The US defense department webpage celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient which was found to be no longer operational and had the letters “DEI” added to the site’s address has been restored – and the letters scrubbed – after an outcry. On Saturday, the Guardian reported that US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s … Read more
Regulators will face twice-yearly performance reviews from ministers, aimed at forcing them to be more growth-friendly, as the chancellor warned that “too much bureaucracy” is holding back the economy. Rachel Reeves met financial, environmental and health regulators in Downing Street on Monday and urged them to continue to streamline their approach, to make it more … Read more
The White House has denied allegations that it engaged in a “a blatant violation” of a judge’s order by deporting about 250 Venezuelan alleged gang members to El Salvador on Saturday, with the judge scheduling a hearing for Monday afternoon to demand an explanation. On Saturday, the US district judge James E Boasberg issued an … Read more
Clean up efforts have started in several US states which endured destructive storms that killed more than 40 people over the weekend. The massive storm system in question swept across at least eight states in the south and midwest over the weekend, with multiple tornadoes, wildfires and dust storms hunkering down on the region, destroying … Read more
Lithuanian prosecutors have blamed the Russian military intelligence service for being behind an arson attack on an Ikea store in Vilnius last year, calling it “an act of terrorism”. Lithuania, a Nato member, has been a staunch ally of Kyiv since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and has frequently warned of Russian sabotage attempts. … Read more
A TikTok star who died after consuming a poisonous substance she bought online told an NHS support worker about the purchase a month before her death, an inquest has heard. Imogen Nunn took a poisonous substance and died in Brighton, East Sussex, on New Year’s Day 2023. The 25-year-old, who was deaf, raised awareness of … Read more
The US president, Donald Trump, on Monday declared he would hold Iran directly responsible for any future attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-backed Houthi rebels, who have targeted US and other foreign ships in the Red Sea. “Every shot fired by the Houthis will be looked upon, from this point forward, as being a shot fired from … Read more
Yale Law School professors have sent a warning to international students about an imminent US travel ban, as the Trump administration appears poised to implement sweeping new restrictions on foreign nationals entering the country. In an email on Sunday night, Yale law professors Muneer Ahmad and Michael Wishnie warned students from potentially affected countries they … Read more
A former boarding school housemaster and scout leader has been convicted of nearly 100 offences, including dozens of child abuse charges, nearly 30 years after he fled to Thailand. Richard Burrows, 80, was found guilty of abusing boys between the late 1960s and mid-1990s while working at a school in Cheshire and later as a … Read more
A French European parliament member has quipped that the US should return the Statue of Liberty, which it received as a gift from France about 140 years ago, after Donald Trump’s decision “to side with the tyrants” against Ukraine. “Apparently you despise it,” said Raphaël Glucksmann of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, evidently … Read more