Yahoo News Politics daily briefing: January 15
All the latest political developments in the UK, as the Royal College of Nursing has said double the number of nurses will be asked to strike in early February in a bid to increase pressure on the Government.
All the latest political developments in the UK, as the Royal College of Nursing has said double the number of nurses will be asked to strike in early February in a bid to increase pressure on the Government.
Fewer children = fewer workers = a shrinking economy. China's declining population will have catastrophic ripple effects on the global economy.
ReutersLess than a week after North Korea promised to “always stand in the same trench” with Russia, it seems even Pyongyang is losing faith in Vladimir Putin’s war machine.After promising last November to help Russia rebuild bombed out parts of occupied eastern Ukraine, North Korean authorities picked out laborers to send and then even recruited some more—but they have now thought better of sending them, according to Daily NK.“This is because they were going to rush the workers over if Russia q
The debate might've been even weirder than we thought.
Spencer Platt/GettyPrisoners recruited by Russia’s Wagner Group to fight in Ukraine seem to be increasingly realizing they’ve been duped, and that no one ever counted on bringing them back alive.One inmate recruited by the group back in November has absconded from his team in Ukraine’s Luhansk region and fled to Russia by bus and ride-sharing app, where he says he is now hiding out in fear of revenge.“We thought we’d be equal with the hired fighters, that we wouldn’t be any different, but in rea
Konstantin Yefremov denounced Russia's use of torture in Ukraine, becoming the latest in a string of risky defections from Russia's forces.
The soldier told CNN he fought waves of these mercenaries for 10 hours in a fierce battle for the town of Bakhmut.
SPUTNIK / AFPRussia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov informed Russian President Vladimir Putin that more than 9,000 reservists were illegally mobilized in the war against Ukraine, according to the president’s office.“Through the efforts of supervision, more than nine thousand citizens who were illegally mobilized were returned home, including those who, due to their health, should not have been mobilized in any way,” Krasnov said in a meeting with Putin, the transcript of which was shared on Tu
The former British prime minister said it seems like Republicans are "frightened of a guy called Tucker Carlson."
Stormy Daniels offered a fierce blowback to Donald Trump whose attempt to ridicule the adult film star may have backfired as he seemingly appeared to acknowledge their alleged affair. Ms Daniels thanked the former president for “admitting” to their alleged affair despite previously declaring that he “never had an affair”. The war of words between the two on social media came as New York City prosecutors began presenting evidence to a grand jury about the “hush money scheme” Mr Trump is accused of using to keep Ms Daniels from disclosing his extramarital affair with her before the 2016 election.
Photo by Win McNamee/Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump appears to have lied in sworn court records, opening him up to severe sanctions by a New York judge who has already lost his patience and threatened to punish him before.Trump claimed he wasn’t the president of the Trump Organization during his four years at the White House, despite previously testifying that he was an “inactive president.” And he claimed that he didn’t have a financial stake in a partnership with the real estate com
"They brought two prisoners who refused to go fight and they shot them in front of everyone," he told CNN.
‘Trump is gearing up for another January 6th attack’
‘I think maybe without Brexit, maybe there was no invasion’, says Guy Verhofstadt
Rob Bauer replied 'we are ready' when asked if the US-led organisation was prepared for a confrontation with Russia.
OIP built up a huge private arsenal, banking on there one day being demand for the weapons again
Russia could ‘try something’ to mark 24 February anniversary of invasion, says Ukrainian official
Donald Trump's new lawyer in the case, Joe Tacopina, has experience representing the Washington Commanders as well as rappers like Meek Mill.
Nicola Sturgeon must scrap her “discredited” plans for a National Care Service and give the £1.3 billion saved to councils, the Tories said ahead of a key vote on the Scottish Budget on Thursday.
When Donald Trump left office in early 2021, he was apparently on much thinner financial ice than almost anyone knew.That revelation, which three accounting experts confirmed upon reviewing Trump’s 2020 tax return, may help explain some of the financial and political moves the former president has made in the intervening years. Snowballing legal fees, along with other possible legal settlements and judgments, threaten to consume the
Russians who are incensed by Putin's invasion are sending 'significant amounts of money' via unusual and unexpected sources, says Ukraine's deputy digital minister.