Thousands of people left in limbo since plans to deport them to Rwanda were axed will now have their asylum claims processed in the UK, Labour has confirmed. More than 5,000 asylum seekers were on an initial list drawn up by the previous government to be sent to Rwanda under a deal between the two…
A Texas man who recently learned he likely had fewer than 18 months to live amid his battle with cancer is using the time he has left trying to voluntarily perform community service – including feeding people who are unhoused – in each of the US’s 50 states. Doug Ruch, 55, of San Antonio, said…
Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have put global growth at risk, the Bank of England has warned, heaping pressure on government finances and increasing the likelihood of “severe shocks” to the financial system. The Bank’s financial policy committee (FPC) said its global risk environment had deteriorated and “uncertainty had intensified” since its last update in November,…
Tributes have been paid to a “passionate and dedicated” scientist after parts of his dismembered body were found in a suitcase in Colombia. Alessandro Coatti, who worked at the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) in London, was discovered on the outskirts of Santa Marta, a port city on the Caribbean coast. The 42-year-old molecular biologist…
The fiance of a Bondi Junction stabbing victim has taken aim at news outlets republishing social media photos before the first anniversary of the deadly rampage. Ashley Wildey’s lawsuit poses potential broader ramifications for the media whose coverage has already been placed in focus by an inquest into the April 2024 mass stabbings. His partner,…
A British space company is designing a fleet of satellites that could orbit the moon and map the early universe. The Italian Space Agency has commissioned Blue Skies Space to design the satellites that could detect faint radio signals from the dawn of the universe. These signals are almost impossible to detect from Earth’s surface…
Mackerel stocks are nearing a “breaking point”, experts have said as the fish is downgraded as a sustainable option. People should be eating herring instead, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said, because mackerel continues to be overfished by countries including Norway and the UK. Every year the MCS releases the Good Fish Guide, which ranks…
A double murderer has failed in a high court bid to overturn Queensland’s “no body, no parole” laws, in a case which also involved almost every other state and territory government. Rodney Michael Cherry, 65, was found guilty in 2002 of killing his 35-year-old wife, Annette Cherry, and 18-year-old stepdaughter, Kira Guise, at Roma in…
Despite promises to bolster the US manufacturing industry, the Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut a key program that invests in some of the biggest manufacturing industries in the US, including in JD Vance’s home town of Middletown, Ohio. Donald Trump is looking to slash a $500m grant from the Biden administration that was…
A man convicted of killing a woman who was carjacked on her lunch break from her job at the Miami Herald is set to be executed Tuesday evening. Michael Tanzi was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at Florida state prison for the 2000 abduction and strangling of Janet Acosta. A production worker at the…
