Britain entered the economic shock from Donald Trump’s trade wars with government borrowing having overshot official forecasts by almost £15bn in the most recent financial year. Adding to the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, the Office for National Statistics said borrowing in the financial year ending in March was £151.9bn, more than £20bn higher…
A Married At First Sight groom claims he was left fearful after his estranged on-screen bride tried to destroy his life by posting about him online. Ryan Donnelly and Jacqui Burfoot were paired together in this year’s season of the hit Australian reality TV series but chose to separate during an insult-laden final vows ceremony….
The number of births in the US increased slightly in 2024 to roughly 3.6 million, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The small increase of 1% in the number of births comes amid a long-term decline that began during the Great Recession, in about 2008. The provisional data…
On paper it does not sound like something that would spark nationwide interest. Last week the UK supreme court gave its judgment on a case brought by a women’s group against the Scottish government over the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018. But its judgment – that the word “woman” in equality law…
Congressional lawmakers denounced the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, the students being detained by US immigration authorities for their pro-Palestinian activism, as a “national disgrace” during a visit to the two facilities in Louisiana where each are being held. “We stand firm with them in support of free speech,” the Louisiana congressman Troy…
Images of child sexual abuse created by artificial intelligence are becoming “significantly more realistic”, according to an online safety watchdog. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said advances in AI are being reflected in illegal content created and consumed by paedophiles, saying: “In 2024, the quality of AI-generated videos improved exponentially, and all types of AI…
Aftershocks are expected from an earthquake that shook residents awake along a stretch of Australia’s east coast. The quake struck at 2.55am on Wednesday near Singleton in the New South Wales Hunter Valley about 200km north of Sydney, Geoscience Australia seismologists said. Its magnitude was initially read at 5.1 and later revised to 4.6. No…
Gold has climbed above $3,500 an ounce for the first time while stocks on Wall Street and the dollar rose following Monday’s sell-off prompted by Donald Trump’s blistering attack on the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell. Spot gold reached the record price of $3,500.01 (£2,620) on Tuesday, extending a rally that has pushed bullion up…
A Welsh politician who is among 15 people charged after bets were placed on the timing of the 2024 general election is to quit at the next Senedd election. Russell George, the Conservative member for Montgomeryshire, said he was withdrawing his candidacy to stand in next year’s election and focusing on clearing his name. The…
Bill Owens, the executive producer of 60 Minutes, says he is leaving the flagship news program because he lost his journalistic independence. In a staff memo obtained by the New York Times, Owens said that “over the past months, it has become clear that I would not be allowed to run the show as I…
