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The NHS and education are big winners in Reeves’ spending plan

But some Whitehall departments including the Home Office face real terms cuts to their budgets

World - Financial Times - 6 days ago

The Papers on the Budget: 'Spending power' and 'nightmare on Downing Street'

Reactions to the Budget, which saw large rises in both tax and public spending, lead the papers.

Workers warned Budget tax rises will hit their wages

Economists say tax rises in the Budget will mean employers have less to give as pay rises.

Meta and Microsoft Won’t Stop Spending on AI

Both tech giants reported strong third quarters but their stocks fell anyway.

Business - Inc. - 5 days ago

Abortion-rights groups outspend opponents by more than 6 to 1 in ballot measure campaigns

The groups promoting abortion-rights amendments on the ballots in nine states have outraised their opponents by more than 6 to 1 and are spending far more on ads

Health - ABC News - 5 days ago

U.K. Budget Makes a Big Bet on Spending for Growth

The Labour Party is betting that extra spending on public services and more investment will eventually revitalize the country’s stagnant economy.

Business - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Rachel Reeves loosens UK welfare spending target

Ceiling rises 20% over 5-year period to £200bn to avoid ‘having to take short-term decisions’

World - Financial Times - 3 days ago

How Harris and Trump are spending eve of Election Day

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are spending the last hours of the 2024 presidential race making their final pitches at rallies in several battleground states. CBS ...

Where Harris and Trump will spend election night

Vice President Harris will spend election night at Howard University, her alma mater, while former President Trump will spend it at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, FL.

Politics - The Hill - 7 hours ago

China starts large military drills around Taiwan

Manoeuvres come after Taiwan’s president asserted sovereignty but asked Beijing to co-operate to secure peace

World - Financial Times - October 14

Democrats slam GOP for 'attempts to disenfranchise' military voters

Democrats this week slammed Republicans for attempting to obstruct voting for military servicemembers after some GOP lawmakers filed lawsuits targeting overseas voters. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.), an ...

Politics - The Hill - October 15

US military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen

The U.S. military struck weapons storage facilities in Houthi-controlled Yemen, a U.S. official told ABC News.

Trump threatens to use the military against the ‘enemy within’

For Trump, strongman rhetoric and tactics are the first resort.

Politics - The Hill - October 22

Israel announces strikes on military sites in Iran.

Blasts reported around Tehran after a year of escalating confrontations.

World - The New York Times - October 25

Watch: Israeli military chief announces strikes in Iran

Rear Adm Daniel Hagari says the strikes are in response to Iran "relentlessly attacking" Israel.

Israel strikes military targets in Iran in reprisal that raises risk of regional war

Air attack completed on Saturday morning hit missile and drone manufacturing sites, says IDF. Israel strikes Iran – follow the latest IDF strikes military sites in Iran: what we know so far ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

Military briefing: Where Israel struck Iran

First open attack on Tehran breaks ‘psychological barrier’ and could leave it vulnerable to future assaults

Business - Financial Times - October 28

New sanctions target Myanmar's military suppliers

Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union, the U.K. and Canada on individuals and entities supplying aviation fuel and equipment to ...

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

We're not military - why are we being hit, asks injured man in Lebanon

In the Lebanese city of Nabatieh, Orla Guerin meets hospital patients and medics vowing to stay despite Israeli strikes.

Israel's military is looking into whether Hamas' top leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in a military operation in Gaza

World - ABC News - October 17

Middle East crisis live: Israeli military says it is carrying out strikes on military targets in Iran

IDF spokesman says strikes are a response to ‘months of continuous attacks from the regime in Iran’, as blasts reported in Tehran and nearby city of Karaj. Lebanon’s health minister, Firass Abiad ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

Hawaii pushes Mountain West over minimum threshold for FBS conference status as school becomes full member

Hawaii has been a football-only member of the conference since 2012

Sports - CBS Sports - October 15

Paul George injury: 76ers' newest All-Star has bone bruise, status for season opener uncertain

George hurt his left knee in a preseason game on Monday night

Sports - CBS Sports - October 15

Kashmir gets a largely powerless government 5 years after India stripped its special status

Leaders of Kashmir’s biggest political party have been sworn into office to run a largely powerless local government for the first time after India stripped the region of its special status five ...

World - ABC News - October 16

College football Week 8 overreactions: Chaotic 2024 season is trending toward all-time great status

There are plenty of overreactions to be had from another wild week in the 2024 college football season

Sports - CBS Sports - October 20

NBA opens investigation into Joel Embiid's playing status after 76ers star misses season opener

The NBA is now investigating why Philadelphia center Joel Embiid did not play in the team’s nationally televised season-opener against Milwaukee

Sports - ABC News - October 24

Micah Parsons injury update: Cowboys star describes Week 8 status vs. 49ers as 'still in the air'

Parsons spent the entirety of Dallas' bye week at the team's facility rehabbing his high ankle sprain

Sports - CBS Sports - October 24

Red-cockaded woodpeckers' recovery in southeast leads to status change from endangered to threatened

The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one

Tech - ABC News - October 24

New poop statue displayed near US Capitol to ‘honor’ January 6 rioters

Artwork satirically commemorates people who broke in to the Capitol and defecated on the House speaker’s desk. US politics – live updates A new temporary bronze installation depicting a pile ...

World - The Guardian - October 25

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