Six ways the upcoming autumn statement could affect your personal finances
Nov 19, 2023 05:55 am UTC| Politics
The UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have limited room for manoeuvre when he makes his autumn statement about the governments financial plans on November 22. The government is committed to supporting the Bank of Englands...
What Xi got out of his meeting with Biden
Nov 19, 2023 05:44 am UTC| Politics
Chinas leader Xi Jinping flew into San Francisco to meet US president Joe Biden on November 15 for his first visit to the US since 2017. The meeting, at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) conference, was...
Biden's low approval ratings don't mean he is bound to lose the 2024 US election -- here's why
Nov 19, 2023 05:37 am UTC| Politics
US Democrats have been spooked by some recent polling which suggests that voters intend to pick Donald Trump ahead of Joe Biden in some key states in the 2024 presidential election. A CNN poll reported on the website...
Nov 15, 2023 01:50 am UTC| Politics
Do names on a map matter? When they are in border territories, the answer is probably yes. Earlier in 2023, Chinas Ministry of Natural Resources ordered that new maps must use the former Chinese names of its lost...
Nov 15, 2023 01:49 am UTC| Politics
Suella Bravermans firing kicked off a major reshuffle of Rishi Sunaks cabinet probably his last attempt at a substantial rearrangement before a general election. Its not an insignificant reshuffle: the foreign secretary,...
David Cameron: lessons from other ex-prime ministers who returned to government
Nov 15, 2023 01:47 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Rishi Sunaks decision to appoint former prime minister David (now Lord) Cameron as his foreign secretary has surprised and divided opinion, not least since Cameron left politics in 2016. It is not, however, without...
Nov 15, 2023 01:46 am UTC| Politics
Former prime minister David Camerons return as foreign secretary in Rishi Sunaks government was surprising, to say the least. Only four former prime ministers have gone on to serve again in government, and none since Alec...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects