In a legal filing Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency did not provide direct evidence of waste, fraud, or abuse in a $20 billion climate grant program that the agency canceled citing “unacceptable risk.” For weeks, the grant program has been mired in controversy, with its funds frozen, as the E.P.A. attempted to claw back money … Read more
A midwife in Texas has been arrested for allegedly providing illegal abortions and operating a network of unlawful clinics in the Houston area. Maria Margarita Rojas has been charged with providing an abortion and practicing medicine without a license, according to the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday. Authorities accused Ms Rojas, … Read more
The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force as a teenager before World War Two. At 21, he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when air force personnel … Read more
Getty Images Chinese people are not spending enough to revive a sluggish economy The Chinese government has promised new childcare subsidies, increased wages and better paid leave as part of its latest push to revive a slowing economy. That’s on top of a $41bn discount programme that covers a wide range of things, from dishwashers … Read more
Getty Images An Indian voter – all Indians are underrepresented due to oversized constituencies A political storm is brewing in India, with the first waves already hitting the southern part of the country. Leaders there are calling for mass mobilisation to protect the region’s political interests amid a heated controversy over the redrawing of electoral … Read more
Authorities have discovered new information changing the timeline of when they believe Academy Award winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, died. The couple were found dead in their New Mexico home last month with officials saying the pair had been dead for some time before they were discovered by neighbourhood security. Officials … Read more
Kalkidan Yibeltal BBC News, Mekelle Getty Images Many hospitals and clinics damaged by the civil war are yet to be repaired People living in Mekelle, the main city in Ethiopia’s war-scarred Tigray, have told the BBC they fear they could soon be dragged into conflict again. Growing tensions threaten the fragile peace agreement signed in … Read more
The UK and France have urged Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to prove he wants a peace deal with Ukraine, ahead of talks between Putin and Donald Trump on Tuesday. French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the “courage” of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenksy in agreeing to a ceasefire proposal, and challenged Russia to do the same. “Enough … Read more
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A US court has ordered that Prince Harry’s immigration files must be made public by Tuesday. District Judge Carl Nichols ordered the release of the documents based on a freedom of information (FOI) request by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative US think tank in Washington DC. The foundation alleges that the prince concealed his past … Read more