By Rohana R. Wasala Vinasha kale vipareetha buddhi is an ancient Sanskrit proverb. It means: “When a person’s doom approaches, their intellectual power becomes reversed/disoriented or turns against ...

The BBC TV Licence will rise to £174.50 for UK households in a fresh Cost of Living blow this April, the Labour Party ...

Americans don’t know the full extent of what Elon Musk is doing as he embeds alongside President Donald Trump at the top of the federal government. What we know is that he’s the world’s ...

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Even so, many are frustrated by the lengthy hiring process involved in getting a government job. Roughly half of state and local governments report that in the past year they had more open IT ...

By Koba Ryckewaert and Jeanna Smialek Reporting from Brussels Belgium reached an agreement to form a coalition government on Friday, the nation’s monarchy announced, ending seven months of ...

Uncle Sam is helping you upgrade your laundry unit. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, you can switch to a heat pump clothes dryer and save big on your utility bills. Conventional laundry machines ...

Those who support the freeze of US aid programmes, worth around $70bn per year, say they are vastly bloated, with Washington ...

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The Government is not adopting the findings of ... Cooper in August following the summer riots suggested widening the definition of extremism to cover a wider range of groups.

Security minister Dan Jarvis, who has said a leaked report on expanding the definition ‘does not and will not represent Government policy’ (UK Parliament) The Government is not adopting the ...