Prime Minister Burnham Orders Officials to Draw Up More Radical Options for Thames Water
LONDON – British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has instructed officials to discard existing plans for rescuing Thames Water and to…
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North Sea Oil Strikes Could Severely Disrupt UK Fuel Supplies, Unite Union Warns
ABERDEEN – More than 160 offshore oil workers are set to stage a 24-hour strike from Wednesday that could severely…
Energy Secretary Fahnbulleh Voices Concern Over Mahmood’s Settlement Reforms, Exposing Cabinet Divisions on Migration
LONDON – British Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh appears to have criticised Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s migration reforms, suggesting in a…
Spain’s Fast-Track Push to Clear Ceuta Migrant Backlog Sparks Human Rights Alarm
CEUTA: Spain’s effort to rapidly process thousands of migrants still stranded in its North African enclave of Ceuta is drawing…
150 Scientists, MPs and Campaigners Urge Prime Minister Burnham to Launch Inquiry into Air Pollution Inequalities
LONDON: A coalition of 150 scientists, Members of Parliament and activists, including climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, has called on Prime…
Seabirds Make Remarkable Comeback in England’s Solent Region After 2022 Bird Flu Devastation
LONDON: Seabird populations along England’s south coast have staged a striking recovery three years after an outbreak of highly pathogenic…
Super El Niño Drought Strands Indonesian Palm Farmers as Kapuas River Shrinks
SANGGAU/JAKARTA – A prolonged drought fuelled by “super El Niño” conditions has left thousands of smallholder palm oil farmers in…
Macron Rejects Interior Minister Nuñez’s Resignation Offer Following Weekend of Nationwide Riots
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has turned down an offer of resignation from Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez in the wake…
France Reels from Worst Unrest in Years as Cost-of-Living Protests Leave One Dead and Hundreds of Police Injured
PARIS: France awoke on Sunday to the aftermath of one of its most violent days of civil unrest in years,…
US Ambassador Huckabee Condemns Settler Attack on American Photojournalist Heidi Levine as an “Act of Terror”
JERUSALEM: The United States Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has strongly condemned an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied…