UK NEWS Pope Francis leaves Rome hospital after 5 weeks admission March 23, 2025 Elizabeth Jenrola Oso Pope Francis appeared at the window of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, offering a blessing for the first time since being admitted on February 14. The 88-year-old pontiff…
UK NEWS President Erdogan’s main rival arrested ahead Turkey election, protests erupt March 23, 2025 Alade Adisa The main rival to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on Sunday arrested and charged with corruption. Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, is expected to be selected as the…
UK NEWS Reeves to cut out 2 billion pounds from civil service spending as job loss looms March 23, 2025 Fatimah Idera British finance minister Rachel Reeves is eyeing spending cuts for government officials who work in departments to the value of over 2 billion pounds ($2.58 billion) a year by 2029-30.…
UK NEWS Octopus and Ecotricity lock horns over a controversial push for regional energy bills March 23, 2025 Fatimah Idera Britain’s green energy tycoons are at war, Greg Jackson, the chief executive of Octopus Energy, is taking on Dale Vince, Ecotricity founder, in a fight over the best way to…
UK NEWS Primary school easter ban sparks religious debate in UK March 22, 2025 New Daily Prime Social media users criticise the announcement, with one questioning whether the headteacher will also cancel Christmas. In England, conflicts between Muslim and Christian communities in UK primary schools have surfaced…
UK NEWS Argentina suspends Telecom’s purchase of Telefonica unit March 22, 2025 Fatimah Idera Argentina’s presidential office has issued a preventive measure to suspend Telecom’s acquisition of Telefonica’s local unit, claiming the pending merger could lead to excessive market concentration. Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica…
UK NEWS Heathrow resumes operations after a day shutdown March 22, 2025 Fatimah Idera London’s Heathrow Airport resumed full operations on Saturday, a day after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe’s busiest airport, causing global travel chaos. Some flights were…
UK NEWS Voice of America employees sue Trump administration over shuttered news outlets March 22, 2025 Fatimah Idera Voice of America journalists and their unions sued the Trump administration on Friday, saying that the shutdown of the U.S.-funded news agencies violated the workers first Amendment right to free…
UK NEWS Children recount rape, abuse experiences at 1,600 UK primary schools March 22, 2025 Elizabeth Jenrola Oso Testimony features sexual harassment, groping, inappropriate touching and forced penetration Rape culture exists in more than 1,600 primary schools in the UK and Ireland, an investigation by a campaign group…
UK NEWS Famed Russian double agent Oleg Gordievsky dies at UK home March 22, 2025 Elizabeth Jenrola Oso Famed KGB double agent, Oleg Gordievsky, has died at his Surrey, UK home at the age of 86. The former Soviet secret agent defected to Britain in 1985 after being…