Britain’s finance minister John Healey will unveil his first budget Wednesday, as he juggles commitments to defence spending and easing household bills with little financial room to manoeuvre. It could prove to be a tall order for Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s new administration as rising inflation and borrowing costs — largely a consequence of the […]
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Christine, a retired widow in Arizona, placed food staples in her cart at a charity food distribution event — as she’s had to do monthly since the Trump administration slashed federal food assistance programs.”It’s just been hard. It’s been really raw,” the 67-year-old told AFP, declining to give her family name so that two children […]
Read MoreFormerly a Democratic stronghold, the predominantly Hispanic region of southern Texas has swung rightward in recent years, helping Republicans to a narrow majority in Congress and highlighting a broader shift in Latino voter sentiment. Now, with control of Congress up for grabs in the November 3 midterm elections, Democrats are hoping a star singer running […]
Read MoreA low-lying Pacific nation urging drastic climate action has “limited ability” to halt its own government investments in fossil fuel companies, external advisers wrote in internal documents obtained by AFP. Few countries are more exposed to climate change than Tuvalu in the South Pacific, an atoll chain reckoning with rising seas, acidifying oceans and outbreaks […]
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Ferocious winds and torrential rain lashed India’s southeastern coast as Cyclone Arnab made landfall on Wednesday, forcing nearly 100,000 people to evacuate their homes in two states, authorities said. Arnab hit Andhra Pradesh as a “very severe cyclonic storm”, with winds of 125-135 kilometres (78-84 miles) per hour and gusts reaching 150 kph, the India […]
Read MoreMahmoud Khalil, a figurehead of Gaza war protests in the United States, returned Tuesday to Columbia University for the first time since his 2025 arrest under President Donald Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists. The 31-year-old told AFP his presence for an event on his new memoir, attended by around 100 people, was a “victory,” as […]
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US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a sweeping rollback of rules that stop oil and gas producers from emitting methane, a greenhouse gas super pollutant. Trump made the announcement at a rally in support of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who faces a tough battle for a US Senate seat in November 3 midterm elections. […]
Read MoreDefeated right-wing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro left Brazil for the United States despite a court order banning him from exiting the country, US media reported Tuesday. The son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro lost the presidential election Sunday to incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and refused to concede defeat. The right-wing senator on Monday […]
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South Korean chip giant SK hynix said Wednesday its third-quarter operating profit soared 632 percent on-year, largely driven by the artificial intelligence industry’s explosive demand for its advanced memory chips. Operating profit for the July-September period was 83.33 trillion won ($62.8 billion), the company said. The firm’s July-September net profit jumped 215.7 percent from last […]
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