Day: March 7, 2025

It was the sobriety of Emmanuel Macron’s TV address yesterday that first struck a different tone. No Rococo gilt mouldings. No boldly-coloured abstract art next to damask hangings. Nothing that screamed: “I’m talking to you from the Elysée Palace”. No star TV interviewer, blow-dry at the ready, fawningly lobbing soft questions to Le Président. Whit…

As President Donald Trump prepares to order the dismantling of the Department of Education, the financial arm of the agency – which makes loans directly to borrowers and manages trillions of dollars in student debt – faces an uncertain future.

President Donald Trump’s frenzied tariff barrage has been marked by reversals and faulty rollouts, baffling US trading partners and businesses while raising questions about the aims of his signature policy.

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The Philippines is reportedly probing a network of hundreds of people involved in espionage for China.

EU leaders have agreed a boost €800bn in defence spending as the US pauses military aid to Ukraine.

House Democrats say they won’t vote for the House GOP’s spending plan. Democrats across the Capitol aren’t so sure.

Russian missiles and drones have destroyed gas and energy facilities in Ukraine, with the NATO alliance forced to scramble its warplanes over Poland following the devastating attack, just days after US President Donald Trump claimed Russia has “no choice” but to end the war