The World Bank says it is lifting a ban on loans to Uganda that it had put in place two years ago when the country passed a draconian new law against LGBTQ people. In 2023, Uganda voted in some of the world’s harshest anti-homosexual legislation meaning that anybody engaging in certain same-sex acts can be...
Paul Seddon Political reporter Bloomberg Sarah Pochin became Reform UK’s fifth MP at a by-election last month Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf says it was “dumb” for the party’s newest MP to call on Sir Keir Starmer to ban the burka. Sarah Pochin – who won last month’s Runcorn and Helsby by-election – urged the...
Getty Images Donald Trump has signed a ban on travel to the US from 12 countries citing national security risks, according to the White House. The US president said the list could be revised if “material improvements” were made and additional countries could also be added as “threats emerge around the world”. This is the...
Citing the recent terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, President Trump announced a new travel ban covering 12 countries. Here’s a bit of the announcement from the White House website. In Executive Order 14161 of January 20, 2025 (Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats), I stated that...
Georgie started playing football when she was five and grew up around the game, with her two brothers and uncle heavily involved in the sport. “When I heard about the FA’s decision, it gave me a deep sense of reassurance,” she said. “I was happy that something was being done to protect the integrity of...
The ban on the sale of single-use disposable vapes will come into force on Sunday across the UK, aimed at protecting children’s health and the environment. It means shops and supermarkets will no longer be able to stock them – but they can still sell rechargeable or refillable devices. Disposable vapes have been cited as...
Pointing out right-wing hypocrisy does little to alleviate its toll. Still, one provision tucked into Republicans’ sweeping tax and spending bill is particularly glaring in its ideological inconsistency: a 10-year ban on state AI regulation. Yes, that means that the party most wont to cry federal overreach is now seeking to directly intervene in state...
A couple who kept 29 pets in a flat have been banned from keeping animals for eight years. Exeter Magistrates’ Court heard Mark West and Rebecca Sowden had kept 14 snakes, 12 cats, a tortoise, a bearded dragon and a leopard gecko in a one-bedroom flat in Taunton Close, Exeter. The court was told the...
Getty Images The ban on single-use vapes is unlikely to reduce the appeal of e-cigarettes to teenagers because re-usable models are so similar to disposables, the head of a campaign group has warned. Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK from Sunday in an effort to curb youth vaping rates and reduce electronic waste....
France will ban smoking in all outdoor places that can be frequented by children, health and family minister Catherine Vautrin has said. The ban will come into force on 1 July and will include beaches, parks, public gardens, outside schools, bus stops and sports venues. “Tobacco must disappear where there are children,” Vautrin said in...
The tackle was reviewed by referee Hollie Davidson and the television match officials during the game, with a change in direction from Niniashvili before the collision deemed a mitigating factor to downgrade the incident from red to yellow. At a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday, Underhill accepted he had committed an act of foul play but...
Image Credit: WXIA A 30-year-old Black woman in Georgia has been kept on life support for three months against her family’s wishes because of the state’s “fetal heartbeat” anti-abortion law. Adriana Smith was declared legally dead in February after a medical emergency caused her brain function to cease. Smith, a nurse, had been initially turned...
A fight involving machetes at a Melbourne shopping centre has prompted an Australian state to fast-track the country’s first-ever ban on the weapon’s sale. The ban – to start in Victoria this Wednesday, instead of September – comes after two gangs attacked each other at Northland shopping centre in Preston on Sunday afternoon. A man,...
Forest later denied Marinakis’ exchange with Nuno was a “confrontation” and described subsequent reaction to the situation as “fake news”. The club said the incident was because of Marinakis’ frustration that striker Taiwo Awoniyi had continued to play after an 88th-minute injury, which subsequently required urgent surgery. “I’ve dished out my fair share of criticism...
As David wrote here, the Trump administration announced yesterday that it was putting an end to Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. That’s significant because about a quarter of Harvard’s total enrollment is international students. Those students also pay a higher tuition compared to others so it’s a big portion of the school’s tuition income....