Peru pollution protest: 10 Americans on tourist riverboat held hostage, released

At least 10 Americans held hostage with a group of more than 240 tourists on a riverboat in Peru have been released, according to reports Friday. Some 248 people, including children, pregnant women and elderly, were held by activists from an indigenous group protesting recent oil spills that have polluted their lands. BRAZIL ELECTION: BOLSONARO […]

Mary, Queen of Scoffs: jailed monarch ate only the best, papers reveal

Read More She was executed as a Roman Catholic threat to the English throne, but during her long years of imprisonment by her Protestant cousin, Elizabeth I, Mary, Queen of Scots was still treated as a queen, previously unpublished documents reveal. The British Library has acquired official financial accounts for the 1580s which detail the […]

Sunak vows to protect mortgage holders but says he can’t ‘do everything’

Read More Rishi Sunak has vowed to limit the impact of rising inflation on people with mortgages, as he promised to rebuild trust in the government. The prime minister said inflation was the “number one enemy” and that he was doing everything he could to “grip” the issue. Sunak told the Times he understood the […]

Border Force union joins legal action over conditions at Manston asylum centre

Read More A trade union that represents many Home Office staff is joining a legal action against the home secretary over “horrendous, inhumane and dangerous” conditions at the Manston processing centre for people arriving in the country by small boat. The Public and Commercial Services union, the UK’s largest union for civil servants, counts among […]