UK : The prime minister’s communications director Tim Allan has quit. It comes one day after chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney resigned over growing anger around the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador-
No 10 says Starmer is ‘upbeat’ after being asked if he will resign today View postPM’s communications director Tim Allan resigns View post’ View postExplained:Who is Tim Allan? View postSam Coates:The next 36 hours are critical View postAllan sets WhatsApp picture to ‘gone golfing’ View postChief of staff Morgan McSweeney quit on Sunday View postMcSweeney’s... Read More
Playing with fire’: Taiwan defense spending battle rattles China hawks.The Hill
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s aim to push through a $40 billion defense spending plan is mired in a stalemate as the opposition parties demand compromises, drawing fire from China hawks in the Senate who fear a looming invasion by Beijing. President Trump has pushed Taiwan to increase its defense spending in light of the growing... Read More
NFL-Seahawks beat Patriots to win Super Bowl LX
California, Feb 8 : The Seattle Seahawks denied the New England Patriots a record seventh Super Bowl title with a 29-13 triumph in the NFL’s championship game on Sunday.Seahawks win their second Super Bowl title:The Seattle Seahawks dominated the New England Patriots, holding them scoreless through the first three quarters to win 29-13.Seattle’s defense swarmed... Read More
Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell will be questioned behind closed doors by the US Congress, but she is expected to invoke her right to not answer questions.
Maxwell, currently serving 20 years in prison for trafficking girls to the disgraced financier Epstein, will face questions from prison via videolink, in a deposition by the House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee. No new US prosecutions are expected after the latest tranche of government files on Epstein were released. The House Oversight Committee is investigating... Read More
Nikkei 225 surges after LDP’s landslide election victory
The Liberal Democratic Party’s election victory sparked a surge in broad-based buying of stocks in early Monday trading in Japan. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index at one stage surged over 3,000 points, or 5.6 percent. It topped the 57,000 mark to set an all-time intraday high. Stock prices had risen ahead of the election,... Read More
Australia: Israeli president visits Bondi Beach attack site
Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited the Bondi Beach attack memorial, emphasizing his country’s shared values with Australia. Despite restrictions, protests due to the war in Gaza are expected.Israel President Isaac Herzog started a visit to Australia, with the Bondi Beach attack playing a vital role in the trip. Herzog held meetings with victims’ families and... Read More
A Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of national security offences in December
Lai, 78, who also holds a British passport, could face life in prison after being convicted of colluding with foreign forces, under the controversial Beijing-imposed national security law (NSL) He was also convicted of sedition under a separate colonial-era law Hailed by as a hero and scorned by others as a traitor, Lai is the... Read More
Russia University violence: Four Indian medical students wounded in Ufa knife attack, 15-year-old suspect in custody
Four Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia: Embassy.Four Indian students were injured in a knife attack at a medical university in Russia’s Bashkortostan region on Saturday, the Indian embassy in Moscow and Russian investigators said. “An unfortunate incident of attack has occurred in Ufa. Several persons including four Indian students have been injured,”... Read More
Portugal: Socialist Seguro wins big in presidential election
Veteran center-left politician Antonio Jose Seguro has won 66% of the vote, seeing off a challenge from the far-right.Antonio Jose Seguro of the center-left Socialist Party won the second round of the presidential election in Portugal on Sunday. With 99% of ballots counted, Seguro had won 66.7% of votes to secure a five-year term. Seguro... Read More
Iranian Nobel laureate handed further prison sentence, lawyer says
Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December for making “provocative remarks” at a memorialNobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been handed further prison sentences of seven-and-a-half years by an Iranian court, her lawyer has said. The human rights activist was sentenced to six years for “gathering and collusion”, and one-and-a-half years for “propaganda activities” by... Read More