WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said on Thursday they would introduce legislation to impose sanctions on Chinese officials for violating Hong Kong’s independence, after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the former British colony. The bill, to be introduced by Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Democrat Chris Van Hollen, […]
WASHINGTON — Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as “Jane Roe,” her story was at the center of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was an abortion rights advocate, but, in a twist, she became a born-again Christian in 1995 and switched sides. Now, three […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate was expected to confirm U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe as director of national intelligence on Thursday over Democratic objections the second time President Donald Trump tapped him for the position. Here are some facts about the divisive nomination: RESUME Ratcliffe was a U.S. attorney and then mayor of Heath, […]
The prime minister will not face a police investigation into his links with an American businesswoman, but a review has found he had a “close association” with Jennifer Arcuri and there may have been an “intimate relationship”. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has announced the findings of its investigation into allegations surrounding Boris […]
The medical director of NHS England has defended his staff after Boris Johnson suggested health workers would be to blame for seeding coronavirus into the community. The prime minister was defending government advice to care homes that told them a negative COVID-19 test was not required for hospital patients being discharged until 15 April. “No-one […]
The prime minister has rejected calls to scrap the health surcharge for overseas NHS and social care workers. Workers coming to the UK from outside the European Economic Area have to pay a fee to use the health service. All adult migrants from outside of the EEA have to pay £400 a year – irrespective […]
Healthcare workers from overseas should be exempt from a “devastating” surcharge they must pay to access NHS services, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned. All adult migrants who come to the UK from countries outside of the European Economic Area currently have to pay £400 a year – irrespective of whether they use […]
A range of household appliances and foods will be cheaper and consumers offered more choice, ministers say, under a new trade regime set to begin in January. Britain will scrap all levies on £30bn of imports when formally leaving EU rules at the end of the year, it was announced this morning. Products such as […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has been speaking regularly with former rival Elizabeth Warren on public health and economic relief ideas as he crafts more ambitious proposals aimed at helping Americans through the coronavirus crisis. While Warren, a U.S. senator from Massachusetts and prominent voice on the Democratic Party’s left, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee said on Monday the State Department inspector general may have been fired because he was investigating President Donald Trump’s declaration of an emergency to clear the way for military sales to Saudi Arabia last year. The White House and State Department […]