Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesA decision to reject compensation for women hit by changes to the state pension age will be reconsidered by the government.Campaigners say 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were…
France’s commerce minister on Friday defended a recent deal between the state-owned postal service and Chinese e-commerce site Temu, agreed just weeks before the Paris prosecutor launched an investigation into several online marketplaces.France also threatened…
The federal government shutdown, now in its 38th day, prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a temporary emergency order Thursday prohibiting commercial rocket launches from occurring during “peak hours” of air traffic. The FAA…
Flight cancellations on Friday Note: International routes and airports are not shown. Cancellations at airports include flights that were planned to depart or arrive. Source: Cirium. The New York Times Hundreds of flights across the…
Watch: Ed Davey says the current electoral system "doesn't represent the British people"Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said his party would "work with the government" to move away from the current electoral system.The…
The government shutdown, now the longest on record, is growing increasingly painful as more Americans start to feel its effects. First, more than 600,000 federal workers were furloughed, and an even larger number were forced…
Alex ForsythPolitical CorrespondentBBCReform UK could win more seats than any other party at the next general election - perhaps enough to form a government. Or so suggest repeated opinion polls, released since May. That was…
Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls.It follows a review which found depictions of choking were "rife" on mainstream…
President Donald Trump alongside Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump alongside Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty…
U.S. telecommunications giant Ribbon has confirmed that government-backed hackers had access to its network for almost a year before getting caught, according to a public filing. The telco giant said in a 10-Q disclosure last…