Five Alabama jail medical staff indicted in death of mentally ill inmate

Five medical employees at an Alabama jail have been indicted in connection with the death of a mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held for two weeks in a... Read more »

Val McDermid hits out on Baillie Gifford ‘virtue signalling’

Speaking ahead of the return of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, which parted company with Baillie Gifford after a 20-year partnership in the wake of protests from climate activists, McDermid said the... Read more »

Trump administration moves to nix key finding on greenhouse gas emissions | Climate Crisis News

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it plans to revoke a scientific finding on climate change that has served as the basis for key environmental and pollution regulations. In... Read more »

Carnival to the Balalaika Beat: Latin America in the Crosshairs of Russian Cultural Diplomacy

The fourth annual Festival of Latin American and Caribbean Cultures took place in Moscow from July 19 to 27, 2025. The opening gala was held on the main stage in the Hermitage... Read more »

IMF warns on risks to global economy amid tariff trade shock – as it happened | Business

Closing summary: US seeks ‘escalation dominance’ even as tariffs hurt economy The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is clear that the US tariffs on most trading partners will be harmful to global growth.... Read more »

Provincial deficits to narrow despite U.S. trade war, slowing economy, report forecasts

Open this photo in gallery: The Conference Board of Canada expects provincial budgets to trim their deficits in the coming years.Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Under pressure from the U.S. trade war and... Read more »

PM says ‘obstinate’ Hamas blocking hostage deal as he weighs annexing parts of Gaza

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the Hamas terror group’s “obstinacy” was preventing a hostage-ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, as an Israeli defense source confirmed to The Times of Israel... Read more »

World’s ‘precarious’ trade backdrop is hurting growth, IMF says

The world economy will keep weakening and remains vulnerable to trade shocks even though it is showing some resilience to Donald Trump’s tariffs, the International Monetary Fund said. The Washington-based lender, updating... Read more »

News Archive: Moving to/Visiting France

French Property What are the procedures for obtaining a legal right to live in France? Updated 8th Feb 2024. We can consider the rules that apply as follows: Visiting FranceRelocating to France... Read more »

Victoria outperforms other states in NAPLAN testing

Education Minister Ben Carroll said there was a direct line between the Victorian government’s high-profile push for explicit learning and the improved results. “The credit goes mostly to our hardworking teachers because,... Read more »