Devon & Torbay Combined County Authority has privately produced a Local Growth Plan that is intended to guide regional development for the next decade before holding a brief public consultation on its contents with the minimum-possible publicity. It says the plan has been “shaped by extensive engagement with stakeholders across the region” but when asked...
The US has launched a review of its multi-billion dollar submarine deal with the UK and Australia, saying the security pact must fit its “America First” agenda. Under the trilateral pact, widely seen as a response to the growing power of China, Australia is to get its first nuclear-powered subs from the US, before the...
Ben Chu Policy and analysis correspondent, BBC Verify Getty Images The US Court of International Trade on Wednesday struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs imposed under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The court ruled IEEPA did not give the president the authority to impose certain tariffs. This affects the “fentanyl” tariffs imposed...
While neither the question nor Stokes’ answer on Wednesday specifically mentioned the England squad or playing XI, the 33-year-old believes his comments about Somerset batter Rew, who was unused member of the squad for the Test against Zimbabwe, made it clear he was referring to Bethell’s place in the squad, rather than the XI. Speaking...
England captain Ben Stokes says his pre-match comments about Jacob Bethell coming straight back into the England team to play India were “twisted to suit an agenda”. The 21-year-old’s return for the five Tests against India could come at the expense of Ollie Pope, but Stokes says Pope – who scored 171 against Zimbabwe –...
Standing at the Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Trump administration officials welcomed 59 white South Africans to their new home in the United States. “We respect what you had to deal with these last few years,” Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau told a small crowd. “We’re excited to welcome you here...
Abundance is the title of the book by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson which has been making some waves this year. The gist of the book is that if Democrats want to recover from recent failures, especially with the working class, they need to demonstrate they can actually get things done. And lately it seems...
A prince vanquishes a dragon and falls in love. A young girl named Violet works up the courage to give her classmate crush a valentine. Another girl fears she won’t get to see her Uncle Bobby as much after he gets married, but after spending a day with him and his fiancé, she realizes she’s...
Getty Images As the threat posed by US President Donald Trump tops Canada’s federal election agenda, the issue of the country’s contribution to global warming has been largely overshadowed. The two main contenders are pushing plans for new energy infrastructure as the country seeks to pivot away from its reliance on the US. Mark Carney’s...
Tens of thousands took to the streets across the United States on Saturday in a scathing indictment of Donald Trump’s mounting pile of attacks. These protests came just two weeks following the “Hands Off” protests that brought out millions of people across the country to the streets in coordinated actions, denouncing the administration’s attacks on...
Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says he is battling a “negative” agenda against the club where even good days are seen from a “glass half-empty” perspective. Spurs are a lowly 14th after 31 games in the Premier League as they toil in an injury-hit season, and under-pressure Postecoglou says he detects an outside view that he...
Getty Images Donald Trump, in announcing his sweeping new tariffs on US imports on Wednesday, promised that the history books would record 2 April as America’s “liberation day”. After two days of stock market turmoil, however, this may also be remembered as the week the president’s second-term agenda ran headfirst into economic – and political...
Watchdogs and other critics swiftly denounced a budget blueprint unveiled by Senate Republicans on Wednesday that endeavors to get the GOP one step closer to delivering additional spending and trillions in tax cuts desired by U.S. President Donald Trump. Observers are also condemning Republicans’ plans to skirt the Senate parliamentarian and use a controversial gimmick...
This story was originally published by Waging Nonviolence. With the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-immigrant policies, community is more important than ever among migrant rights advocates. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, raids have ramped up across the country, and migrant communities have grown more fearful, many groups have shifted their efforts toward protection. One...
Over the past two weeks, the Trump administration’s detention, interrogation and deportation machine has shown a new level of cruelty. The detention and deportation of visa holders, followed by over 200 Venezuelan nationals without due process, has caused judicial controversy and a struggle in the courts. But activists and progressives cannot simply rely on the...