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A sudden leadership shake-up follows street protests, with Zelensky replacing a Soviet-trained top commander.
After announcing a VAT cut on household electricity, Burnham used his first cabinet to force cost-of-living action.
New Whitehall machinery pulls parts of the Cabinet Office into No 10 and No 10 North in Manchester.
His new government starts cost-of-living relief, while EU leaders push for closer UK cooperation on energy and security.
The UK dubstep producer is pausing music and touring, apologizing to fans, and framing it as a health emergency.
Nandy stays as secretary of state for culture, media and sport while Kanishka Narayan is appointed the UK’s first AI minister.
A 221.6p-a-share cash offer and a 46.8% premium force Mitie into the private-equity shuffle, with reputational ripple effects.
Unemployment stays at 4.9% while vacancies nearly halve versus 2022, signaling a fragile, conflict-shaped hiring pause.
Economists Gerry Tsoukalas and Brett Falk argue the race to replace workers with AI can collapse the very consumers companies need.
The new UK cabinet is a full reset on cost-of-living politics, with a finance-and-foreign reshuffle for 10-year priorities.
As UK heatwaves intensify, the BBC reports bumblebees are built for cold, not sustained heat. Here’s how to assist.
A new study explains how a ciliate-like eukaryote uses Earth’s magnetism, solving a long-standing biological puzzle.
