Jeremy Hunt to unveil pension fund reform plan to help UK startups

Read More The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is poised to announce plans to merge workplace pension schemes and release up to ?75bn of retirement funds for fast-growing startups, in a move that could accelerate plans to create the next Silicon Valley. The proposals, aimed at mobilising investment from the UK’s ?2.5tn pensions sector, are due to […]

Teenager arrested after maths teacher stabbed in Gloucestershire school

Read More A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a maths teacher was stabbed in a Gloucestershire school, leading to hundreds of children being kept in lockdown for more than five hours. Armed officers raced to Tewkesbury academy on Monday morning after the attack on the “very popular” teacher in a […]

Claims about BBC presenter are rubbish, says young person at centre of scandal

Read More The young person at the centre of a scandal over a suspended BBC presenter has issued a statement in which he claimed the key allegations are “rubbish”. A prominent male BBC presenter was suspended at the weekend after the young person’s mother went to the Sun newspaper with claims the presenter spent ?35,000 […]

6 Killed in Kindergarten Stabbing Attack in China

Read More A police officer gestures to a journalist not to photograph in Beijing, China, on March 5, 2021. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images) A 25-year-old man was suspected of attacking a kindergarten in China’s Guangdong province on Monday killing six people and injuring one, police said. Media reported the attack in Lianjiang county was […]

One Killed as Heavy Rain Triggers Landslides in Japan

Read More Torrential rain over southwest Japan triggered landslides that killed at least one person, while three were missing, as authorities urged tens of thousands to leave their homes because of the danger of more landslides and floods. Japan is the latest country to be hit by unusually heavy rain in various parts of the […]

Philippines Vows to Keep Exposing Chinese Incursions in South China Sea

Read More The Philippines will keep exposing Chinese ship incursions in the South China Sea as part of its strategy to drive Chinese forces out of its territorial waters, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Sunday. PCG spokesman Jay Tarriela said this would prompt the international community to criticize China’s actions and prevent Chinese vessels […]

Paraguay President-Elect Visiting Taiwan to Deepen Ties

Read More Paraguayan President-elect Santiago Pena said Sunday that he will visit Taiwan this week to deepen bilateral relations with the self-ruling island as part of his administration’s “intense international agenda.” Mr. Pena, who is set to take office later in August following the victory of the ruling Colorado Party in the April elections, will […]