The global economy is slowing more than previously expected, with the Trump administration’s ongoing trade war increasingly affecting U.S. growth, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned on Tuesday. In its latest Economic Outlook, the Paris-based organisation revised its global growth projections downward, citing rising protectionism and persistent trade tensions. Global economic growth is now projected to decline from 3.3 per cent in 2024 to 2.9 per cent…

Drug Dealer Exploits Human Rights Loophole to Remain in UK After Illegal Re-entry and Repeat Offences An Albanian drug dealer deported from the UK for serious drug offences has been allowed to remain in the country—despite re-entering illegally and committing further crimes—exposing what critics see as a judicial failure enabled by a lenient interpretation of human rights laws. Stiljano Ziu, previously jailed for cannabis production and deported in 2018, defied…

Britain’s Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds is set to meet the U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of a bilateral trade arrangement complicated by the U.S. decision to impose new steel tariffs. Impact of Reynolds’ visit to US Reynolds’ visit to Paris and Brussels this week marks a key step in reviewing recent political agreements with both the United States and the European Union, which are…

A 12-year-old boy tragically ran over and killed his foster carer just six days after moving into her home, an inquest in Sheffield, England, has heard. Marcia Grant, 60, died from serious injuries after the child reversed her car over her outside her home on 5 April 2023. She had worked as a foster carer for seven years and was described by her family as “a soul like no other,”…

British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will face a pivotal decision in next week’s multi-year spending review: how to balance funding for the National Health Service (NHS) against other public services, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) warned on Sunday. Reeves is scheduled to announce departmental spending plans through to March 2029 on June 11. This will be the first comprehensive multi-year review since 2015, aside from a COVID-related review in…

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has declared that Britain must be prepared to fight and win against hostile nations with advanced militaries, as his government unveiled a £1.5 billion ($2 billion) plan to construct at least six new weapons and explosives factories across the UK. The announcement comes ahead of the government’s Strategic Defence Review, which will outline the threats facing Britain and how the armed forces will be equipped to…

A Ghanaian woman who has lived in the United Kingdom illegally since 2000 has been granted the legal right to stay permanently, after a British immigration tribunal ruled that deporting her would violate her human rights and leave her destitute in a country she no longer recognizes. Joyce Baidoo, 57, was initially ordered to be deported in 2007 after serving a 10-month prison sentence for fraud, which included the use…

Britain announced on Saturday it will allocate an additional £1.5 billion ($2 billion) to improve housing for the armed forces, aiming to boost recruitment, retention, and morale by addressing long-standing concerns over poor living conditions. The funding will be part of the upcoming Strategic Defence Review (SDR), a comprehensive 10-year plan to modernize the UK’s defence capabilities, set to be published on Monday. According to the government, the money will…

Britain’s main stock indexes rose on Friday, poised for weekly and monthly gains, despite uncertainty surrounding US trade policies. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index climbed 0.8%, set to end the month higher with three consecutive weeks of gains. Meanwhile, the domestically focused mid-cap FTSE 250 index was up 0.6%, on track for a second month of gains. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit temporarily reinstated President Donald…

British comedian and actor Russell Brand entered not guilty pleas in a London courtroom on Friday in response to rape and sexual assault charges connected to incidents involving four women more than 20 years ago. Brand, who was once among Britain’s most prominent media personalities and was previously married to American pop star Katy Perry, appeared at Southwark Crown Court. He denied all five charges brought against him. In April,…

Chevron will lay off nearly 800 employees in Texas, according to a notice on Wednesday to the Texas Workforce Commission, which is part of the U.S. oil producer’s plan to cut up to 20 per cent of its global workforce by the end of 2026. The job cuts will be in Midland County, where Chevron has large operations in the Permian Basin, the top U.S. oilfield, and the layoff date…

A Carmarthenshire farmer who admitted to stealing over 70 pregnant sheep from a neighbouring farm has been handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to theft. Hywel Williams, 40, of Llangadog, took at least 73 in-lamb ewes in March from land owned by fellow farmer Rhodri Llyr Evans near Llandysul. The theft, which Williams attributed to overwhelming financial stress, caused what Evans described as “unbearable stress” to both…