We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The latest concerns come amid revelations that Georgy Bedzhamov, who has been previously dubbed “Putin’s banker” and…
Read MoreTrump vows to suspend U.S. payroll tax after coronavirus aid talks with Congress break down
WASHINGTON/BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to unilaterally suspend payroll taxes and extend expired coronavirus unemployment benefits after negotiations with congressional Democrats on a broad pandemic aid package collapsed on Friday. Trump told a news conference at…
Read MoreTrump says will unilaterally suspend payroll taxes if no deal on coronavirus aid
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump vowed on Friday to act unilaterally to suspend payroll taxes for all Americans through the end of 2020 and possibly longer and extend supplemental unemployment benefits and other coronavirus aid if no…
Read MoreNicola Sturgeon accused of not facing scrutiny ‘SNP has managed to get away with so much!’
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Nicola Sturgeon has received repeated criticism during the coronavirus pandemic but Henry Hill believes SNP haven’t been…
Read MoreDemocratic senators voice 'growing concerns' over electoral interference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic senators say they are increasingly concerned about the targeting of Congress by foreign actors in an effort to “launder and amplify disinformation” ahead of the November U.S. presidential election. In a letter sent on Friday to…
Read MoreGovernment threatens ‘maritime assets’ to deter migrants as more than 100 intercepted today
The government has threatened to deploy “maritime assets” – reported to include the Royal Navy – to stem the growing number of migrants trying to cross the English Channel. Sources have told Sky News the response may be scaled up…
Read MoreTop U.S. Democrats Pelosi, Schumer call on White House to negotiate Friday on coronavirus relief
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged the White House to join them again on Friday in talks on proposals for coronavirus relief. Trump has threatened to pull White House negotiators out…
Read MoreBetting markets favor Biden over Trump, but odds narrow in U.S. race
(Reuters) – Betting markets favor Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over Republican President Donald Trump in November’s U.S. election, though the odds between them have narrowed during the last week, two betting market aggregators said. British betting and gambling company…
Read MoreBoris Johnson’s freeport plan could hand invaluable boost to Brexit-backing Sunderland
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Under the Prime Minister’s plans to create a series of so-called freeports around the UK, the Japanese…
Read MoreCongressional Democrats, White House see little progress in coronavirus relief talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress and top aides to President Donald Trump failed to make substantial progress on Thursday on a new coronavirus aid bill during a contentious meeting that broke up with no clear path…
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