Andy Burnham will enter 10 Downing Street on Monday with a wave of enthusiasm behind him and a mountain of challenges ahead. Burnham inherits an economy that was improving until the Iran war upended forecasts and growth is now widely predicted to slow sharply over this year while inflation rises. (REUTERS) His coronation as British…
Mainland China’s and Hong Kong’s birth rates fell to record lows last year, despite extensive government incentives to encourage larger families. In Hong Kong, registered births fell 14 per cent to a historic low of 31,714 in 2025. Notably, the increase in births in 2024 may have been due to the auspicious Year of the…
Peru’s government declared a state of emergency at its southern border with Chile on Friday, expecting an influx of people trying to flee far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast’s potential presidency. With military reinforcements, the Peruvian government aimed to manage the situation and address rising crime in the border region.(REUTERS) Under the decree, Peru’s military will…
For weeks, President Donald Trump had been threatening to deploy members of the United States military to San Francisco, California. But on Thursday, Trump made a sudden about-face, announcing he would not push forward with the “surge” of troops to the Democratic stronghold — at least, for now. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of…
Jose Raul Mulino says the visa-removal policy is ‘not coherent’ with the ‘good relationship’ he hopes to have with the US. Published On 16 Oct 202516 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said that someone at the United States Embassy has been threatening to cancel…
A judge has called on the Trump administration to revise its grant requirements by next week, nixing immigration demands. Published On 14 Oct 202514 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A federal judge in the United States has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump has violated a previous…
Texas governor applauds move to deploy 400 National Guard members from his state to Illinois, Oregon and other states. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has slammed what he called Donald Trump’s “invasion,” saying the United States president had ordered an additional 400 National Guard members from Texas to be deployed to Illinois, Oregon and “other states”….