27 m. ago Energy firm secures £130m funding to begin first stage of power plant at Hunterston

Highview had previously earmarked the site for its 3.2GWh facility, which is expected to sit on a “stability island” and deliver crucial grid stability services.

Economics

4 h. ago Judge to hear arguments on law cutting Planned Parenthood Medicaid funds

A federal judge is set to hear arguments about a spending law that ended Medicaid reimbursements for Planned Parenthood

Society

10 h. ago African countries boost family planning funding in ‘shift from dependency’ after aid cuts

Zambia, Zimbabwe and DRC take steps to protect decades of progress in reproductive health, as donor fatigue leads to steep cuts in aidAfrican governments are boosting funding for family planning programmes as cuts in foreign aid threaten decades of reproductive health progress and access to birth control for millions of women and girls.Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are the latest countries to announce increased budgets for family planning supplies and services. Continue reading...

Politics

10 h. ago Three countries boost family planning funding in ‘powerful shift from dependency’ in Africa after aid cuts

Zambia, Zimbabwe and DRC take steps to protect decades of progress in reproductive health, as donor fatigue leads to steep cuts in aidSeveral African governments are boosting funding for family planning programmes as cuts in foreign aid threaten decades of reproductive health progress and access to birth control for millions of women and girls.Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are the latest to announce increased budgets for family planning supplies and services. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week

Economics

24 h. ago African HIV services face double blow of cuts from both Trump and UK

Britain has significantly slashed its contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – compounding aid cuts announced by Donald Trump earlier this year

Politics

24 h. ago UK’s £150m cut to global fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives –was revealed by The Independent last week

Economics

27 h. ago Big funding gap emerges as scheme to transform Welsh town sees major change

The hub is an amendment to phase one of the scheme because there is a significant funding gap relating to the original plans for the clinic

Politics

28 h. ago David Squires on Fifa’s peace prize and Donald Trump’s eligibility

Our cartoonist on how the US president’s actions in office may have put him in line for an awardBuy a Squires cartoon in our Print ShopDavid’s latest book, Chaos in the Box: get it now Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Robinhood wants to allow amateur traders to invest in AI start

CEO Vlad Tenev plans to offer shares in a fund that holds a handful of private artificial intelligence companies

Politics

63 h. ago US Senate takes steps toward vote to end historic federal shutdown

Senators plan to vote on advancing House-passed stopgap funding bill, suggesting end to 40-day shutdown in reachThe US Senate on Sunday moved toward a vote on reopening the federal government, suggesting that an end to the historic shutdown, now in its 40th day, is within reach.Senators plan to vote on advancing a House-passed stopgap funding bill as early as Sunday night, with the understanding that it would be amended to combine a short-term funding measure with a package of three full-year appropriations bills, the Senate’s Republican majority leader, John Thune, said. Continue reading...

Events

2 d. ago The nut secret: 14 easy, delicious ways to eat more of these life

A handful of nuts a day can help manage obesity and reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and some kinds of cancer. Yet most of us don’t get enough. Here’s a no-fuss guide to getting your 30g a dayHow often do you eat nuts? The planetary health diet, introduced in 2019 and updated last month, recommends that everyone eat a portion every day (unless you have an allergy). Alongside eating more fruit, vegetables, whole grains and legumes, and fewer animal products and sugary foods, this could help prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world, as well as slash food-related greenhouse gas emissions.Yet according to Prof Sarah Berry, the chief scientist at Zoe, many don’t eat any nuts at all. In the UK, the average consumption is 6g a day. Romanian researchers found higher levels of nut consumption in Canada, some African countries and some regions of Europe and the Middle East, and lower levels in South America. But overall, they said: “Consumers may not have ...

Politics

2 d. ago Shona Robison may 'revisit' tax plans as UK Budget could 'cut Scotland's funding by £1bn'

The Fraser of Allander Institute estimated a 2p income tax hike in the UK Budget could cut Scotland’s funding by £1billion.

Economics

3 d. ago First look at new £18m train station being built near Glasgow

DRONE footage reveals progress at the site of a new train station near Glasgow.  Train journeys in East Renfrewshire are set to drastically improve when Balgray Station, Barrhead opens in 2026. The new station is being built on the Neilston line, running between Glasgow and Neilston, after plans were approved in September. A funding award of £18.3million from the...

Economics

3 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner to leave Germany after court ruling

Brueckner is planning to fund his escape from Germany by launching a website so that supporters can send him donations, and is hoping locals will pitch in to rid their city of him

Events

3 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner to leave Germany following new court ruling

Brueckner is planning to fund his escape from Germany by launching a website so that supporters can send him donations, and is hoping locals will pitch in to rid their city of him

Events

4 d. ago Cutting aid for disease fund would be moral failure, Labour MPs tell Starmer

UK expected to reduce contribution to Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria by 20%A group of seven Labour MPs who served as ministers under Keir Starmer have written to the prime minister warning that an expected cut to UK funding for aid to combat preventable diseases would be both a “moral failure” and a strategic disaster.With ministers and officials expected to decide the UK’s contribution to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria within days, the letter renews pressure on Starmer to pull back from an expected 20% cut. Continue reading...

Events

4 d. ago UK set to slash aid funding to fight deadly diseases – putting 250,000 lives at risk

Exclusive: The UK is expected to pledge £850m to the the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – a cut of 15 per cent – despite previous assurances to protect funding

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4 d. ago UK set to slash aid funding against deadly diseases – putting 250,000 lives at risk

Exclusive: The UK is expected to pledge £850m to the the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – a cut of 15 per cent – despite previous assurances to protect funding

Events

5 d. ago Ukraine claims soldiers from African countries are fighting for Russia’s ‘meat assaults’

Russia accused of is luring Africans into ‘death sentence’ contracts

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