Britain has signalled it is preparing to delay some of its net-zero policies to ease the financial burden on households, with one senior minister saying that “bankrupting the British people” would not save the planet. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will later on Wednesday set out what he called a more “proportionate” approach to hitting net-zero…
The Bank of England left interest rates unchanged on Thursday, the first time in nearly two years that it opted to not raise rates during a long-running battle against stubbornly high inflation. A day earlier, data showed inflation in Britain had unexpectedly slowed. Policymakers at the central bank kept interest rates at 5.25 percent, the…
As her first day of school under Taliban rule approached, Sajida Hussaini was hopeful. Her father, a teacher for 17 years, and her mother had instilled in her and her siblings the value of education, and now she was one year away from graduating high school. Even though the Taliban had taken over the country…
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Five prisoners sought by the U.S. in a swap with Iran flew out of Tehran on Monday, officials said, part of a deal that saw nearly $6 billion US in Iranian assets unfrozen. Despite the deal, tensions are almost certain to remain high between the U.S. and Iran, which are locked in various disputes, including…