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Police responding to ‘active shooter’ situation at North Texas high school, multiple injuries confirmed

The Arlington Police Department is liaising with the Mansfield and Grand Prairie Police Departments, as well as the school district’s…

3 years ago

Millions of Britons wake up £1,040-a-year poorer as ‘temporary’ Universal Credit uplift removed, while UK economy begs for workers

On Wednesday, the temporary uplift to Universal Credit payments came to an end. The scheme provided recipients of social welfare…

3 years ago

The US wants new trade talks with China, but it would be politically toxic for Biden to hold out an olive branch

At the beginning of this week, US trade representative Katherine Tai delivered a keynote speech that set out the Biden…

3 years ago

US is only country in the world still hanging on to chemical weapons, Russia says, after Washington unveils ‘Novichok’ questions

On Tuesday, Moscow’s embassy in Washington issued a fiery statement after the US and 44 other countries presented a series…

3 years ago

Tax-avoiding, property buying elites cause the housing shortages that lie behind all our ailments, from inequality to ill health

This week we have discovered yet more evidence of the wealthy getting wealthier by avoiding paying their fair share of…

3 years ago

US senators want to boot out 300 Russian diplomats over embassy row, but Moscow says it doesn’t even have that many in Washington

“There aren’t even that many Russian diplomats in Washington,” the Foreign Ministry stated. “Those who propose such steps are apparently…

3 years ago

Germany’s coalition talks: Greens favor ‘in-depth’ negotiations with SPD & FDP, but don’t reject Merkel’s bloc just yet

The Green party co-leaders, Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck, spoke to reporters after holding the first round of talks with…

3 years ago

‘On-brand, really’: Zuckerberg wants Congress to crush any possible competition to Facebook, Snowden says

The CEO of Facebook posted a lengthy reaction to this week’s outage of company services and the congressional testimony of…

3 years ago

Rising tensions between Azerbaijan and Iran spark fears of a conflict that would be an Israeli-US proxy war against Tehran

Iranian war games held along its northern border with Azerbaijan, leading to Baku threatening military deployment in retaliation, has sparked…

3 years ago

Gas price in Europe soars above $1,900 per 1,000 cubic meters

According to data from the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the price of November futures on the TTF hub in the Netherlands…

3 years ago