UK government’s obesity plan ‘doomed to fail’, MPs warn
Cross-party committee says ‘moonshot’ vow to end obesity epidemic in a decade will fail without personal leadership from PMThe UK government’s promise...
Wednesday briefing: We asked you - what do you want from the Burnham government’s first budget?
In today’s newsletter: First Edition readers and people struggling with the cost of living tell us what the government could do to improve their lives...
A judge blocks the government's tree-clearing spree at a municipal D.C. golf course
Locals and preservationists have long opposed Trump's plan to redevelop a municipal D.C. golf course. That legal fight escalated after the government ...
British and Irish governments ‘should negotiate paramilitary disbandment in Northern Ireland’
Report finds ‘window of opportunity’ for formal process involving loyalist and republican groupsThe British and Irish governments should engage with p...
Constitutional expert labels Albanese government’s golf club grant ‘grey corruption’
Anne Twomey says $6m for Marrickville golf club given under ‘farcical scheme’, which Labor has defended as within rulesGet our new political email, fr...
IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make ‘very touch choices’ as soaring bond yields hit budgetsBusiness live – latest updatesThe hea...
Pro-democracy activists increasingly vulnerable to authoritarian governments in Asia
Activists across Asia are being hunted down by authoritarian governments even across international borders. Human rights groups have been warning of a...
‘It’s utter surrealism’: Venezuela’s Chavistas lament government’s embrace of Trump
Diehard Hugo Chávez supporters struggle to comprehend ideological U-turn being executed by Delcy Rodríguez’s interim administrationHe was one of the m...
As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind
The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rap...
Critics of UK government’s economic forecaster are ‘shooting the messenger’, say MPs
Treasury committee rejects calls for fundamental reform of independent watchdog the Office for Budget ResponsibilityAttacks on the government’s indepe...
X will now tell users when governments have forced it to limit their posts
X is expanding its “Under the Hood” transparency tool to show when posts have been downranked or withheld in response to local laws and government dem...
Brendan Carr’s FCC is more worried about who The View interviews than foreign governments owning Paramount
The FCC has announced it's waiving its rules limiting foreign equity ownership to 25 percent in the Paramount-Warner Bros. case and will allow three s...
Architect of British government’s AI strategy joins Anthropic
Matt Clifford, who drafted AI action plan and advised Starmer and Sunak, hired for senior role at US firmThe architect of the UK government’s AI strat...
How AI could make it harder for governments to use hacking tools
AI is proving effective at finding and exploiting vulnerabilities. Some say this will make it harder for governments to use hacking tools and spyware ...
Governments’ borrowing costs hit further multi-decade highs as US-Iran peace hopes fade
Bond yields in US, UK, Germany France and Japan rise after ceasefire ends and Trump threatens to bomb OmanBusiness live – latest updatesGovernment bor...
Venezuela’s Response to Earthquakes Exposes Government’s Shortcomings
The government turned to the world to respond to twin quakes. But years of shrinking budgets and political repression weakened its ability to rescue c...
Profits boost for defence firms as governments beef up spending
Shares in Rolls-Royce jump by 5.5% after it lifts earnings guidance, while BAE Systems also upgrades profit forecastsBusiness live – latest updatesRol...
