Barbara Plett Usher BBC News, Port Sudan Sovereignty Council of Sudan Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has had to move his base to Port Sudan because of the fighting Sudan’s military leader, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has visited the presidential palace in Khartoum, after landing at the city’s international airport, just hours after it was recaptured […]
The story of this Spring Statement is that welfare has been cut back to make up for a notable rise in the cost of servicing the national debt. There is also a trim to the money being given to government departments. There is relatively little else actually happening in policy terms. There were no tax […]
Mar 26, 2025, 05:00 AM ET Things are delicately poised at the top of LaLiga as we return from the international break with Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid all still harbouring hopes of winning the title. Since the turn of the year, all three teams have been league leaders and all three have been […]
Supermarkets will be banned from displaying unhealthy snacks near tills or on their website homepages from next year after the Senedd narrowly approved obesity-tackling plans. The new rules mean junk foods including pizza, chocolate, and cereal will have to be removed from shop entrances and the end of aisles, while sugary drink refills and some […]
One is a veteran TV executive. The other emerged from the world of digital media. Both are now chief executives of major public media organizations appearing before Congress on Wednesday, where they will face tough questioning from lawmakers. Here’s a look at their backgrounds. Katherine Maher C.E.O., Newsportu Ms. Maher, 41, has spent much of […]
No Kumbaya moment President Trump has opened a new front in his attack on Big Law. On Tuesday, he signed an executive order that targeted Jenner & Block, a major white-shoe firm, days after issuing a far-reaching memorandum threatening to punish any law firm that he contends has unfairly challenged his administration. One of the […]
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 […]