Hundreds of staff at The Washington Post, one of America’s most storied newspapers, walked off the job Thursday in a 24-hour strike after 18 months of contract negotiations failed to secure a deal. Chanting “Fair pay now” and raising signs reading “Show us the $$$$,” staff and supporters protested outside the paper’s downtown Washington offices […]
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday insisted his government’s latest immigration plan will work, as the issue threatened to tear apart his ruling Conservatives, putting his position in jeopardy. Sunak’s government unveiled its latest attempt to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda on Wednesday, which sparked the resignation of his immigration minister who said it […]
Ukraine’s allies have dramatically scaled back their pledges of new aid to the country, which have fallen to their lowest level since the start of the war, the Kiel Institute’s Ukraine aid tracker showed Thursday. “The dynamics of support to Ukraine have slowed,” the German-based institute said, adding that new military, financial and humanitarian aid […]