South Africa’s finance minister fails to unveil budget after tax row
Coalition partners object to a hike in VAT, forcing Enoch Godongwana to postpone his budget speech....
Month : February 2025
Average NI house price reaches 17-year high
The average house price in Northern Ireland rose by 9% during 2024, according to official data....
Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy
Google is allowing advertisers to collect more personal information, which is harder for users to control....
Musk v Altman: What might really be behind failed bid for OpenAI
Elon Musk’s goal might be hindering the growth potential of the AI firm of his rival Sam Altman, experts say....
Starmer says US ‘backstop’ needed for Ukraine deal
The PM says “a US security guarantee is the only way to effectively deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again”....
Holocaust survivor Marian Turski dies aged 98
Mr Turski survived the Lodz Ghetto, extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and two death marches as a teenager....
Netherlands to return stolen Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Dutch Minister of Culture says he hopes this move will address the “historical injustice”....
UK wages continue to outpace inflation
Pay outstripped price rises by 3.4% between October and December while the unemployment rate remains unchanged....
Welsh politicians caught lying could lose their seats
But calls for deception by Senedd members to be made a criminal offence are rejected....
7 killed in armed attack on bus in Pakistan
Seven people were killed in an armed attack on a bus heading to Lahore in the Balochistan province, southwest Pakistan.Authorities said that a group of...