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Labour pledges to make Sunday trains as reliable as weekday services
Sunday train services will be as reliable as those on weekdays under plans to renationalise the railways, the new transport secretary will claim in a keynote speech on Monday.
Issuing a series of pledges on which the government will be judged by millions of passengers – as well as its …
Uncharted territory for the WHO if Trump withdraws US membership
first day
ofDonald Trump
’s new administration, would in effect cut the multilateral agency’s funding by one-fifth.The severe …
‘I know someone in a warehouse with a master’s degree’: how to break the cycle of youth unemployment
At a packed east London jobs fair, Habib Mudh hid is looking for an employer to give him a break. Having spent his early 20s navigating failed job applications, courses and bit-part employment, Mudh hid is among a growing post-pandemic generation of young adults out of work.
“All that process, …
‘A small act of patriotism’: Canada’s anti-Maga hats go viral
Few items of clothing have come to exemplify American far-right nationalism in the 21st century as much as the red “Make America Great Again” hats worn and sold by Donald Trump. But this week, the beloved – and reviled – headwear appeared to have met its match.
Before a high-stakes …
Last orders? Soaring costs and declining demand take toll on Japan’s legendary izakaya
In the bowels of a commercial building in Tokyo’s Shinbashi neighbourhood there is little to suggest that office workers seeing in the year of the snake have lost their appetite for shared plates of Japanese food and jockeys of draught beer. They tuck into plates of charcoal-grilled chicken, bowls of …
Ukraine war briefing: Russia and Iran deepen defence ties as Trump inauguration looms
Russian president Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, signed a broad cooperation pact
on Friday as their countries deepened their partnership in the face of stinging western sanctions. Russian and Iranian officials say the “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty” covers all areas, from trade and military cooperation …
Labour’s investment in AI isn’t as clever as it thinks it is | Letters
There are at least three major concerns to raise with the government’s apparent betting the future of the UK on so-called artificial intelligence (
‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI, 12 January
).First, as Prof Shannon Vallor at the University of Edinburgh has …
Trump says he had ‘good’ call with China’s Xi about TikTok and trade
Donald Trump
, on the phone in the first direct contact between the two men since 2021.Days ahead of Trump’s inauguration, Trump and Xi spoke on Friday to discuss TikTok, trade, fentanyl and Taiwan.
“The call …
Lisa Nandy vows to bulldoze barriers in arts and turbocharge growth
Arts and the creative industries will be a key part of the UK government’s drive for economic growth, the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, has said as she promised to “bulldoze” barriers that hold back potential.
Nandy gave a speech in Gateshead where she vowed to “turbocharge” the nation’s creative industries, …
‘Get those rocket ships going’: where will Trump’s space odyssey lead Nasa?
As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House next week with Elon Musk at his side, the pair are planning to write the next chapter in US spaceflight history with an ambitious agenda that includes the
first human footprints on Mars
.How many of their …