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Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:01:00 GMTUK appoints Cost of Living Champion to help poorest families and their energy bills
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has directly appointed Lord Richard Walker as the Government’s Cost of Living Champion. Lord Richard Walker will work across Government while enhancing partnerships with businesses, ...
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:44:00 GMTUK tightens immigration policy, three countries to take back illegal migrants after visa threat
UK’s Home Secretary has announced that three African countries will have their visas to Britain downed if they don’t cooperate on returning deported illegal migrants and criminals to their countries of origin.
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:26:00 GMTChagos deal wasn’t such a “great stupidity” after all, admits Trump
Relief in UK as Donald Trump back stepped and ended supporting the Labor government’s Chagos islands deal with Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, including the joint US/UK Diego Garcia base, when only a couple of weeks ago the US...
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:25:00 GMTArgentina faces ARS 10 trillion maturities as Treasury sets Feb. 11 debt auction menu
Argentina’s Economy Ministry published the instrument menu for the Feb. 11 debt auction, closely watched by markets given the size of maturities: nearly ARS 10 trillion (around USD 7 million), about ARS 9 trillion of which is...
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:20:00 GMTFalklands, top Royal Navy officer visits BFSAI headquarters at MPC
Earlier this month British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, hosted Rear Admiral Jude Terry who met with a range of service personnel based at the Falkland Islands. Rear Admiral Jude Terry is the first woman to hold non-hon...
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:16:00 GMTChickenpox ruled out in President Orsi after return from official China trip
Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi tested negative for chickenpox after undergoing screening prompted by a confirmed case within the official delegation that returned from a trip to China, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) s...
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:06:00 GMTJanuary ranks as fifth warmest globally despite severe cold spells, Copernicus says
Last month was the world’s fifth-warmest January on record, the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported, even as sharp cold spells hit large parts of the Northern Hemisphere in the second half of the month. Gl...
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:53:00 GMTColombia: Ruling-party candidate to file criminal complaint against ex-President Pastrana over Epstein files
Senator Iván Cepeda, the presidential candidate of Colombia’s ruling Pacto Histórico coalition, said he will file a criminal complaint against former President Andrés Pastrana (1998–2002) after Pastrana’s name appeared...
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:33:00 GMTStarmer insists he will stay on despite resignations linked to Mandelson fallout
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he was not “willing” to resign, pushing back against mounting pressure inside the Labour Party after the political fallout from former Washington ambassador Peter Mandelson’s ...
Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:41:00 GMTVenezuela re-arrests opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa hours after release
Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Pablo Guanipa was re-arrested only hours after leaving prison, in a move that sparked renewed accusations of political persecution and raised fresh questions about the scope of the governme...