US pharmaceutical companies based in Ireland are more likely to shift profits back to the US than close manufacturing plants after Donald Trump accused Ireland of stealing American tax and jobs, experts say. Aidan Regan, a professor of political economy at the University College Dublin, said the US president was right to call out the … Read more
Labor and the Coalition have been accused of “bad politicking” by teaming up to pass tough hate crime laws in the wake of a series of antisemitic incidents, including one revealed this week to be a “fake terrorism plot”. Crossbench MPs also backed a review – or a reversal – of the laws, after the … Read more
The Coalition’s work from home policy has raised significant concerns in its ranks, with many taken by surprise and some criticising it as not “fully thought through”. As the Liberals face an uphill battle to reclaim several blue-ribbon seats lost to the teals, there is growing worry inside the party that the policy will take … Read more
Canadians who visit the US for more than 30 days will be required to register with authorities and have their fingerprints taken, as the Trump administration tightens migration rules amid soaring tensions between the North American neighbors. The new requirement, effective from 11 April, will harden enforcement of an existing law which states that all … Read more
Russia has criticised a proposed US-Ukraine ceasefire, saying it would merely give Ukrainian forces a reprieve, as Donald Trump’s envoy, Steven Witkoff, arrived in Moscow for peace talks with the Kremlin. The Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said he had told the US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, that Moscow viewed the proposed 30-day ceasefire as … Read more
Keir Starmer has brought the health service back under the control of ministers by abolishing NHS England. The prime minister said the NHS should be overseen by politicians rather than an arm’s-length body, as it would bring greater accountability. Starmer’s move reverses the unpopular shake-up of the NHS carried out by the former health secretary … Read more
Donald Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on wine and champagne from EU countries, in the latest threat of escalation in the global trade war started by the US president against the country’s biggest trading partners. Trump said in a post on Thursday on his Truth Social platform that the tariffs on all alcoholic products … Read more
Germany’s outgoing parliament is meeting on Thursday to debate the creation of a €500bn fund for infrastructure investment and radical changes in the country’s borrowing limits in order to boost defence spending. Friedrich Merz, whose conservatives won last month’s election and who is on the verge of becoming the new chancellor, wants to seal the … Read more
US immigration enforcement officials arrested more people in the first 22 days of February 2025 than in any month over the last seven years, according to a Guardian review of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) data. The Guardian review, which analyzed DHS data from the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency, in addition to interviews … Read more
Farmers’ incomes have remained stagnant since the 1970s despite improvements in productivity and a fall in the workforce, research has found. This has been driven by falling prices for farm produce; as the UK has become more reliant on imports, supermarkets have taken over grocery shopping, and households are eating more ultra-processed food, according to … Read more