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Ex-ICC Prosecutor Alleges UK Threatened to Withdraw Funding Over Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Bid
Karim Khan claims British officials privately warned of defunding or withdrawal from the International Criminal Court if warrants for Israeli leaders were pursued
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UK Disciplinary Tribunal Clears Carter-Ruck Lawyer of Misconduct in OneCoin Case
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds no evidence of professional wrongdoing by Carter-Ruck partner over legal correspondence tied to the fraudulent crypto scheme
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‘Pink Ladies’ Emerge as Prominent Face of UK Anti-Immigration Protests
A female-led movement campaigning against asylum seeker accommodation gains national attention amid wider tensions over immigration policy
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Nigel Farage Says Reform UK Has Become Britain’s Largest Party as Labour Membership Falls Sharply
Reform UK claims to surpass Labour in paid-up membership as traditional party affiliations shift in British politics
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Google DeepMind and UK Government Launch First Automated AI Lab to Accelerate Scientific Discovery
DeepMind will establish an AI-driven automated research laboratory in the United Kingdom by 2026 under a strategic partnership to pioneer materials science, energy and public-sector innovation
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Taylor Swift Opens Up in Tears About Deadly Southport Stabbing That Killed Three Children
In a new documentary, the global superstar reflects emotionally on the tragic UK attack and her efforts to support families amid ongoing tour commitments
UK Economy Falters Ahead of Budget as Growth Contracts and Confidence Wanes
New data show Britain’s gross domestic product slipping in the run-up to the autumn budget, highlighting weakened sectors and rising market expectations of monetary easing
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United Kingdom Flags Challenges in Strengthening Position, Navigation and Timing Resilience
Government analysis highlights low awareness of vulnerabilities and short-term gaps in funding and standards as the UK seeks to fortify critical infrastructure against PNT disruption
UK Financial Regulator Proposes Modernised Short Selling Framework in FCA Consultation
The Financial Conduct Authority opens consultation on targeted reforms to the UK’s short selling regime to boost efficiency, clarity and market competitiveness
UN Rights Expert Calls on UK to Rally International Opposition to Myanmar’s December Election
A United Nations human rights mandate-holder urges Britain to build coordinated global resistance to what is described as an illegitimate Myanmar military-run ballot amid ongoing conflict
Campaign Groups Press UK Lawmakers to Abandon Digital Identity Plans Ahead of Petition Debate
A coalition led by digital rights advocates urges Parliament to halt the proposed digital ID scheme as a petition nearing three million signatures heads for debate
Bill Gates’s Daughter Raises Thirty Million Dollars for a Startup She Built in Her Dorm Room
Phoebe Gates turned a personal consumer frustration into an artificial intelligence shopping platform now valued at one hundred eighty million dollars
Australia Approves Increased Foreign Stake in Strategic Defence Shipbuilder
Canberra allows South Korea’s Hanwha Group to raise its holding in Austal under strict national security safeguards
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Influenza and RSV Cases Climb Sharply Across United States and Europe with UK Hospitals Straining Under Record Flu Admissions
Respiratory virus activity, driven by influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, is rising across the United States and European region, with the United Kingdom reporting unprecedented hospitalisations for this time of year
HSBC Ends Historic International Manager Scheme as Part of Cost-Cutting Push
The bank closes a one-hundred-and-sixty-year-old leadership track as it restructures operations and targets major expense reductions
Unelected Chief EU Tyrant Ursula von der Leyen commenting to Trump : “It is the voters who decide who is the leaders”
The hypocrisy is off the scale here - the whole of Europe know Ursula is an unelected ruler, against the will of the Ezu voters who never got the chance to vote.
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson proclaims, “For Ukraine, surrendering their land would be a nightmare.”
One wonders, then, why Mr. Johnson—during his own lofty tenure—felt no particular compulsion to liberate the Caribbeans, the Scots, the Welsh, or any of Britain’s remaining colonial appendages from their alleged nightmare of being contro...
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Microsoft Challenges £2.1 Billion UK Cloud Licensing Lawsuit at Competition Tribunal
Tech giant contests certification of a collective claim alleging overcharging on cloud software licences used outside its Azure platform as British businesses seek damages.
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Why Is the EU Forcing Europeans to Pay More for Cars Just to Protect Its Outdated Auto Industry?
China has reopened discussions with the European Union to allow theirminimum-price scheme for electric vehicles after the EU imposed 45% tariffs and raised complaints about alleged "unfair" subsidies. And now, the questions Europe’s off...
Germany is facing difficult years ahead, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says.
According to him, significant changes are expected in the fields of security and defense, as well as in economic policy. This is due to the fact that Germany now “lives in a different world and a different time.”
The 50 cm wide Fiat Panda: Italy’s tiniest car invention.
JENSEN HUANG: I want to be involved in nearly everything Elon Musk does.
"For xAI, I'm super excited about the financing opportunity that they're doing. We're an investor already. The only regret I have is I didn't give him more money. Almost everything that Elon is part of you really want to be part of as we...
"To American citizens who are against the war, I respond ... Don't worry, be happy," he said in Spanish before singing.
"Not war, be happy. Not, not crazy war, not, be happy." (if I was him I was very worry and very not happy...)
“Our relationship with the United States has changed,” announced Ursula von der Leyen at the POLITICO Twenty-Eight Gala, after President Trump rather impolitely described Europe’s leadership as “weak.”
“Let’s stand up for a unified Europe,” she declared — as though repeating the line with sufficient conviction might somehow transform Brussels into a democratic and legitimate authority in the eyes of EU citizens who never actually voted...
SENATOR CRUZ: “We don’t want China’s values of surveillance and centralized control by the communist government governing AI. We want American values of free speech, of individual liberty, of respecting the individual.”
"We don’t want China’s values of surveillance"? Edward Snowden would certainly agree. So why is he living in asylum, while the people who turned the United States into a 100% surveillance state are not the ones facing prison?
Does being a white minority now qualify as the new American dream?
Is that really what the Constitution’s protection of free speech was meant to allow? Does democracy have to commit suicide just to prove it is a democracy?
Crypto Founder Do Kwon Sentenced to Fifteen Years in Prison Over TerraUSD Collapse
Do Kwon convicted of fraud and conspiracy in New York federal court after TerraUSD and Luna crash caused tens of billions in losses
An Australian skydiver survived a near fatal mishap when his reserve chute snagged on a Cessna Caravan’s wing flap during a group jump over Tully
The parachute deployed prematurely at about 15,000 feet, wrapped around the tail, and left him hanging as his legs hit the stabilizer. He cut himself free with a hook knife, opened his main chute, rejoined the formation, and landed with...
Germany Tells U.S.: Asylum Cut in Half Under Merz’s Flip-Flop Policy
Chancellor Friedrich Merz informed the U.S. President that Germany’s revised immigration and asylum measures have slashed applications by nearly 50%, with a full results briefing planned for their next meeting.
Reddit has filed a lawsuit asking the High Court to overturn Australia's social media ban for people under 16 as well as its inclusion in it, calling the law an infringement of free political expression
UK Rejects Argentina’s President’s Claim of Talks to Lift Falklands-Era Arms Export Ban
London says there are no negotiations with Buenos Aires to relax long-standing weapons export controls tied to the Falklands sovereignty dispute.
UK Universities Accelerate Fossil Fuel Recruitment Bans as Eight More Institutions Cut Ties
New sustainability data shows a growing number of British universities banning fossil fuel industry recruitment amid climate and social justice campaigns.
UK Unions Poised for Revival as Employment Rights Bill Offers Structural Support
After decades of membership decline, proposed legislation could strengthen collective labour rights and reverse long-standing downward trends in union influence.
UK Bankers Express Serious Legal and Financial Concerns Over Plan to Back Ukraine Loans With Frozen Russian Assets
Senior London lenders warn that government proposals to use roughly eight billion pounds of immobilised Russian sovereign assets as collateral for Ukraine financing could expose banks to litigation and credit risks.
Exertis UK Announces Plan to Cut Around Ninety Per Cent of Workforce After Private Equity Takeover
Technology distributor begins consultation on proposals to reduce headcount from around 1,200 to approximately 130 amid financial and operational challenges.
DeepMind to Build First ‘Automated Research Lab’ in UK to Advance AI-Driven Scientific Discovery
Google’s AI unit announces a pioneering facility focused on materials science and priority access for British scientists as part of expanded UK-AI partnership.
British MPs Warn U.S. National Security Strategy Echoes 1930s Extreme Right-Wing Tropes
Members of Parliament express alarm over elements of Washington’s recent security document, prompting debate in Westminster over allied strategy and values.
More Than Six Hundred British Empire and Commonwealth Artifacts Stolen in Bristol Museum Heist
UK police release CCTV images of four suspects as investigators appeal for public help to recover culturally significant items taken in a late-night burglary.
UK Hospitals Strain Under ‘Super Flu’ Wave as Admissions Hit Record Levels
A highly transmissible H3N2 strain is driving unprecedented flu hospitalisations across Britain, placing the NHS under extreme winter pressure ahead of a key doctors’ strike.
In Poland, a journalist’s conversation with a senator suddenly turned into a scandal: “Please do not touch me.”
The confrontation broke out in the corridors of the Polish Sejm during a discussion about ending the war in Ukraine and Poland’s alleged absence from the negotiation table.
BULGARIA RISES: Bulgaria has reached a breaking point. What began as frustration over corruption and economic decline has exploded into one of the largest public uprisings in the democratic era
Sofia’s city center is now completely overrun by crowds so vast that drone cameras “cannot see the end of the crowd,” according to on-scene footage.
President Trump's administration wants the ICC to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, threatening new US sanctions on the court if it did not
Larry Fink CEO of Blackrock - the largest wealth management company in the world says “the digitalisation of all and financial assets will be stored in digital wallets - it will happen worldwide and it will happen very rapidly”
Palantir CEO Alex Karp calling out the targeting of White People in America
“Our country has selective empathy for everybody but working class, particularly white males.”
Von der Leyen Unveils EU–India Talent Office, for secondary (Legal) Migration Routes
Ursula von der Leyen says that to prevent illegal border crossings, "we must open more safe and legal pathways to Europe," and announces, as part of the new "talent partnerships," an office opening in India to connect European employers ...
Fake Doctor in Uttar Pradesh Accused of Killing Woman After Performing YouTube-Based Surgery
Police in Barabanki launch manhunt after a 25-year-old woman dies during an illicit gallbladder operation performed by an unlicensed practitioner.
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Hackers Are Hiding Malware in Open-Source Tools and IDE Extensions
The common belief that “open source is safe because everyone can inspect the code” is misleading. In reality, most open-source projects include add-ons and components that are not open source at all — and these hidden parts can easily co...
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Ex-ICC Prosecutor Alleges UK Threatened to Withdraw Funding Over Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Bid
UK Disciplinary Tribunal Clears Carter-Ruck Lawyer of Misconduct in OneCoin Case
‘Pink Ladies’ Emerge as Prominent Face of UK Anti-Immigration Protests
Nigel Farage Says Reform UK Has Become Britain’s Largest Party as Labour Membership Falls Sharply
Google DeepMind and UK Government Launch First Automated AI Lab to Accelerate Scientific Discovery
UK Economy Falters Ahead of Budget as Growth Contracts and Confidence Wanes
Australia Approves Increased Foreign Stake in Strategic Defence Shipbuilder
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson proclaims, “For Ukraine, surrendering their land would be a nightmare.”
Microsoft Challenges £2.1 Billion UK Cloud Licensing Lawsuit at Competition Tribunal
Fake Doctor in Uttar Pradesh Accused of Killing Woman After Performing YouTube-Based Surgery
Hackers Are Hiding Malware in Open-Source Tools and IDE Extensions
Traveling to USA? Homeland Security moving toward requiring foreign travelers to share social media history
UK Officials Push Back at Trump Saying European Leaders ‘Talk Too Much’ About Ukraine
UK Warns of Escalating Cyber Assault Linked to Putin’s State-Backed Operations
UK Consumer Spending Falters in November as Households Hold Back Ahead of Budget
UK Orders Fresh Review of Prince Harry’s Security Status After Formal Request
U.S. Authorises Nvidia to Sell H200 AI Chips to China Under Security Controls
Trump in Direct Assault: European Leaders Are Weak, Immigration a Disaster. Russia Is Strong and Big — and Will Win
"App recommendation" or disguised advertisement? ChatGPT Premium users are furious
"The Great Filtering": Australia Blocks Hundreds of Thousands of Minors From Social Networks
Mark Zuckerberg Pulls Back From Metaverse After $70 Billion Loss as Meta Shifts Priorities to AI
Nvidia CEO Says U.S. Data-Center Builds Take Years while China ‘Builds a Hospital in a Weekend’
Indian Airports in Turmoil as IndiGo Cancels Over a Thousand Flights, Stranding Thousands
Hollywood Industry on Edge as Netflix Secures Near-$60 Bln Loan for Warner Bros Takeover
Drugs and Assassinations: The Connection Between the Italian Mafia and Football Ultras
Hollywood megadeal: Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery for 83 billion dollars
The Disregard for a Europe ‘in Danger of Erasure,’ the Shift Toward Russia: Trump’s Strategic Policy Document
Two and a Half Weeks After the Major Outage: A Cloudflare Malfunction Brings Down Multiple Sites
UK data-regulator demands urgent clarity on racial bias in police facial-recognition systems
Labour Uses Biscuits to Explain UK Debt — MPs Lean Into Social Media to Reach New Audiences
German President Lays Wreath at Coventry as UK-Germany Reaffirm Unity Against Russia’s Threat
UK Inquiry Finds Putin ‘Morally Responsible’ for 2018 Novichok Death — London Imposes Broad Sanctions on GRU
India backs down on plan to mandate government “Sanchar Saathi” app on all smartphones
King Charles Welcomes German President Steinmeier to UK in First State Visit by Berlin in 27 Years
UK Plans Major Cutback to Jury Trials as Crown Court Backlog Nears 80,000
UK Government to Significantly Limit Jury Trials in England and Wales
U.S. and U.K. Seal Drug-Pricing Deal: Britain Agrees to Pay More, U.S. Lifts Tariffs
UK Postpones Decision Yet Again on China’s Proposed Mega-Embassy in London
Head of UK Budget Watchdog Resigns After Premature Leak of Reeves’ Budget Report
Car-sharing giant Zipcar to exit UK market by end of 2025
Reports of Widespread Drone Deployment Raise Privacy and Security Questions in the UK
UK Signals Security Concerns Over China While Pursuing Stronger Trade Links
Google warns of AI “irrationality” just as Gemini 3 launch rattles markets
Top Consultancies Freeze Starting Salaries as AI Threatens ‘Pyramid’ Model
Macron Says Washington Pressuring EU to Delay Enforcement of Digital-Regulation Probes Against Meta, TikTok and X
UK’s DragonFire Laser Downs High-Speed Drones as £316m Deal Speeds Naval Deployment
UK Chancellor Rejects Claims She Misled Public on Fiscal Outlook Ahead of Budget
Starmer Defends Autumn Budget as Finance Chief Faces Accusations of Misleading Public Finances
EU Firms Struggle with 3,000-Hour Paperwork Load — While Automakers Fear De Facto 2030 Petrol Car Ban
White House launches ‘Hall of Shame’ site to publicly condemn media outlets for alleged bias
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