• Government gets £420m from miners pension scheme

    The government is entitled to surplus funds - but Labour says the longstanding deal is unfair.

  • Egypt Announces First Increase in Fuel Prices in 2024

      For the first time in 2024, Egypt has announced an increase in fuel prices in an effort to reduce the gap between production costs and selling prices, the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said in an official statement on Friday, 22 March. The recent liberalization of the exchange rate and rising transportation costs, especially due to Red Sea incidents, have significantly increased the cost of imported petroleum products, widening the gap between production costs and selling prices...

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    Congressional leaders announce deal to fund rest of government

    Congressional leaders on Tuesday formally announced a deal to keep the rest of the government funded through the fiscal year, but with just days to go before a key deadline, members from both parties in the House and Senate will need to cooperate in order to prevent a partial government shutdown. Speaker Mike Johnson announced the deal in a statement, saying he hopes the text of the legislation will be released “as soon as possible,” a key step expected before either chamber votes. A GOP...

  • Kamala Harris announces new oversight for government use of AI

    Vice President Kamala Harris has announced three new federal rules encouraging safety and transparency amid the rise of artificial intelligence. The rules, introduced through the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, strive to raise the standards set to protect rights and public safety, in addition to improving transparency and internal oversight, according to Harris. “When […]

  • UK government announces £16.6m for EV semiconductor research

    The UK government has approved £16.6m of funding to support semiconductor research for electric vehicles (EVs) and clean energy. Announced on Thursday, the funding will be delivered by Innovate UK as part of the £1bn semiconductor strategy announced last year. The tech department aims to give researchers and businesses in the field access to new […]

  • Government pushes for minimum wage increase to keep pace with inflation

    The government will advocate that the wages of Australia's lowest-paid workers do not go backwards, as the Fair Work Commission reviews minimum and award wage rates.

  • HILL: Smith government increased spending despite promise of ‘restraint’

    Despite the Smith government’s plan to grow spending below the rate of inflation and population growth, projected spending has actually increased since the 2022 mid-year fiscal update. And once again, higher spending means Alberta has increased its reliance on volatile resource revenue — not reduced it.

  • Government announces improvements on 17 of England’s deadliest roads

    Total of £147.5m already invested to make 82 high-risk roads safer

  • The Broad announces massive expansion that will increase gallery space by 70%

    The Broad on Wednesday announced a $100-million building expansion that will increase gallery space at one of Los Angeles' most popular museums by 70%. The sweeping plans could provide a critical boost to downtown L.A., which has seen sluggish recovery since the pandemic and the rise of remote work left the city's core a shell of what it had once been. The 55,000-square-foot addition is designed by the New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which designed the original museum — built at a...

  • XCAD Announces Multiple Governments’ Backing for New Initiative to Expand Web3 Education

    UAE, UAE, March 27th, 2024, Chainwire XCAD Network – a tokenisation platform for YouTubers to connect and reward their viewers with crypto tokens – today announced it has signed MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding) with multiple governments to expand incentivised Web3 education to millions of people across the globe. By securing the support of several governments, […]

  • New Hope chief Gideon Sa’ar announces he’s quitting government

    New Hope leader MK Gideon Sa’ar announced that he was leaving the government at a press conference on Monday evening, a few weeks after he threatened to do so if he wasn’t added to the War Cabinet.Sa’ar stressed that he and his party tried to get the government to change its approach to the war, accusing the government of dragging out the war.console.log("2390 BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){ console.log("2390 BODY. YES for anyclip script"); var script =...

  • Biden and congressional leaders announce deal on government funding as partial shutdown looms

    President Joe Biden and congressional leaders announced Tuesday that they have reached an agreement on this fiscal year's final set of spending bills. Now, the question is how fast lawmakers can get the bills passed to avoid a partial government shutdown. While Biden said he'll sign the bill package as