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UK hits back at World Bank criticism over aid cuts
Add a CommentDevelopment minister Andrew Mitchell has hit back at criticism over aid cuts for the world’s poorest, saying the UK was still a “very dominant force”. Mr Mitchell said that the UK was the third-biggest donor to the World Bank’s fund … Read more →
IMF defends gloomy UK forecast after government criticism
Add a CommentThe International Monetary Fund has rejected government suggestions that its latest assessment of the UK economy is too gloomy. The influential global group forecasts the UK will have the highest inflation and slowest growth next year of any G7 economy, … Read more →
Asantehene leaves for UK to deliver keynote address at SAASUM
Add a CommentThe King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, left Ghana last week for the United Kingdom to grace the upcoming St Andrews Africa Summit (SAASUM). The Summit, hosted by St. Andrew’s University in Scotland, saw the Monarch delivering … Read more →
UK, France and Germany to keep nuclear sanctions on Iran
Add a CommentThe UK, France and Germany are to retain sanctions on Iran in an attempt to deter Tehran from selling drones and missiles to Russia. In 2015 Iran agreed to a nuclear deal and, under the terms, some sanctions were due … Read more →
Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK
Add a CommentIt was difficult to maintain a poker face when the leader of a big US tech firm I was chatting to said there was a definite tipping point at which the firm would exit the UK. I could see my … Read more →
Ukraine war: UK criticised for ‘lack of understanding’ of Wagner’s activities in Africa
Add a CommentThe UK government has been sharply criticised by the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) for under-estimating the dangerous growth of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group. In a scathing report, the cross-party committee of MPs accused the government of what it called … Read more →
‘More people than ever before’ using fake passports and visas to get to UK
Add a CommentMore people from Iran than ever before are using fake passports or fake visas to get to the UK, an Iranian asylum seeker has told Sky News. “Boats are dangerous. It’s really dangerous to cross the Channel,” says 43-year-old Erfan, … Read more →
Patients in danger as nurses head for NHS in UK – Medics
Add a CommentThe recruitment of nurses by high-income countries from poorer nations is “out of control”, according to the head of one of the world’s biggest nursing groups. The comments come as the BBC finds evidence of how Ghana’s health system is … Read more →
Ekweremadu: ‘I’m scared, can’t return to Nigeria’, Victim begs for stay in UK
Add a CommentDavid Nwamini, the would-be kidney donor in the organ trafficking case that sent Nigerian Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, to jail, has said he wants to remain and work in the UK, as “they could arrest me or kill me in … Read more →
UK to be one of worst performing economies this year – IMF
Add a CommentThe UK is set to be one of the worst performing major economies in the world this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It says the UK economy’s performance in 2023 will be the worst among the 20 … Read more →
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