The number of migrants crossing the Channel to the UK has climbed by a staggering 42 per cent in the year to March 2023. During that period, a record 8,631 migrants crossed in a single month – August. In the 12 months
The EU lookes set to increase its military budget by a further €3.5bn. Defence chiefs from each of the bloc’s nations discussed the European Peace Facility budget earlier this week. Around €1bn would reportedly be ringfenced for Ukraine as it continues to
After the summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations in Hiroshima, Japan, South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol met with European Union officials. The leaders agreed that the E.U. and South Korea need to “maintain and increase the collective pressure on
Pet owners have been warned that a virus lethal to dogs is spreading in some parts of the US. New York health officials have released an alert about parvovirus, a highly contagious disease that kills up to 90 per cent of unvaccinated
The majority of Americans oppose raising the Full Retirement Age (FRA), according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Some 78 percent of respondents are against the proposal to hike the FRA for Social Security benefits from 67 to 70. This opposition against an
Denmark’s centrist government wants to spend $5.6 billion over the next decade to modernize military facilities, renovate shabby and dilapidated buildings, increase the number of soldiers and upgrade outdated computer systems. Acting Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen called it “a very serious
As well as this, Americans could be forced to pay more taxes if the Retirement Age were to go up as proposed. The expert said: “With an increase in the Retirement Age, employers are usually required to pay higher amounts into the
A Texas geoengineering company is hoping to bring weather-controlling technology to their region to boost rain production and solve drought conditions. Rainwater Tech, which is based in Austin, uses a technological process that enlarges rain drops in clouds to enhance rain output
A 48-hour nurses strike will “significantly increase the risk to patients” – with cancer sufferers a particular worry, an NHS chief executive says. Nick Hulme, the boss of the East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust, also warned the public’s goodwill through
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate for the 12 months to March 2023 dropped to five percent, according to official figures. This is a decline from six percent in February 2023 and is the slowest pace for price rises since 2021.