Trump seeks $1.5tn for defence alongside domestic spending cuts
The US president’s new budget would cut non-defence spending by 10%, partly by slashing domestic programmes. Source link
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Geno Auriemma, Dawn Staley have heated exchange after Gamecocks upset Huskies
Two of women’s basketball’s biggest names had a heated exchange in the waning moments of a Final Four classic on Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In the final seconds of No. 1 South Carolina’s 62-48 upset over No. 1 Connecticut, Huskies coach Geno Auriemma…
Faced with new energy shock, Europe asks if reviving nuclear is the answer
In 1990, Europe produced around a third of its electricity from nuclear power. That has now fallen to an average of 15%, leaving the continent “completely dependent on expensive and volatile imports” of fossil fuels, she said, putting Europe at a disadvantage compared with other regions of the world. Source link
Trump is considering more changes to his Cabinet in the coming weeks
In his first year back in the White House, President Donald Trump avoided using his famous “You’re fired” phrase when it came to members of his Cabinet. But this year is shaping up to have far more changes. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In less…
How Canada's largest gun control effort in decades is missing the mark
Canada recently banned 2,500 models of “assault-style” firearms – but a plan to buy-back tens of thousands of guns fell short by half. Source link
How Bombay went from a fort city to a bustling metropolis
A new exhibition charts Bombay’s passage through the centuries via paintings, photographs and prints. Source link
Trump said Iran was ‘decimated.’ Then an American F-15E fighter jet was shot down.
WASHINGTON — Less than 48 hours after President Donald Trump told Americans the U.S. military had “beaten and completely decimated Iran,” Tehran shot down an F-15E fighter jet, setting off a high-risk scramble by U.S. forces to rescue two service members from deep inside Iranian territory. Iran also struck two Blackhawk helicopters and an attack…
'We want a voice in our land' – the people evicted to build Nigeria's capital
People evicted to build Nigeria’s capital accuse the government of failing to fulfill its promises to them. Source link
Trump signs memo directing DHS to pay all employees during shutdown
President Donald Trump on Friday directed the Department of Homeland Security to pay all of its employees amid a record-long shutdown at DHS that’s lasted nearly 50 days. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The presidential memo authorizes paychecks for more than 35,000 employees at places…
After 16 years in power, can Viktor Orban finally be unseated?
A slight figure in neat shirts and jackets, Magyar seemed too slick and urbane to reach the hearts of the rural electorate, but has proven himself a strong challenger. Orban, 62, is a village boy who speaks village Hungarian, Magyar is a Budapest lawyer by training. Conscious that his status as a member of the…