SINGAPORE – Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh on Monday (Aug 24) congratulated Speaker of Parliament Tan Chuan-Jin on his re-election, and said that he had given WP MPs appropriate time to engage the Government on the issues that matter. “We trust that you will continue in the same vein,” Mr Singh added in his […]
The prime minister has said pupils’ “life chances” will suffer if they do not return to their classrooms for the start of the new academic year. The statement by Boris Johnson is part of a government effort to convince concerned parents it is right to send their children back when schools reopen around the country. […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Robert Oulds was speaking days after both UK negotiator David Frost and EU opposite number Michel Barnier admitted an agreement was no closer to being struck, with Mr Barnier once again remarking: […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The former Labour leader, who was Prime Minister between 2007 and 2010 called on the UK Government to put in place a targeted furlough scheme for places hit by local lockdowns, such […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Postmaster Louis DeJoy on Friday told lawmakers that the Postal Service has not changed the way it handles election mail as he sought to assure the public that ballots would be handled “securely and on time” in the November presidential election. But in his first appearance before Congress, DeJoy said he […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Michel Barnier hit out at the UK after confirming the latest round of Brexit trade talks had concluded without any significant breakthrough on a future deal. Mr Barnier insisted the European Union continued to be […]
Britons in a number of countries are scrambling to return home to avoid having to self-isolate for 14 days – as the transport secretary ruled out regional coronavirus quarantine rules. Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago have been added to the UK’s COVID-19 quarantine list, Grant Shapps announced on Thursday. From 4am on Saturday, anybody […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden will outline his plans to bring relief and solace to a country battered by the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday when he accepts the Democratic nomination to challenge President Donald Trump in the Nov. 3 U.S. election. The fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention got under way with […]
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama painted a unsparing portrait of American democracy on the brink if President Donald Trump wins in November, warning in a scathing, and at times emotional, address Wednesday that his successor is both unfit for office and apathetic about the nation’s founding principles. “This administration has shown it will tear […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democrats on Wednesday unveiled legislation that would require same-day processing for mail-in ballots and give the cash-strapped Postal Service a $25 billion infusion while erasing changes pursued by the agency’s new leader, an ally of Republican President Donald Trump. The Democratic-led House is scheduled to vote on the […]