- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Having kids in the UK is pricey and increasingly becoming a privilege that is financially out of reach for many. According to a new study, six in 10 women who have had an abortion say the cost of childcare led them to take the drastic decision. Many parents seem to…
ONE of the Football Association’s most senior executives is all set to leave the organisation following an investigation over bullying claims, the MailOnline reported. The England team’s diversity advisor Edleen John’s departure is expected to be confirmed soon, the report added. It was reported that John has removed her association with the FA…
BRITAIN’s two major universities have banned terms like ‘mankind’ and ‘millennial’ to avoid causing offence. These institutions have also decided to replace words like ‘manpower’ with ‘workforce’. Universities of Bristol and Nottingham have reasoned that these expressions contribute to stigmas and can have negative associations. However, many called the idea…
Shailesh Vara, the UK’s new secretary of state for Northern Ireland, has vowed to work “tirelessly” to restore the Stormont institutions. The Uganda-born Conservative MP for North West Cambridgeshire succeeds Brandon Lewis who quit the Boris Johnson government in a mass resignation of ministers. His appointment comes at a time…
A judge at the High Court in London ruled on Friday a newspaper article about Prince Harry’s legal battle with the British government over his security arrangements was defamatory, paving the way for him to take his libel claim to trial. Harry, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson, is suing Associated Newspapers, publisher…
Almost half of British people have cut back on food purchases as prices surge, while others are having to spend more on their shopping, according to official figures on Friday which show the scale of the current cost-of-living squeeze. British consumer price inflation hit a 40-year high of 9.1% in…
Pakistan’s former Home Minister Shaikh Rasheed on Friday said that the government is targeting journalists in the country. Popular news anchor Imran Riaz Khan was arrested on Tuesday near the outskirts of Islamabad, hours after he claimed that his life was under threat. Khan was heading to Islamabad when he…
BRITISH home secretary Priti Patel on Friday (8) announced the appointment of Sir Mark Rowley as the new commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service. Sir Rowley was formally appointed by Her Majesty the Queen following a recommendation from the home secretary, after a highly competitive recruitment process. Sir Rowley QPM…
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has introduced a legislative amendment in the US House of Representatives seeking a waiver to India against the punitive CAATSA sanctions for its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, underlining that this will strengthen US-India defence ties and deter “aggressors.” CAATSA is a…
Prominent South Asian leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday expressed shock and anguish over the assassination of Shinzo Abe, hailing the former Japanese prime minister for his contributions towards bolstering bilateral ties and regional economic development. Abe, 67, one of his nation’s…
