Seventy-eight protesters have been ordered to do five hours of community service and pay restitution to avoid criminal proceedings for allegedly blocking traffic on the …
Exclusive: Delay to work on five buildings in 2020 led to warnings of ‘catastrophic’ safety risk Rishi Sunak blocked plans to rebuild five hospitals riddled …
Several thousand climate activists blocked a Dutch highway on Saturday in anger at billions of euros in government subsidies for industries that use oil, coal …
Protests feared after Pita Limjaroenrat of Move Forward fails to get parliamentary backing required to take office The leader of Thailand’s pro-reform party, which won …
A Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel has run aground in the Suez Canal, local authorities and tracking data showed, blocking traffic in one of the world’s …
China’s foreign minister has pressed his Dutch counterpart for access to advanced chipmaking technology that has been blocked on security grounds and warned against allowing …
Brazil’s environmental regulator has refused to grant a license for a controversial offshore oil drilling project near the mouth of the Amazon River, prompting celebration …
CEO of Competition and Markets Authority tells MPs decision not to allow acquisition of Activision Blizzard based on ‘own analysis’ The UK’s competition watchdog has …
While the appeals court ruling protects an outright ban on the abortion pill, the conservative-led panel has effectively made the drug harder for Americans to …
‘Barbaric’ to take away exam chance after all teenage refugees have overcome, headteacher says Two 16-year-old Afghan refugee girls will not be able to sit …
Exclusive: campaigners criticise failure to fill role after Dame Vera Baird’s departure Dominic Raab blocked the reappointment of the victims’ commissioner for England and Wales …
‘Poor healthcare and the stress of detention is particularly dangerous for pregnant women and can have life-long consequences for both the mother and child,’ Women’s …
Singer tweets that brother is ‘a horrible little man’ for preventing the band’s music from appearing in Knebworth 22 Liam Gallagher claims there will be …
Government’s energy markets financing scheme will also bar dividends to shareholders Energy companies attempting to tap a £40bn government scheme to protect them from volatile …
Tanker blocked canal for hours, close to where Ever Given container ship became stuck, disrupting supply chains for a week A tanker getting stuck used …
James Purnell, a minister under Gordon Brown, says corporation feared his appointment would anger Boris Johnson’s government A former BBC executive has claimed he was …
“The whole thing was a gut punch for everybody,” comedian and advocate Jon Stewart toldThe Independent about how Republicans celebrated after last week’s vote failed.
A judge in Wyoming also blocked that state’s law, joining several states where restraining orders are temporarily freezing abortion bans as legal challenges play out
Climate protest group Just Stop Oil has halted traffic on the M25 this morning, declaring the London Orbital motorway a “site of civil resistance” following …
Party figures understood to have urged leader to rein in acolytes after candidates from left excluded from longlists Keir Starmer’s allies have rejected claims he …
Trio arrested for resisting removal of two Indians in Kenmure Street, Glasgow, in move that became byword for community spirit Before Thursday, 13 May 2021, …
A federal appeals court has heard arguments over a lower court’s decision to block a challenge of North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy this year …
Revelation of denial offers new insight into the way Israel’s relationship with Moscow has undermined Ukrainian objectives Israel blocked Ukraine from buying NSO Group’s Pegasus …
Ministers accused of refusing Ukrainian workers ‘basic level of humanity’ by continuing to exclude them from visa scheme that would allow them to bring their …
Website reportedly available at only 17% of normal levels in Russia, hours after broadcaster revives radio technology to reach Ukraine and parts of Russia Ukraine …
Department for Work and Pensions refused FoI request for its internal research commissioned in 2019 An evaluation on the effectiveness of benefit sanctions has been …
The Alabama House speaker said legislative leaders are discussing how to proceed after federal judges ordered the state to redraw congressional districts