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Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The Lewes Pound – the UK’s final surviving local currency – is being officially discontinued after 16 years of circulation, amid the rise in card…
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday appointed economist and former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser. It’s part of a staff shakeup aimed at strengthening the government’s response to a sluggish economy and a heated political debate over immigration. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party government has struggled to…
By Mariana Hernandez CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -For 11 years, Fabiola Galicia worked her way up the ranks at a factory that produced decorative ribbons in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. Starting as a production line worker, she was eventually promoted to manager overseeing 30 employees. But in June, her…
A magnitude 6 earthquake has hit Afghanistan near its border with Pakistan. The death toll from Sunday night’s disaster has risen to more than 800 people, according to the government. Flooding and debris have hampered rescue efforts. Here is more about what happened and why Afghanistan is vulnerable to earthquakes: What happened? At 11:47pm (19:47…
(Reuters) -More than 800 people were killed and thousands more injured as a major earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan late on Sunday, one of the worst such disasters in the country in recent years. As authorities scramble to rescue survivors, here is a look at what happened, and the devastation the tremors caused. WHERE DID THE…
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is drawing up plans to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War, according to a White House official, following up on the president’s push to revive a name last used in 1947. PREMIUM Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sits next to President Trump during a cabinet meeting. Restoring the discarded…
A Trump executive order will directly impact more than 500,000 Social Security beneficiaries. Since the first benefit check was mailed in January 1940, Social Security has been providing a financial foundation for the American public. Though it was initially conceived as a program that would financially support aging workers who could no longer provide for…
The country is prone to earthquakes due to its location near the meeting point between the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Published On 1 Sep 20251 Sep 2025 More than 800 people have been killed and over 2,500 wounded after a powerful earthquake hit the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. Due to its mountainous surroundings,…
The new fee was introduced under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Trump on 4 July 2025. / Credit: Shutterstock AI Hotels across the United States are preparing for a potential drop in international visitors as a new $250 “visa integrity fee” is set to take effect on 1 October…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the opening of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, on August 31, 2025. CABINET DU PREMIER MINISTRE INDIEN VIA AP Cornered by sudden US tariffs of 50% on Indian goods, justified by President Donald Trump as a response to India’s imports…