Trump’s reckless experiment with financial deregulation

Mindless slashing of red tape poses a threat to market stability

Source: Financial Times

Obsessed with: offal — five London restaurants that get to the heart of it

No guts for the once lowly organ meats now regarded by many chefs as a cut above? These places might make a fan of you

Source: Financial Times

Four deputies to New York mayor resign in fallout over dropped corruption charges

Departures follow justice department shelving charges widely seen as reward for Eric Adams helping Trump administration

Four deputies to New York’s mayor, Eric Adams, resigned on Monday as the growing …

Source: The Guardian

State Department edit of text on Taiwan is ‘serious regression,’ China says

The State Department told local media the revision was a routine update, not a policy change. But it provoked anger from Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory.

Source: Washington Post

Fugitive who "disappeared without a trace" after bombing is arrested

Salvatore Vespertino had been on the run since 2023 from an eight-year prison sentence for having severely wounded a police bomb squad officer in 2017.

Source: CBS News

Kemi Badenoch says ‘western civilisation will be lost’ if Tory party fails

Conservative leader calls ‘pronouns, diversity policies and climate activism’ a ‘poison’ in speech at rightwing event

Kemi Badenoch has said “our country and all of western civilisation will be lost” …

Source: The Guardian

Palestinian boy injured as Israel continues raids across West Bank

A 13-year-old boy was injured by bullet shrapnel outside a school as Israeli forces raided Nablus.

Source: Al Jazeera

M23 rebels tighten their grip on major city in eastern DRC

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels patrol major intersections in Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province.

Source: Al Jazeera

To avoid another conflict in the Horn of Africa, now is the time to act

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki is working to reignite conflict in northern Ethiopia. He must be stopped.

Source: Al Jazeera

Starmer vows to ‘spend more’ on UK defence but other areas face cuts

Departments asked to model savings of up to 11% as government battles chronic squeeze on public finances

Source: Financial Times

NHS England launches first advertising drive to boost breast cancer screenings

TV, radio and online adverts aimed at increasing uptake of routine mammograms for women aged 50 to 71

Women in England will be encouraged to attend potentially life-saving screenings for …

Source: The Guardian

Hollywood on defensive as Trump’s anti-DEI crusade targets creatives

Entertainment industry is caught between a hostile president and a defiant workforce

Source: Financial Times