A review into the cancellation of a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream after a censorship row has been criticised by a major arts union for avoiding “deeper accountability”. The play had been due to run at the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester in September last year but was pulled in a dispute over one … Read more
Elon Musk is “not a serious guy”, said Mark Kelly, the US fighter pilot and astronaut turned Arizona Democratic senator, after the Tesla owner and close Donald Trump ally called him a “traitor” for visiting Ukraine in support of its fight against Russia’s invading troops. On Sunday, Kelly posted to social media photos of his … Read more
Dundee University has announced plans to cut more than 600 jobs and reduce its teaching by a fifth to help cope with a £35m deficit in its accounts. The university’s interim principal, Prof Shane O’Neill, said that nearly 200 academic staff and 435 support staff would be made redundant, with every department hit by the … Read more
Keir Starmer has been warned that he will need to take “urgent action” to meet his goal of cutting energy bills by up to £300 by 2030, according to a report, as millions of UK households face higher energy costs from April. The government’s plan to switch to a clean power system by 2030 will … Read more
Donald Trump has signaled he intends to buy a “brand new Tesla” and blamed “Radical Left Lunatics” for “illegally” boycotting Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company a day after Tesla suffered its worst share price fall in nearly five years. Tesla’s share fell hard on Monday as markets reacted to the threat of a recession and … Read more
Rubbish is piling up on the streets of Birmingham as bin workers launched an all-out indefinite strike, with the council accusing the union of holding the city hostage. Almost 400 workers in Birmingham, who have been have been striking intermittently since January in an escalating row over the scrapping of some roles, began the all-out … Read more
Donald Trump posted to social media more than 100 times on Monday in a frenzy of self-aggrandizing messages even as the global stock market fell sharply amid fears that his economic policies could produce a US recession. Far from rushing to calm troubled waters after markets reacted shakily to his refusal to rule out a … Read more
Donald Trump’s administration, backed by House Republicans and Elon Musk’s Doge agency, are carrying out an attack on the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and federal wildlife agencies that, if successful, will almost certainly drive numerous species into extinction, environmental advocates warn. The three-pronged attack is designed to freeze endangered wildlife protections to more quickly push … Read more
Donald Trump has announced he is doubling tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% as a retaliation for the province of Ontario’s imposition of a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to several US states, in a dramatic escalation of the trade war between the two ostensibly allied countries. “Based on Ontario, Canada, … Read more
The pardon attorney of the US justice department was recently fired after refusing to recommend that Mel Gibson be allowed to own guns again, a right denied since the actor, director and prominent ally of Donald Trump was sentenced to probation for domestic violence in 2011, the New York Times reported. The pardon attorney is … Read more