Post Brexit UK-US trade deal talks still on ice as Biden visits Northern Ireland April 12, 2023 Talks between the US and the UK on a post-Brexit free trade deal are not expected to resume until 2025, according to reports. Prime minister Rishi Sunak and US president Joe Biden are not said to have discussed the matter during a visit to Northern Ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday [...]
‘An evil act of targeted violence’: Five dead after US bank worker livestreams Kentucky shooting spree April 11, 2023 A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle killed five people at his workplace on Monday morning while livestreaming the attack on Instagram, authorities said. Police arrived as shots were still being fired inside Old National Bank and killed the gunman in an exchange of gunfire, Louisville Metro Police Department chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel said. The [...]
China sends warships and jets towards Taiwan April 8, 2023 China has sent warships and dozens of fighter jets towards Taiwan, the island’s government said. The move came in retaliation for a meeting between the US House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. The Chinese military announced the start of three-day “combat [...]
Donald Trump: Former President to surrender and face criminal charges over 2016 hush money payments April 4, 2023 An extraordinary moment in US history is scheduled to unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday as former president Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender to face criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments. The booking and arraignment are likely to be relatively brief — though hardly routine — as Mr [...]
Trump Organisation fined £1.3m for tax fraud January 13, 2023 Donald Trump’s company has been fined 1.6 million dollars (£1.3 million) as punishment for a scheme in which the former US president’s top executives dodged personal income taxes on lavish job perks – a symbolic, hardly crippling blow for an enterprise boasting billions of dollars in assets. A fine was the only penalty a judge [...]
Watford-born ex McDonald’s CEO charged with misleading investors after sacking over romance January 9, 2023 Former McDonald’s chief executive officer Stephen Easterbrook has been charged by US federal regulators with making false and misleading statements to investors about the circumstances of his firing by the burger giant. Mr Easterbrook, from Watford in Hertfordshire, was ousted in November 2019 for engaging in an inappropriate personal relationship with a McDonald’s employee in [...]
Trump is ‘obviously thinking about running’ again says Jared Kushner September 2, 2022 Former President Donald Trump is “obviously thinking about running” for the president again according to his son-in-law and ex special adviser Jared Kushner. The comments come after the FBI accused the ex President of taking top-secret documents and storing them in his Florida home without permission. Last night, Joe Biden accused Trump of launching an [...]
US Supreme Court overturns Roe vs Wade: Almost 40m women could lose right to abortion June 24, 2022 The US Supreme Court has overturned the 50-year-old Roe Vs Wade ruling which gives women the right to an abortion. America’s top body took away the right of millions of women to terminate a pregnancy in one fell swoop, after a document suggested it was going to do so a few weeks ago. The ruling [...]
Biden urges Congress to put petrol tax on hold as pump prices spike to record highs June 22, 2022 US President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax to help combat record pump prices.
Home Office signs order to extradite WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange on US espionage charges June 17, 2022 WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange will be face espionage charges in the United States, after the Home Secretary Priti Patel signed an extradition order this morning. This comes after a UK judge ordered the extradition in April following a long legal battle, after a UK judge ordered him stateside to face a 175-year sentence. WikiLeaks published [...]