In 2023, an average of 16,000 babies have been born a month, compared to as many as 23,000 babies born monthly before Russia’s invasion Ukraine’s birthrate has fallen by 28% since the start of the war, according to new data, with 38,324 fewer babies born in the country in the […]
Year: 2023
Russian defence ministry blames Ukraine for attack in which Moscow tower struck for second time See all our Ukraine war coverage Russian air defences have shot down “several” drones targeting the Moscow region, mayor Sergei Sobyanin has said, with one hitting a tower that had been struck on Sunday. The […]
Government bows to pressure from industry over costs of switching over to British marking The UK will retain the EU’s product safety mark indefinitely, in the latest climbdown from proposed post-Brexit changes, after the government bowed to pressure from industry and manufacturers. The CE (Conformité Européenne) mark is used by […]
Prime minister unveils plan to authorise more than 100 new North Sea licences on visit to Scotland Rishi Sunak has pledged to “max out” the UK’s oil and gas reserves as he revealed a new round of intensive North Sea drilling, which experts said could be catastrophic for the climate. […]
The city building department had logged 24 complaints after the new logo went up, with neighbors upset over its intrusive lights It is gone. A giant, glowing X no longer marks the spot on the San Francisco high-rise that is headquarters to Elon Musk’s company X, formerly known as Twitter. […]
Exclusive: Officials carry out last-minute inspections after reports Bibby Stockholm could become ‘floating Grenfell’ The Home Office has been forced to delay moving people seeking asylum on to a controversial giant barge in order to carry out last-minute fire safety checks amid concerns the vessel has not received approval from […]
Visit to Aberdeenshire intended as chance for PM to criticise opposition with reports he could announce 100 new drilling licences Rishi Sunak is to make a visit to north-east Scotland focused on North Sea energy that is intended to draw a dividing line between the government and Labour’s plan to […]
‘Improvised and atrocious’ decision in 2019 made Italy the only major western member, says Guido Crosetto, the defence minister Joining China’s vast Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was an “atrocious” decision, Italy’s defence minister has said, and the issue was how to leave it without damaging ties with Beijing. Guido […]
Exclusive: Costs now 4,000 times amount saved by replacing fire-retardant materials with combustible cladding The financial cost of the Grenfell Tower disaster has reached nearly £1.2bn – 4,000 times the amount that was saved by replacing fire-retardant cladding with a cheaper combustible alternative during the disastrous refurbishment. The bulk of […]
Presidential hopeful makes comment after Senate Republican leader, 81, froze and was unable to speak this week Presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has suggested her fellow Republican Mitch McConnell – the longtime powerful US Senate leader – should step aside after an episode in which he physically froze and was unable […]