- Friday, February 21, 2025
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden addressed the nation on Wednesday for the first time since dropping his reelection bid, saying he decided to forgo personal ambition to save democracy in a sedate Oval Office speech that contrasted with the rough-and-tumble campaign. Shortly before the speech, Republican Donald Trump laid into Democratic…
FORMER security minister Tom Tugendhat has said he was running to become leader of the Conservative Party, which lost the general election to Keir Starmer's Labour Party after being in power for 14 years. Britain's Conservative Party is set to name its new leader on November 2 after its worst-ever…
THE WELSH Labour Party confirmed Eluned Morgan as its new leader on Wednesday, replacing Vaughan Gething who was forced to announce his resignation last week after several ministers quit in protest at his leadership. Morgan, 57, will eventually become first minister of Wales - leader of the semi-autonomous Welsh government…
SHOPLIFTING offences in England and Wales increased 30 per cent in the year ending March 2024 to the highest level in 20 years, official data showed on Wednesday. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there were 443,995 shoplifting offences recorded by the police over the year, up from 342,428…
SINGING diva Celine Dion, who stepped away from the spotlight after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome in 2022, will reportedly make her stage comeback with a performance at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday. The Canadian singer was spotted at the Royal Monceau hotel near the…
IPHONE maker Apple is believed to be the biggest beneficiary of a 5 per cent reduction in import duty on mobile phones and the tech titan could save as much as $35-50 million, market experts have said. Industry watchers also believe that the latest proposals could result in Rs 2,000-4,000…
DRESSAGE star Charlotte Dujardin withdrew from the Paris Olympics on Tuesday after a video emerged allegedly showing her mistreating a horse. Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion and the joint most-decorated British woman Olympian, said she had made an "error of judgement" and expressed deep remorse. The International Federation for Equestrian…
PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer suffered his first rebellion in parliament on Tuesday when several of his Labour MPs voted against the government over its refusal to abolish a two-child limit on welfare payments for parents. The rebellion is a warning to Starmer that not all will be smooth sailing despite…
A PASSENGER plane crashed on takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP. Nepal has a woeful track record on aviation safety and the Himalayan republic has seen a spate of deadly…
FOREIGN Secretary David Lammy on Wednesday began a two-day visit to India to galvanise negotiations for the long-pending Free Trade Agreement and explore ways to shore up bilateral cooperation in diverse areas, including clean energy, new technologies and security. It is the first high-level engagement between India and the UK…
