Tuesday, 20 October 2026
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze held talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The Georgian prime minister expressed his readiness t…
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has refused to say whether he backs a third runway at Heathrow after it emerged that the expansion of the London airport could be delayed by up to four years.
As Labour heads to Liverpool this week, Andy Burnham has promised to deliver “stability” in the public finances; but the economic backdrop is anything but stable.
Love them or hate them, Lime ebikes are an increasingly common sight on England’s roads with new figures showing annual profits more than doubling thanks to a surge in riders.
Airport chiefs say 2035 operations deadline unachievable as critics say new delay makes case for project ‘even more dubious’
Houses can be built on floodplains even if they fail a crucial safety test, according to a high court judgment that will be of “immense interest” to developers across England and Wales.
Bill Gates has called on the US’s federal legislators and law enforcers to regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), saying in an interview airing on Sunday that the technology left unchecked could cause…
Clarified Sept. 29 | TAIPEI — As the Senate contemplates sending large sums of security assistance to Taiwan, independent defense analysts here are urging U.S. lawmakers to maximize their leverage at a sensitive time in…
Вооруженные силы России нанесли удар по сухогрузу в Черном море, сообщили в пресс-службе Минобороны. По сведениям ведомства, судно доставляло в порт Одессы военное имущество и грузы двойного назначения для обеспечения В…
Plans for one of Europe’s largest AI campuses in a Unesco-designated reserve have sparked a fierce local backlash
A short distance north from Warsaw along the Vistula river, camouflaged missile launchers roll through the quiet village of Czosnów.
Президент Казахстана Касым-Жомарт Токаев освободил Даурена Косанова от должности министра обороны страны, сообщила пресс-служба главы государства. Увольнение последовало за гибелью 14 военнослужащих во время учений в Ка…
The Trump administration is proposing new fuel economy standards for vehicles that would roll back efficiency rules implemented under former President Biden.
"It is tough," John Healey admitted to me earlier this month when I asked him if there had been too much doom-mongering?
Exclusive: UK prime minister says delivering fiscal stability would be ‘crucial’ to be able to fix bigger problems
A new help-to-buy scheme aimed at giving first-time buyers who cannot rely on the “bank of mum and dad” is to be introduced in a big policy announcement by Andy Burnham.
The government has stepped up work on new laws to stop ticket touts fleecing fans , as the prime minister came under pressure from artists including the drummer from the Smiths, one of his favourite bands.
Iran is awaiting an official US response to its proposal to reopen the strait of Hormuz within a week and resume nuclear talks in return for the lifting of the US naval blockade of Iranian ports, as Donald Trump was re…
Three-quarters of the 20 top-selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the UK cannot use rapid chargers, research has found, amid concerns that many are essentially “petrol cars pulling round a heavy battery”.
A new president was elected at the General Assembly of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Samarkand. Timur Turlov, a representative from Kazakhstan, assumed the position. This was reported by the FIDE press se…
In a corner of north London on a weekday morning, Filipino cuisine is thriving: diners at Mama & Sons in Kentish Town are making their choices, and one of the most popular items on the menu is the ube ice-cream sandwich…
Manchester City have been found guilty of the vast majority of the 134 disciplinary charges brought against them by the Premier League.
If Heathrow finally builds its third runway, Londoners can expect hundreds more planes flying overhead each day. But greater congestion on the ground will be a problem too. Under Heathrow’s £33bn expansion plan , 100,00…
As an arable farmer, Olly Harrison’s WhatsApp messages are normally concerned with the more mundane matters of working the land: logistics, supplies and the occasional chat about the weather.