Category: Politics

Secretary for women presents plan, including prison sentences, after Claudia Sheinbaum was groped on street The shocking public groping of Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has prompted rapid political action to tackle sexual abuse, as well as public debate on how best to address the problem, which is widespread across the country. Citlalli Hernández, Mexico’s secretary…

Follow today’s news live Liberals formally abandon net zero target but will allow moderate MPs to call lower emissions a ‘welcome outcome’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Teal independent MP Sophie Scamps said the Coalition’s position on net zero policies signals the “death knell” of the Liberal party as…

Google subsidiary to offer services on San Francisco, LA and Phoenix freeways as it scales expansion amid competition Alphabet’s Waymo said on Wednesday that it will begin offering robotaxi rides that use freeways across San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, a first for the Google subsidiary as it steps up expansion amid global and domestic…

Zelenskyy wants admission before 2030, but with a growing far-right, anti-enlargement contingent and budgetary fears mounting, some countries are hiding behind a Hungarian veto Volodymyr Zelenskyy may be a wartime leader, but he is fighting to deliver peacetime ambitions, too: he wants Ukraine to become an EU country – soon. Ukraine’s tireless president is ramping…

The health secretary said that some of the comments being made about the situation in government were ‘ridiculous’ In his BBC Breakfast interview, Jon Kay asked Wes Streeting if he would ever stand against Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership. Streeting replied: I cannot see circumstances in which I would do that to our prime…

The tech giant has released a statement acknowledging the use of different border displays between Western Sahara and Morocco The dotted lines illustrating the border between Western Sahara and Morocco, indicating the former’s disputed territory status, have never been visible to people using Google Maps in the latter. After media reports last week highlighted the…

Analysis says $30bn given to expand existing coal, oil and gas projects. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Removing CO2 from atmosphere vital to avoid catastrophic tipping points, leading scientist says Removing carbon from the atmosphere will be necessary to avoid catastrophic tipping points, one of…

Christiana Figueres tells summit that decarbonisation of global economy is inevitable despite disruptive Trump presidency “Ciao, bambino!” That was the message Christiana Figueres, former executive secretary of the United Nations framework convention on climate change, had for the US upon its recent exit from the Paris Climate Agreement. The world’s largest historical emitter also chose…

The US Senate voted on Monday night to pass a budget bill that will bring the government shutdown to an end if, as expected, it passes a vote in the House of Representatives. Find out how every senator voted, and which Democrats broke ranks Link to data don’t remove Continue reading… Source: World news |…

Radio host denies 25 charges of indecent assault and two of sexual touching against nine alleged victims A massive sexual abuse hearing against Alan Jones has been locked in despite claims the radio host was kept in the dark about the police investigation against him. The 84-year-old faces 25 charges of indecent assault and two…