WHO Declares Global Health Emergency as Ebola Spreads in Eastern Congo The World Health Organisation has declared a global health emergency over a new Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the virus claims dozens of lives and…
Mass Protests Erupt Across Argentina Over Milei’s University Budget Cuts Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets across the country’s major cities on 13 May 2026, demanding that President Javier Milei comply with existing university funding legislation and…
EU Imposes New Sanctions Over Forced Deportation of Ukrainian Children The European Union has sanctioned 16 Russian individuals and seven entities for the systematic and unlawful deportation of Ukrainian children, the EU Council announced on Monday — expanding a sanctions…
Trump Dismisses Iran’s Ceasefire Proposal as Negotiations Teeter on the Edge of Renewed Conflict US President Donald Trump publicly rejected Iran’s ceasefire proposal on Sunday, declaring it “totally unacceptable” and warning that military hostilities could resume, as tensions over Iran’s…
North Korean Defector Who Survived Public Executions and Four Chinese Imprisonments Stands for Council Seat in Stockport Timothy Cho, a North Korean defector who survived two escapes from one of the world’s most repressive states, four imprisonments in China, and…
Iran’s Economic Stranglehold and the Limits of U.S. Military Power in the Strait of Hormuz The United States Navy, backed by more than 100 aircraft, three aircraft carrier groups, and up to 15,000 marines, is attempting to reopen the Strait…
Surrey County Council is blocking publication of a damning domestic abuse report on Urfan Sharif — the man who tortured and killed his ten-year-old daughter — on the grounds that releasing it would violate his data protection rights. The report,…
Musk v. Altman Lawsuit Exposes Private Emails Revealing Gabe Newell Brokered SpaceX and OpenAI Access for Hideo Kojima Court documents filed in the ongoing Musk v. Altman lawsuit have made public a series of private emails from 2018 in which…
Thousands of UK benefit recipients face early payments and rate changes in May Hundreds of thousands of UK benefit and state pension recipients will see their payment dates shift in May due to two bank holidays, with some claimants also…
UK Financial Regulator Questions Whether APRs Give Borrowers a True Picture of Credit Costs Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a review of annual percentage rates (APRs), the standard metric used in credit advertising, after its own research found…