Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will embark on a four-day crucial visit to Beijing this week for meetings with senior Chinese officials aiming to improve communication and economic relations between the two countries. The Tresury chief is expected to meet with U.S. companies doing business in China during the visit, which begins on Thursday, reports say. After his meeting with his […]

Finland’s accession to NATO addressed by Shoigu A veteran European former foreign minister who helped negotiate his country’s accession into NATO in the 1990s has said the west “should be grateful” to Vladimir Putin for helping the alliance achieve the expansion it has wanted for years. Zsolt Nemeth was Hungary’s foreign minister when his country joined NATO in 1999 along […]

Starmer accuses government of resurrecting 'a story about Sue Gray' Sue Gray broke the Civil Service code by discussing a job with Labour, a Cabinet Office probe has concluded. Cabinet Office minister Jeremy Quin said “the Civil Service Code was prima facie broken as a result of the undeclared contact between Ms Gray and the Leader of the Opposition”. In […]

The UK’s strictest headteacher today launched a brutal tirade on Labour MP Jess Phillips, accusing her of being “racist”, “bullying” and encouraging a “vicious mob attack” on her in a jaw-dropping Twitter spat sparked by the death of music icon Tina Turner. Founder and headmistress of Michaela Community free school in London, Katharine Birbalsingh, posted an eyebrow-raising open letter to […]

Friday’s Supreme Court decision striking down President Biden’s plan to cancel up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt for millions of borrowers was a blow — but not a surprise — to people like Claude Reed, who had hoped to be freed of a debt that has haunted him for decades. Mr. Reed, who is 74, took out $3,300 […]

Rishi Sunak says ‘everyone would like to be paid more’ Rishi Sunak has admitted everyone would like to be paid more, amid headaches about how the Government plans on retaining more NHS staff. Today’s NHS workforce plan, hailed by the Mr Sunak as “one of the most significant announcements in NHS history”, aims to boost staff numbers as well as […]

Rishi Sunak and von der Leyen discuss Horizon Europe Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith has called for the UK to abandon the “ridiculous idea” of rejoining the European Union’s £82billion Horizon Europe science cooperation programme in favour of setting up a UK hub in the sector. A view shared by 89 percent of Express.co.uk readers, a new poll […]

UK-Rwanda deportations ruled unlawful Suella Braverman has torn apart Labour for having “no alternative plan” to end the small boats crisis in a Commons clash with Yvette Cooper. The Home Secretary said the opposition party’s policies are “simply open borders masquerading as humanitarianism”. Mrs Braverman gave a statement to MPs after the Court of Appeal ruled the Government’s plan to […]

Nicola Sturgeon told ‘that is a witness box, not a soap box’ Nicola Sturgeon was left red-faced at the Covid Inquiry this lunchtime after trying and failing to use her platform to continue moaning about Brexit. Shortly after launching into yet another rant about the UK’s decision to leave the bloc, inquiry lawyer Hugo Keith KC cut her off, rebuking […]