The Greater Manchester mayor faces a messy and bitter by-election battle with Reform UK. ...
Month: May 2026
Air India to cut international flights due to fuel shortagesAir India to cut international flights due to fuel shortages
Fuel shortages stemming from the Iran war are forcing India’s second-largest airline to cut more than a quarter of its international flights for the summer, in the latest setback for global aviation. The cuts deepen the turmoil at Air India, following a devastating crash last year and the departure of ...
US set to drop Adani bribery caseUS set to drop Adani bribery case
US prosecutors are on track to drop bribery charges against Asia’s richest person, The New York Times reported, after the Indian billionaire offered to invest $10 billion in the US. Gautam Adani was indicted — just before President Donald Trump returned to office — on charges that he bribed Indian ...
China notches soft-power win in US summitChina notches soft-power win in US summit
US President Donald Trump’s visit to China marks a soft-power win for Beijing in its quest to present as a gleaming, high-tech powerhouse. The summit has cast the world’s attention on China’s pandemic recovery and tech innovations of the last decade, including in EVs, robotics, and clean energy: American reporters ...
Opposing US-China readouts expose diplomatic fault linesOpposing US-China readouts expose diplomatic fault lines
Parallel statements from the US and China after their leaders’ met Thursday exposed sharp divides in their foreign policy postures. It’s a “tale of two readouts,” Politico’s China correspondent wrote. The White House recap mentioned Chinese investment in the US, the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran’s nuclear program — topics ...
China is playing diplomatic long game, experts sayChina is playing diplomatic long game, experts say
China is playing a long game on both Taiwan and Iran, analysts said. Beijing believes the global balance of power is slowly tilting in its favor and sees “patience as a winning strategy,” two experts wrote in Foreign Affairs. China’s leaders view “reunification” with Taiwan — its eventual goal for ...
Trump delights in his deference to Xi, his strongman fantasy made fleshTrump delights in his deference to Xi, his strongman fantasy made flesh
Chinese leader appears to be in the driving seat as the unusually polite US president ignores questions on Taiwan Why does Donald Trump look so at home in China? The US president spent day one of his summit in Beijing basking in rigid pageantry, heroically managing not to offend his ...
Burnham to make bid to return as MP as pressure mounts on StarmerBurnham to make bid to return as MP as pressure mounts on Starmer
Wes Streeting also resigns as health secretary, saying he has lost confidence in Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership. ...
Watch: The day Labour’s potential leadership race began to heat upWatch: The day Labour’s potential leadership race began to heat up
Political turmoil continued in Westminster on Thursday after Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigned Starmer’s government saying he had “lost confidence” in his leadership. ...
‘God gave us this city’: Israeli nationalists join Jerusalem Day protest to mark city’s capture‘God gave us this city’: Israeli nationalists join Jerusalem Day protest to mark city’s capture
State-sponsored march through Muslim quarter of Old City saw protesters waving flags and chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ on anniversary of city’s annexation Israeli nationalist demonstrators chanted “Death to the Arabs”, “May your villages burn” and “Gaza is a graveyard” in a state-sponsored march through Jerusalem to mark the anniversary of ...