Russia has announced that it is pulling out of a UN-brokered deal that ensured the security of Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea. Monday’s development once again raises fears of global food supplies shortage and price rise. The last ship to sail under the deal, Turkish-flagged TQ Samsun, reportedly left the Ukrainian port of Odesa Sunday morning, and is […]

Gove says Brexit prep made UK better prepared for Covid Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove claim that the UK’s planning for a no-deal Brexit “enhanced” the UK’s ability to respond to the Covid pandemic has been backed by two-thirds of Express.co.uk readers, a new poll has shown. Mr Gove said during his evidence at the UK Covid Inquiry last week […]

Senate Democrats staring down tough re-election fights can look to one bright spot: sizable fund-raising hauls and cash stockpiles more than a year before Election Day. In states where they are most vulnerable in 2024 — Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Wisconsin — Democratic incumbents have raised more money than they previously have at this stage in earlier cycles, […]

Keir Starmer describes story about meeting with Just Stop Oil as ‘nonsense’ Keir Starmer has claimed a story this morning about a top advisor reaching out for a meeting with Just Stop Oil is nonsense, though the wording of his denial will raise eyebrows. Last night the Mail on Sunday revealed his parliamentary private secretary, Jess Morden, offered Just Stop […]

Denver Mayor-elect Mike Johnston has announced the first high-profile hire for his incoming administration naming  Jenn Ridder, a veteran organizer of Democratic political campaigns, his chief of staff. Johnston announced Ridder’s hire on Friday. The incoming mayor called Ridder a dedicated public servant who is committed to his agenda of building a more equitable and vibrant city. She was a […]

The Justice Department said on Thursday that it was investigating the conditions at a jail in Fulton County, Ga., citing reports of violence, deteriorating surroundings and the death last year of an inmate who was covered in lice and feces. The civil investigation, part of a broader effort by the department to scrutinize conditions at jails and prisons across the […]

Teachers are expected to call off their strikes after the Government’s pay announcement yesterday – but doctors vowed to take industrial action on the below-inflation settlement. The Prime Minister ruled out more borrowing and tax rises as ways to fund the £2billion package. Mr Sunak said: “What we have done are two things to find this money. The first is […]

Carol Vorderman claims Johnny Mercer’s wife ‘harassed’ her Johnny Mercer’s wife hit back at Carol Vorderman after the ex-Countdown star accused her of “harassment”. Ms Vorderman, who is a vocal critic of the Conservatives, claimed she had been “harassed” on Twitter for months by Felicity Cornelius-Mercer. The former Countdown presenter shared a reel of tweets she had been tagged in […]

Two world-renowned virologists appeared on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and delivered a pointed defense of their findings that the coronavirus pandemic was natural in origin, and told skeptical Republicans that Dr. Anthony S. Fauci did not exert influence over a scientific paper they wrote to that effect. The paper is at the heart of Republicans’ unproven assertions that Dr. Fauci […]