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A 42-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of her two-year-old daughter who died after being found in a pond. Police were sent to a report that Annabel Mackey had gone missing from her home in Kingsley near Bordon, Hampshire, on 10 September 2023. The child was found a short time later at Kingsley … Read more
Australians are losing more money to gambling each year than the federal government spends on aged care and almost as much as it spends on the national disability insurance scheme, a new report has found. The report by Equity Economics found that despite the cost-of-living crisis, the amount of money being lost to gambling has … Read more
Justin Trudeau has claimed the aim of a “dumb” trade war launched by Donald Trump is to usher in the “complete collapse” of the Canadian economy and make it easier for the United States to annex Canada. Speaking hours after the US slapped 25% taxes on Canadian and Mexican goods – and a 10% levy … Read more
Investment firm State Street, the company that commissioned the Fearless Girl statue that once faced down the Wall Street Charging Bull sculpture and became a symbol of gender diversity in the workplace, has quietly ended some of its diversity policies as US companies continue to retreat from diversity goals. Last year in its proxy voting … Read more
Egypt has proposed a $53bn (£42bn) plan to rebuild Gaza, in a rushed attempt to present an alternative to Donald Trump’s idea for a property development-style plan, which involved a relocation of the Palestinian population that has been widely criticised as effectively endorsing ethnic cleansing. The new proposal, presented at an Arab League summit in … Read more
The US state department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by Donald Trump shortly after he took office. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, announced on Tuesday the department had restored the designation, which carries with it sanctions and penalties for anyone providing “material … Read more
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a possible peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, saying he was willing to work “constructively” under Donald Trump’s “strong leadership” and to sign a deal giving the US access to his country’s mineral wealth. In an attempt to mend fences with Washington after Trump abruptly suspended supplies of military … Read more
Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, has caused alarm among pediatricians, vaccine experts and lawmakers with an opinion piece that focuses on vitamin A and nutrition as treatments for measles. In response to a measles outbreak in Texas, which resulted in the first American measles death in nearly a decade, Kennedy wrote for … Read more
Trade unions declared victory on Tuesday as Labour bolstered a string of measures in its workers’ rights bill, amid criticism of the government from business groups saying there had been no “meaningful change” despite engagement. Union sources said they were delighted that there had been no watering down of any key measures in the employment … Read more
Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings said on Tuesday a consortium including BlackRock Inc would buy an 80% stake in a unit that controls ports in Panama for an equity value of $14.21bn. The sale of 90% interest in Panama Ports Company, which owns and operates the ports of Balboa and Cristobal, comes as the US … Read more