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Month: March 2025
Millions in compensation for customers impacted by Barclays outages | Money News
Barclays is to pay millions in compensation for recent IT outages which prevented customers from banking. The lender said it expects to pay between £5m […]
What to Know About the Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze
The Supreme Court’s Wednesday ruling that the Trump administration must heed a lower court’s order to release frozen foreign aid was a welcome but confusing […]
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America
As the United States grapples with the upheaval unleashed by the Trump administration, many Chinese people are finding they can relate to what many Americans […]
Mike Johnson’s Chief of Staff Arrested for DUI After Trump Speech, Police Say
The U.S. Capitol Police said the chief of staff to Speaker Mike Johnson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving on Tuesday night after the […]
Anger over ‘two-tier sentencing’ as Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood rejects new guidelines | UK News
There’s been angry reaction to new guidelines – described by some as “two-tier sentencing” – which recommend judges consider whether a criminal is from a […]
Train performance stats to be displayed at stations in new ‘era of accountability’ | Politics News
Rail passengers in England are being shown how often trains are cancelled and delayed at each station in a new “accountability drive”. The data, broken […]
Edmunds: What to know about buying an EV in 2025
Car shoppers considering buying an electric vehicle in 2025 will have more factors to consider than buyers in previous years. Most of it is good […]
Republican Senators Question Musk on DOGE Cuts, Gently Insisting on Input
Elon Musk arrived on Wednesday at Senate Republicans’ weekly luncheon on Capitol Hill ready to field questions about the work he is doing for President […]
China sticks to an economic growth target of ‘around 5%’ despite a looming trade war with US
BEIJING — The Chinese government unveiled an annual economic growth target of “around 5%” on Wednesday, despite the possible negative impact of a looming trade […]