Majorca’s tourism crisis is continuing as the top UK holiday hotspot is rocked by protests. On Friday (July 12), dozens descended on Palma for the ‘Marxa Guira’ event, a precursor to the anti-tourism protests planned for next week. Guiri is a colloquial term for a foreign tourist. Protestors dressed as tourists marched through the town...
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Joe Biden latest news: $90 million of president’s donations frozen
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The president also said that he’d had a short but good conversation with Trump in the hours after the shootings and said he was sincerely grateful that the former president is doing well Updated On : 15 Jul 2024 | 7:18 AM IST The government is aiming for economic growth of around 5.0 per cent...
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Top 10 world news: UK crossbow attack suspect formally arrested; Gaza war updates, and more
In the United Kingdom (UK), a 26-year-old man who was suspected of killing three women with a crossbow has been formally arrested. The police arrested Kyle Clifford from Enfield in north London for the murders of Carol Hunt, 61, Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25. More than 6,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are reported as missing...
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How the White House hid the truth about Biden’s decline from the world
“Clearly, his staff has kept him from the usual back and forth with the press,” says Goodstein. “To be sure, he’s had some, but less and less over time. It seems a fair inference that his press contacts have been reduced to avoid gaffes.” Long-time Washington hacks talk of how, as a senator and then...
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‘France’s Corbyn’ plans to freeze food prices in €300bn giveaway
As for retirement at 60, a “common objective” reaffirmed in the programme, it would result in a “€70 billion shortfall” and a drop in labour and growth “leading to impoverishment in France”, the finance ministry told Le Figaro. Raising the minimum wage to €1,600 net, or €2,000 gross, could cost the public purse at least...
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Top 10 world news: UK PM says Rwanda deportation plan is ‘dead’; 4 terrorists killed in India’s J&K, and more
UK’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday (July 6) said he was not prepared to continue with the previous government’s Rwanda migrant deportation plan. In other news, an Indian soldier died on Saturday (July 6) in an encounter between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said. Click on the...
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‘Unstable’ Macron may resign after second-round French vote
But he now faces the final three years of his presidency with no clear majority, and even his closest allies fear the grenade may prove to be a cluster bomb should he step down. An early presidential election could put Ms Le Pen in the Elysée, if current popularity polls are accurate. In a letter...
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UK’s newly-elected Parliament most diverse ever except at the top
The new cabinet’s demographic may already be influencing policies previously avoided by the Conservatives, such as removing a tax break for private schools and using the funds to employ more teachers. (Photo: Reuters) 4 min read Last Updated : Jul 06 2024 | 7:23 AM IST By Siraj Datoo British voters elected the largest...
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New PM Keir Starmer Names Top Team After Vowing To ‘Rebuild’ UK
Keir Starmer got down to work as Britain’s new leader Friday, appointing his ministerial team after his centre-left Labour party’s landslide general election victory ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Starmer named Rachel Reeves the UK’s first woman finance minister and appointed David Lammy as foreign secretary following his election win to become Labour’s first...
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Democrats creating path for Joe Biden to make ‘dignified’ exit
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UK’s new PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names top team
Keir Starmer set to work as Britain’s new leader Friday, speaking with world leaders and appointing his ministerial team after his Labour party’s landslide general election victory ended 14 years of Conservative rule. UK’s new PM Starmer speaks to world leaders, names top team Starmer named Rachel Reeves the UK’s first woman finance minister and...