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We shouldn’t really blame disgraced former Health Sec Matt Hancock for thinking he’d landed that big United Nations job, only to have the offer withdrawn just a few days later when someone suddenly found the paragraph in the rulebook that explicitly ruled him out of the post. Seems someone at …

According to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Uber and its takeaway delivery service Uber Eats, as well as rival food delivery service Deliveroo, chain restaurant Pizza Pilgrims, and the ride-hailing platform Bolt, are involved with the plan. The DHSC announced on Sunday that the companies “will be …

During a lengthy sit-down with Toronto Star columnist Martin Cohn on Friday, Trudeau said the world community should pool efforts to ramp up pressure on China, noting that the upcoming 2022 winter games may provide just that opportunity.  “The pressure on China right now from the international community … is …

Speaking to journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov explained that Russia wants to get back on a sound footing in its relationship with the US. “If it only depended on us, we would return to normal relations,” Lavrov explained, noting that the first step would be to cancel the …

Pan-European cooperation balancing power and values The Cold War divided Europe with a bipolar international distribution of power and an ideological rivalry between capitalism and communism. Following years of dangerous confrontation, a format for pan-European cooperation was pursued to find common ground in the rivalry between both power and regime …

Negotiator Abbas Araghchi, who is also Iran’s deputy foreign minister, revealed the development after negotiations in Vienna on Tuesday, which he said were “constructive,” according to Iranian state-run news network Press TV. Iran and the US are currently engaging in indirect talks concerning the deal. The UK, France, and Germany have mediated …

Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska expressed the hope that Russian Railways, the country’s state-run monopoly, would take a fresh look at the country’s transportation services in the light of the catastrophic event on one of the world’s most important waterways. According to the businessman, Russia has several projects that could easily …

Announced earlier this month, the ‘Oakland Resilient Families’ plan was described by the mayor’s office as one of America’s “largest efforts to determine the effectiveness of monthly unconditional payments” aimed at helping people “overcome economic instability.”  Supported by the Family Independence Initiative and Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, the scheme …

Speculation had been mounting that Tyson, 54, and fellow former world heavyweight champion Holyfield, 58, could return to the ring this summer to finish what they started with a pair of fights in the 1990s. Representatives for the pair are said to have been in talks since Tyson made his …

The Kremlin, which released the images of Putin’s trip on Sunday, would not disclose where exactly the president went. However, a good guess would be the Republic of Tuva, the home region of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, who accompanied him during the getaway. Shoigu showed Putin what seemed to be …