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 […]