Tory MPs plot to avert welfare squeeze after humiliating U-turns

Read More Conservative MPs are plotting to avert a squeeze on welfare after Liz Truss was forced into two humiliating U-turns on plans to abolish the top rate of income tax and the date of a new mini-budget. The Guardian understands Kwarteng will speed up plans for a new fiscal statement, expected to focus on […]

Russia no longer has full control of any of four ‘annexed’ Ukrainian provinces

Read More Russia no longer has full control of any of the four provinces of Ukraine it says it annexed last week after Ukrainian troops reportedly advanced dozens of kilometres in Kherson province in the south of the country and made additional gains in the east. On Monday, the Russian military acknowledged that Kyiv’s forces […]

Interior Dept. to Require Body Cams for Law Enforcement

The U.S. Interior Department on Monday launched a set of new policies that would require thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, ensures the release of footage in some critical incidents and restricts the use of so-called no-knock warrants.The…

NIH Continues to Pour Millions Into Organization That Funded Wuhan Lab

Read More Millions of federal dollars have continued flowing into EcoHealth Alliance, the New York-based nonprofit under heavy scrutiny for its role in funneling public money to a key laboratory in China for bat coronavirus research that many believe may have caused the pandemic. On Sept. 21, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued three […]

Brazilians shocked as Bolsonaro’s strong election showing defies expectations

Read More Tears filled Beatriz Sim?es’s eyes as she digested Jair Bolsonaro’s startlingly strong performance in Sunday’s Brazilian election. Hours earlier the 34-year-old publicist had been convinced a hope-filled dawn was coming with the election of Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva as Brazil’s next leader. But as she stood outside S?o Paulo’s museum of art […]