Angus Cochrane BBC Scotland News PA Media Kenny MacAskill served as acting leader following the death of Alba founder Alex Salmond Kenny MacAskill has been announced as the new leader of the pro-independence Alba Party. The contest was held following the sudden death of party founder and former First Minister Alex Salmond. MacAskill, an ex-Alba […]
President Trump’s executive order attacking Paul Weiss and severely restricting that law firm’s ability to represent its clients was widely seen by lawyers as a dangerous affront to the nation’s legal system. To rivals of Paul Weiss, it was an opportunity. Within days of Mr. Trump’s March 14 order, some of the biggest competitors were […]
Misty Gonzales has been tending bar at T.J. Byrnes, an Irish pub in the Financial District of Manhattan, for 13 years. For most of that time, she has served office workers, college students and city employees. Two years ago, she noticed some unfamiliar faces. This new crowd was younger and usually stopped in for poetry […]
Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News PA Media Ida Lock died a week after she suffered serious brain injuries around the time of her delivery An NHS trust criticised over the avoidable death of a newborn baby was paid £2m for providing good maternity care, the BBC can reveal. A senior coroner ruled on […]
The court ruling removes a barrier that could have prevented Lee Jae-myung from running for president. A South Korean appeals court has reversed a 2024 legal ruling and found main opposition leader Lee Jae-myung not guilty of violating election laws, removing a barrier that could have blocked him from running for president. Following the verdict […]
Jessica Bradley BBC News, Yorkshire Durham University Tom Moore, head of the department of archaeology at Durham University said the size and scale of the hoard is “exceptional” Archaeologists have helped uncover one of the “largest and most important” Iron Age finds in the UK. The Melsonby Hoard was discovered in a field near Melsonby, […]
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) addresses the nation’s top intelligence officials as they appear during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images During a heated Senate hearing Tuesday, Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee grilled the nation’s top security officials about their participation in a Signal […]
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Thousands of protesters have gathered for a seventh night in Istanbul, in support of the detained mayor of the city, Ekrem Imamoglu Thousands of people in Turkey have turned out for a seventh night of protests which have so far seen more than 1,400 people detained, including students, journalists […]
For just over two years, technology leaders at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence had made an unusual request of lawmakers. They wanted Washington to regulate them. The tech executives warned lawmakers that generative A.I., which can produce text and images that mimic human creations, had the potential to disrupt national security and elections, and […]
A new assisted dying law for England and Wales could take up to four years to fully implement due to additional safeguards being adopted as the bill goes through Parliament. A spokesperson for Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP behind the bill, described the four-year time limit as “a backstop” but acknowledged changes to the bill […]