3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (516+ words) WELLINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Former New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says his Labour party was too slow to grasp the cost-of-living pain in the wake of COVID-19 battles, as he looks to win back urban, middle-income voters who will help…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (419+ words) LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – British police said on Wednesday a criminal investigation into the populist Reform UK party would be widened to include allegations made in a documentary that officials planned to break electoral law on foreign ​funding. Reform, led by…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (673+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – U.S. states filed two lawsuits on Wednesday accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of illegally weakening the federal Endangered Species Act, a landmark law that has shielded the bald eagle and other wildlife from dangers posed by development. The…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (261+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Norway on Tuesday to attend the funeral of King Harald V, the office ​of Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said. Tens ‌of thousands of people as well as leaders from…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (408+ words) ATHENS, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday unveiled a four-year economic plan that includes tax breaks and wage hikes for pensioners and employees, as he seeks to recover lost ground in ​opinion polls ahead of next year’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (400+ words) By Alasdair Pal and Kanishka Singh SYDNEY/WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Australia and the United States on Wednesday announced a combined $580 million in funding for the Pacific Islands as they battle China for influence in the region. The U.S. ​contribution, while…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (320+ words) ROME, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Italy said on Monday it would suspend its open-border arrangements with Spain for another 15 days, extending restrictions it imposed after a mass rush of migrants ​into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta a month ago. In ‌response, Spain…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (254+ words) Aug 31 (Reuters) – Barclays expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in September and again in ​December after Chair Kevin Warsh’s latest remarks ‌signalled a more hawkish stance, the brokerage said on Friday. Warsh told the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (312+ words) TAIPEI, Aug 31 (Reuters) – The U.S.-Taiwan relationship has “never been stronger” and Taiwan is helping to re-industrialise the United States with its tech investments, the top American diplomat ​in Taipei said on Monday. While the U.S., like most ‌countries,…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (190+ words) Aug 30 (Field Level Media) – President Donald Trump will serve as the honorary chairman at the 2026 Presidents Cup and plans to attend the event that will be ​held at Medinah Country Club in Chicago from Sept. 24-27. Trump ​served the same role…...