(Reuters) – U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told a panel of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday that he has not lost sleep over record amounts of carbon dioxide recorded in the Earth’s atmosphere, which scientists warn are altering the global climate. “I haven’t lost any sleep over it,” he told the House Committee on Natural Resources, […]
The president of the New Brunswick Council of Nursing Home Unions is firing back after a news release from Social Development Minister Dorothy Shephard said contract talks were at an “impasse.” Sharon Teare waited in the lobby of the New Brunswick Legislature for most of the day Wednesday, hoping to catch the eye of Shephard […]
Downing Street set a deadline on cross-party talks by announcing crucial legislation will be put before MPs in the first week of June. The announcement came after Mrs May held “constructive” talks with Jeremy Corbyn last night over ways to end the deadlock. But Mrs May’s decision to continue meeting Mr Corbyn in the quest […]
Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-EU party expected to come out on top in the May 23 elections, has accused peers of being “scared” of Brexiteer MEPs “contaminating” the House. The attack comes after House of Lords officials have put forward proposals to strip away MEPs privileged access to Westminster, including exclusive facilities. Mr Farage, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday defended his environmental record and said he would release the “totality” of his climate change plan “very shortly,” after Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused him of not being aggressive enough on the issue. “She’ll find that nobody has been more consistent about taking on the […]
WASHINGTON — Activists who have held a protest inside the Venezuelan embassy for 35 days said Tuesday they plan to remain despite law enforcement warnings that they are trespassing on embassy property. “We are not following the order. It is illegal,” activist Kevin Zeese told reporters from a window on the second floor of the […]
The European elections, which many thought – or hoped – Britain would not have to take part in is only nine days away. Britons, as well as qualified EU citizens, will elect 73 MEPs to represent the 12 UK electoral regions at the European parliament on May 23. Britain’s partaking in the elections came as […]
The UK will take to the polls to vote in the European Parliamentary elections on Thursday, May, 23. As Theresa May has not agreed her withdrawal deal with Parliament, the UK has to participate and elected Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). There are a total of 751 members of European Parliament, who represent more […]
Theresa May has said the death of Steve Dymond after he appeared on the Jeremy Kyle Show is "deeply disturbing". The Prime Minister said that media companies had a responsibility to for the mental health and well being of participants in their programmes. It comes after pals said that Mr Dymond, 63, may have killed […]
Former No10 aide Michael Dobbs, the best-selling author of the House Of Cards trilogy, believes the former prime minister would have made mincemeat of European leaders Jean-Claude Juncker, Guy Verhofstadt and Michel Barnier. Almost three years since Britain voted to leave the European Union and still no nearer leaving, Lord Dobbs said yesterday: “So what would […]