Jeremy Hunt announced a further £5billion for the Ministry of Defence across the next two years, with £11billion being allocated over the course over 5 years. This will bring defence spending to 2.25% of GDP. He says that the Government’s plan is
Japan on Monday dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years, but hardly anything changed in the country that has had an extremely high regard for their effectiveness at anti-virus protection. Most commuters exiting Tokyo’s main train station in
French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make the French pension system financially sustainable in the coming years, in a letter to workers’ unions released Friday. The move comes
French train and metro drivers, refinery workers, garbage collectors and others were holding further strikes on Wednesday against President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age to 64, in efforts to keep up pressure on the government amid the ongoing parliamentary
The Arizona Coyotes unloaded another top player prior to the NHL trade deadline, sending defenseman Jakob Chychrun to the Ottawa Senators. Ottawa is sending a 2023 first-round draft pick, a 2024 conditional second-round pick and a 2026 second-round pick to Arizona. “On
Norway’s energy minister on Wednesday canceled a trip to the U.K. because of a protest against a wind farm that campaigners say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway. The activists, mainly teenagers, have been
Many were hoping that Kurt Busch could return to Las Vegas, his hometown track, this weekend for a potential send-off. Instead, the concussion he suffered last year at Pocono Raceway continues to have lingering effects that are keeping him out. Busch’s only
The Philippines and Taiwan sounded alarm bells after detecting dozens of suspected Chinese vessels and aircraft across the South China Sea on Friday. “To undermine the Taiwanese public’s faith in the ability of the armed forces to protect the island’s sovereignty, China’s
It’s been nearly four years since NBA players Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanović last played together, but the former teammates are still thick as thieves. While the two are in two very different situations — Marjanović plays for the last-place Houston Rockets
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