The European Union’s top official for migration said Monday that member states will have to confront tough policy challenges — even in the current election year – to cope with the continent’s aging population. Ylva Johansson, the EU home affairs commissioner, said
America’s first president George Washington addressed the assembled Congress with the first State of the Union on this day in history, Jan. 8, 1780. Washington’s address took place at Federal Hall in New York City — and addressed a variety of topics
The walkout was due to affect services throughout the week from 5.30pm on Sunday until Friday.
Rishi Sunak has stoked a row with health unions when he claimed to have settled pay disputes with nurses, consultants and speciality doctors. The Prime Minister said the Government had reached a pay deal with every part of the NHS except for
President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed a utopian new vision for the United States under a vastly expanded federal government, which he dubbed the Great Society, on this day in history, Jan. 4, 1965. “We seek to establish a harmony between man and
Texas joined the Union as the 28th state, after its war of independence against Mexico and 10 years as a Lone Star republic, on this day in history, Dec. 29, 1845. The vast state, larger in area than the nation of France,
The European Union and the United States have jointly called on Serbia to address concerns related to its electoral process. Independent observers identified troubling issues, including vote buying, media bias and improper influence, giving an unfair advantage to the ruling Serbian Progressive
Nick Robinson erupted at the chief of the doctor’s union in a fiery clash this morning as he questioned planned Christmas and New Year strikes. The veteran BBC interviewer took the chief of the BMA council to task over plans for junior
The new deal will significantly change how the bloc processes migrants.
More than 2,000 workers remained underground for a second day Tuesday in a protest over pay and benefits at a platinum mine in South Africa. The mine is owned by Implats, which is one of the world’s biggest platinum miners. The firm