden can't seem to get mileage for all he's done because of the incessant comments from Trump and Fox News. They are always commenting on how great Trump was and how terrible things are under Biden. And, as...

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    Opinion: Georgia judge got the Fani Willis call right

    Opinion by Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — Georgia Judge Scott McAfee has continued his run of Solomonic decisions in his ruling Friday rejecting the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing the case accusing former President Donald Trump and a group of his associates of election interference in

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    Opinion: Georgia judge got the Fani Willis call right

    Opinion by Norman Eisen, E. Danya Perry and Joshua Kolb (CNN) — Georgia Judge Scott McAfee has continued his run of Solomonic decisions in his ruling Friday rejecting the disqualification of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who is overseeing the case accusing former President Donald Trump and a group of his associates of election interference in

  • CPKC, shipper urge STB to resolve Texas trackage rights dispute

    WASHINGTON — Canadian Pacific Kansas City says it has shippers lined up to export grain through the ports of Houston and Galveston, but they’re awaiting a regulatory decision regarding whether unit trains can move over Union Pacific trackage rights south of Beaumont, Texas. CPKC told the Surface Transportation Board last week that it has four []Read More

  • Human rights groups call on Finnish government to tackle racism, discrimination

    A total of 33 organisations — including Amnesty, the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare, Save the Children Finland and the Family Federation of Finland — signed the joint statement.

  • UN rights expert report to call for Israel arms embargo over ‘acts of genocide’

    Special rapporteur will tell human rights council Israel’s actions ‘reveal an intent to physically destroy Palestinians as a group’A UN human rights expert will deliver a report on Tuesday saying that Israel has carried out acts of genocide in Gaza and should be placed under an arms embargo.Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, said in her report there were “reasonable grounds” to believe that Israel was carrying out three of the five acts...

  • Letters to the Editor: Don't let Israel's far right succeed in reoccupying Gaza after the war

    To the editor: Your article on the rise of far-right extremists and religious Zionists in Israel explained more than just the age-long settlement goals of these groups in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It also elucidated the machinery at play that has meticulously fostered such far-right ideas over many years. These groups have made inroads into the military and the government. They have leveraged their ideas in a very opportunistic manner as a form of reprisal against the Palestinian people...

  • ‘The time feels right’: Danny Care calls time on 15-year England career

    Harlequins scrum-half bows out with 101 capsOnly five other players boast century of caps for EnglandDanny Care, the Harlequins scrum-half, has retired from international rugby after winning 101 caps in a 15-year England career.The Leeds-born 37-year-old, who has a record 369 Quins appearances, played in all five of England’s matches during this year’s Six Nations, including his 100th cap in the 23-22 win over Ireland. Continue reading