He said that without US Treasury approval, it was also unlikely that any donors would support the Taliban government. It also stated the bank owned investments of $6.1bn without giving details of those holdings. However, a breakdown from a report at the end of last year showed they mainly comprised of US Treasury bonds and […]
In the greater Glasgow area, where global leaders are soon to meet for historic climate crisis talks, new data from Climate Ready Clyde suggests that about 140,000 people from more deprived communities may face heat hazards and flooding. “We can definitely help each other. “If they don’t bring working class people into the conversation, then […]
“The government announcement has once again made no difference to the millions of leaseholders trapped in unsellable and mortgageable homes. Ministers inadvertently expanded the scope of the cladding crisis in January 2020 when they said residential blocks of any height should be checked for fire risks. No one wants to buy these flats with these […]
“I think we’re reaching that tipping point. When you switch on the television or or see an internet ad, you’ll see that electric cars and hybrid cars are almost exclusively the ones being advertised right now,” he said. Where transport policy is devolved, the plan applies just to England only. …Read the full story
In China, job applicants are often required to submit a photograph. …Read the full story
“You think back to the damage that we’ve probably caused to the planet, the fumes that came off main line locomotives filling the shed full of fumes, filling the railway station full of fumes at times. …Read the full story
They collected 300,000 tweets with three biggest trending hashtags: #IndiaNeedsOxygen, #PakistanStandsWithIndia and #EndiaSaySorryToKashmir – the last a reference to the long-running dispute over the Himalayan territory. The researchers then ran the text from these tweets into a “hope speech classifier” – a language processing tool that helps detect positive comments. If you search randomly, you’ll […]
We’ve got used to governments – especially the British government – just telling us lies every day, and I don’t feel OK with that. …Read the full story
