CLAIRE FAYERS, 56, children’s author living in Abergavenny with her husband: Will your government boost public investment in scientific research? CONSERVATIVE: Absolutely! Which is why we are backing innovators, researchers and businesses across the UK with a record £20billion in R&D spending
Serbian lawmakers on Thursday voted into office a new government that reinstated two pro-Russia officials who are sanctioned by the United States, reflecting persistent close ties with Moscow despite the Balkan nation’s proclaimed bid to join the European Union. Prime Minister Miloš
Australia church stabbing captured on livestream A suspect was apprehended after multiple people were injured during a stabbing at a church in Wakeley, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, on Monday night. (Credit: Christ The Good Shepherd Church) A senior Australian government minister
Taiwan’s president-elect has appointed new foreign and defense ministers to join his incoming administration as the island faces continuing military threats and diplomatic isolation from China. Lai Ching-te, who assumes the presidency on May 20, announced Thursday that current Presidential Secretary General
Humza Yousaf was left reeling after the Tories and Labour tore into his leadership on two major issues at First Minister’s Questions. The Tories’ Douglas Ross led on the ongoing farce surrounding the SNP’s hate crime law, which saw 7,000 reports made
Meanwhile, Joe Biden is urging Netanyahu to show restraint as the US seeks to stamp down fears of a wider regional conflict amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza that has left nearly 34,000 Palestinians dead, according to health authorities in the
Rishi Sunak succeeded in seeing through his flagship smoking ban policy this evening, after pledging to end the practice during last year’s Conservative Party Conference. 383 MPs backed the policy, however around 60 Tory rebels meant Mr Sunak was forced to rely
Peers are expected to mull the Rwanda Bill on Tuesday and could then send it back to the Commons with amendments later in the week, prolonging the process known as parliamentary ping-pong where legislation is batted between the two Houses. Once passed,
Ministers are considering banning the sale of mobile phones for all under 16-year-olds. It comes as soaring mental health cases among teenagers have provoked widespread fears that social media and smartphones are to blame. Nearly two-thirds of the public support a ban,
Generations of parents were given the wrong “tough love” advice about how to care for newborn babies, Health Secretary Victoria Atkins has warned. The Department for Health has launched a campaign called Start for Life designed to dispel myths, such as the