Move poses political risk for US president, who has a difficult relationship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping A bill requiring the release of intelligence materials on potential links between the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan has been signed into law […]
Year: 2023
Cross-union group sends out leaflets and hold online calls to persuade staff to vote against package agreed by leaders Members of Britain’s biggest health unions are organising a campaign to reject the pay agreement being recommended by union leaders, in a move that threatens to destroy the tentative truce between […]
Anger among European Research Group over vote on key part of Windsor framework for Northern Ireland Rishi Sunak faces a reckoning from hardline Brexiters on his backbenches who are prepared to follow the Democratic Unionist party in voting against a key element of his “Windsor framework” that overhauls the Northern […]
Russian president lauds Xi ahead of meeting, while Beijing calls for a ‘rational way’ out of the crisis Vladimir Putin has praised “good old friend” Xi Jinping in a newspaper article published in China on the eve of a state visit by the Chinese president that will reaffirm the leaders’ […]
Swiss government forces through takeover at well below market value amid fears of global banking crisis Millions paid in bonuses to UK SVB staff days after £1 rescue Bank runs, bailouts, rescues: are the ghosts of 2008 rising again? The Swiss government has forced through the takeover of stricken bank […]
Manhattan district attorney expected to file criminal charges against ex-president for payment to adult film star in 2016 Donald Trump is bracing for his most legally perilous week since he left the White House, with the Manhattan district attorney likely to bring criminal charges against him over his role in […]
Ex-prime minister due at televised Commons committee hearing, with legal team about to publish new evidence backing his claims A defiant Boris Johnson is preparing an extraordinary televised defence of his actions during the Partygate scandal, as his allies this weekend accused the parliamentary inquiry into the affair of relying […]
Magnitude 6.8 tremors shake area 50 miles south of Ecuador’s second city, Guayaquil, with one death reported so far in Peru A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with […]
Caroline Daniel reportedly advanced by Sharp for role as adviser on editorial standards and impartiality The embattled BBC chair, Richard Sharp, is facing a fresh row after reportedly helping a close friend land a paid role advising the corporation on editorial standards and impartiality. Sharp, 67, is under pressure to […]
Plans to raise money in new investment said to be behind reported move, after the company said it would have to cut staff The John Lewis retail group, which is 100% owned by its staff, is considering diluting its partnership structure, according to reports. Its chair, Sharon White, is in […]