More than half of job centres are reducing support for people claiming universal credit due to a shortage of work coaches, according to a report from the public spending watchdog. Newsportual Audit Office said reasons for cutbacks included a lack of funding and challenges in recruiting and retaining staff. It comes as the number of […]
The auto industry witnessed a different kind of March madness last month as buyers flocked to dealerships to lock in deals before President Trump’s auto tariffs lift prices by thousands of dollars, several carmakers said. “This past weekend was by far the best weekend I’ve seen in a very long time,” Randy Parker, the chief […]
The USL Super League, a first-division women’s professional league nearing the conclusion of its inaugural season, will host its championship match on the weekend of June 14. The eight-team league revealed its playoff format on Tuesday: Four semifinalists will play on the weekend of June 7. The No. 1 seed will face the No. 4 […]
The Trump administration’s move to gut an agency that aims to support minority-owned businesses has alarmed Democratic lawmakers and nonprofits, who say the action could harm job growth and businesses that rely on the agency’s services. President Trump signed an executive order last month that would effectively dismantle seven agencies “to the maximum extent consistent […]
The allies discussed developments of the ongoing war in Ukraine as well as relations between the two countries. China and Russia are “friends forever, never enemies”, Chinese’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said in remarks in a visit to Moscow during which he has held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Sergey […]
The United States is ending its financial support for family planning programs in developing countries, cutting nearly 50 million women off from access to contraception. This policy change has attracted little attention amid the wholesale dismantling of American foreign aid, but it stands to have enormous implications, including more maternal deaths and an overall increase […]
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has said he is not affected by speculation over Trent Alexander-Arnold’s future amid reports the defender is closing in on a move to Real Madrid. Alexander-Arnold — alongside teammates Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk — is out of contract at Anfield this summer. Last week, a source told ESPN […]
When the environmental group Greenpeace lost a nearly $670 million verdict this month over its role in oil pipeline protests, a quarter-billion dollars of the damages were awarded not for the actual demonstrations, but for defaming the pipeline’s owner. The costly verdict has raised alarm among activist organizations as well as some First Amendment experts, […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — When Dawn Staley drew up South Carolina’s final offensive possession, the goal was simple: Get the ball to Chloe Kitts. Kitts, the 6-foot-2 junior post, was South Carolina’s best offensive weapon in the fourth quarter. She scored eight of her 14 points in that quarter, but for her final two, she didn’t […]
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