UK's international development minister quits after foreign aid cut

NZ minister resigns after he 'placed hand' on staff's arm

The incident last week comes months after he allegedly called a winery worker a "loser".

BBC News - 5d

It’s grand theft AI and UK ministers are behind it. Oppose this robbery of people’s creativity | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alastair Webber

The plan to weaken copyright law, allowing tech firms to profit for free from people’s talent, is an outrage, and the nation would suffer. We are father and son: one has written 16 musicals and ...

The Guardian - 4d

Trump's foreign aid freeze halted a crucial program fighting HIV in Africa. Here's what's at stake

The freeze on U.S. foreign aid ordered by President Donald Trump has effectively halted one of the world's most successful responses to a disease

ABC News - Feb. 19

Trump administration hasn't complied with order to halt foreign aid freeze, judge says

The Trump administration has not fully complied with a court order pausing the freezing of foreign assistance grants and contracts, a federal judge ruled.

NBC News - Feb. 21

Live updates: Trump praises Musk at first Cabinet meeting; DOGE panel dissects foreign aid

President Trump is convening his first Cabinet meeting with Elon Musk in attendance , while Congress is working to enact his agenda.

The Hill - 2d

Trump administration goes to Supreme Court to stave off midnight deadline to unfreeze foreign aid

The Justice Department filed an emergency application at the Supreme Court Wednesday asking to block a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in blocked ...

The Hill - 2d

Supreme Court briefly pauses order for Trump admin to imminently release foreign aid

Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily delayed a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to unfreeze nearly $2 billion in foreign aid payments, imposed by a lower judge who found the ...

The Hill - 2d

Trump's ending of 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts slams programs around the world

Health groups and non-governmental organizations have expressed surprise and outrage and say many humanitarian programs will collapse after the Trump administration’s decision to cut 90% of USAID’s ...

ABC News - 1d

People will starve because of US aid cut to Sudan, humanitarian worker warns

Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.

BBC News - 4d

U.S. aid cuts will "deepen the suffering" in Sudan, front-line doctor says

A doctor battling to save lives amid Sudan's "forgotten war" tells CBS News he can't understand Mr. Trump's aid freeze, but Sudanese people will suffer for it.

CBS News - 3d

GOP Gambles on Budget Plan That Helps the Rich and Cuts Aid to the Poor

The House Republican budget plan would pair tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich with cuts to programs that help the poor.

The New York Times - 1d

Accelerating USAID cuts devastated lifesaving programs, aid groups warn

The Trump administration’s cancellation of $60 billion in U.S.

NBC News - 17h

Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget

Exclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine. Anneliese Dodds: soft left intellectual pushed to resign How much does ...

The Guardian - 15h

Close call at Chicago’s Midway International Airport after a string of recent mishaps and disasters

A near miss, recorded by airport surveillance camera, shows a Southwest Airlines plane on its final landing approach, as a small private jet rolls right into its path. The Southwest plane quickly ...

NBC News - 3d

Trade-promoting UK departments face ‘up to 40%’ staff cuts

Restructuring plans come as Britain seeks to boost inward investment

Financial Times - 6d

Trump cuts off talk of Canada annex alongside UK’s Starmer: ‘That’s enough’

President Trump on Thursday cut off talk during a press conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer about his desire to make Canada “the 51st state,” with Starmer insisting there is ...

The Hill - 1d

UK looks at Texas supermax prison for ideas to cut overcrowding

The government wants to adopt a scheme which encourages inmates to gain qualifications and take jobs.

BBC News - 1d

Starmer defends slashing aid budget to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - UK politics live

Keir Starmer says now is the time to deepen European security, as he announces new defence budget by 2027. The rightwing historian Niall Ferguson is in the audience for Badenoch’s speech, ...

The Guardian - 3d

Asylum seeker hotels set to take almost half UK’s reduced aid budget

Future of many overseas projects uncertain after Keir Starmer announced cut in development to bolster defence

Financial Times - 2d

Anger as aid worker dies after DR Congo shooting

Yahoo News - 6d

William at his lowest after Kate's diagnosis, says ex-aide

Jason Knauf says the Prince of Wales was deeply affected by the Princess of Wales's cancer diagnosis.

BBC News - 5d

After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison is reassigned: Sources

Efforts by a White House intermediary to push the DOJ to hire candidates with "exceptional loyalty" to Trump sparked clashes with AG Pam Bondi's top aide, sources say.

ABC News - 4d

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sends pointed message after Canada beats USA in 4 Nations Face-Off

Trudeau was fired up after the Canadians' win on Thursday night in Boston

CBS Sports - Feb. 21

Apple withdraws cloud encryption service from UK after government order

iPhone-maker says it can no longer offer advanced protection in Britain after secret demand for ‘back door’ to user data

Financial Times - Feb. 21

Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row

Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.

BBC News - Feb. 22

‘Free world needs a new leader’, says EU foreign chief after Trump Zelenskyy row

The EU foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, said ‘the free world needs a new leader’ and that it was up to Europeans to take this challenge. Live reaction to Zelenskyy’s clash with Trump and ...

The Guardian - 10h

UK soil breakthrough could cut farm fertiliser use and advance sustainable agriculture

Research group says discovery could lead to new type of environmentally friendly farming. A biological mechanism that makes plant roots more attractive to soil microbes has been discovered by ...

The Guardian - 6d

Third of emissions cuts must come from consumers, says UK climate watchdog

Government advisers call for an overhaul of domestic heating systems and suggest airfares could rise

Financial Times - 3d

‘We have nothing now’: Myanmar’s exiled media face existential crisis after Trump severs aid

Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cuts. Each month Su Myat secretly crosses the border from Thailand into ...

The Guardian - 5d

Disease outbreaks and starvation set to grow after USAID cuts

Millions of people around the world are today feeling the repercussions of President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze international aid for 90 days and shut down the U.S.

NBC News - 3d

Some small businesses are on the brink after Trump's spending cuts affect contracts

"My company has been left behind," one small business founder said.

ABC News - 2d

Trump cuts short Zelenskyy meeting after fiery White House clash

US president says Ukraine’s leader is ‘gambling with world war three’

Financial Times - 9h

UK teenager who killed herself after terror charges ‘was groomed by neo-Nazi’

Rhianan Rudd, 16, was referred to Prevent by her mother after becoming ‘fixated on Hitler’, inquest told. A teenager who killed herself after becoming the youngest person in the UK to be charged ...

The Guardian - 1d

‘It’s quite incredible’: the Lancashire village with five Michelin stars

Aughton, near Ormskirk, has been called Britain’s culinary capital and become a global destination for foodies. It has been called the culinary capital of Britain, with no less than five Michelin ...

The Guardian - 5d

The Papers: 'Zelensky offers to quit' and 'Germany turns Right'

Volodymyr Zelensky's offer to step down as president of Ukraine features heavily in Monday's papers.

BBC News - 5d

Eye Opener: New developments in the health of Pope Francis

New developments in the health of Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition. Also, Elon Musk demands federal workers list what they've done or else lose their jobs. All that and all ...

CBS News - 4d

Short Novels Dominate International Booker Prize Nominees

Only one of the 13 titles nominated for the prestigious award for fiction translated into English is more than 300 pages long. But it is the one favored by critics.

The New York Times - 3d