Month: November 2025

Court denies appeal from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk, who refused to issue marriage licenses after the 2015 decision to allow same-sex marriageThe supreme court has rejected hearing a case that challenges the constitutional right for same-sex couples to marry.The court denied a long-shot effort from Kim Davis, a former Kentucky county clerk, who refused to issue marriage licenses on religious grounds. As a result, Davis was jailed […]

Home Office’s three accommodation providers made combined profit of £380m over five years, charity estimatesAsylum seekers living in hotels have reported rats, overcrowding and food so bad it leads to deficiencies, research has found.Profiting From People: Inside the UK’s Asylum Hotels, a report from the Refugee and Migrant Forum of Essex and London (Ramfel), draws on work with 493 people housed in asylum hotels between January 2023 and February 2025. […]

Committee’s inquiry into review of UK-China relations to be broadened after Sheffield Hallam University disclosuresUK politics live – latest updatesThe foreign affairs select committee is drawing up plans to examine Chinese government interference in academia as part of its inquiry into the UK’s strategy towards Beijing.MPs are broadening the scope of their investigation into the China audit, an internal government review of UK-China relations that concluded in June, to look […]

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Fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from Islamic State West Africa Province broke out on shores of Lake ChadAs many as 200 terrorists were killed in a turf war on Sunday between rival jihadists in north-east Nigeria.The fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) broke out over the weekend in the village of Dogon Chiku, which lies on the shores of Lake […]

Local television channels reported that at least 11 other people were wounded in the blastSource: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

The Syrian president will visit the White House, a first for any leader from post-independence Syria.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

For the ruling elite, poor Americans are expendable.   Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article