Asylum overhaul in UK could lead to rise in homelessness and backlogs, says report | Immigration and asylum

Shabana Mahmood’s radical plans to overhaul the asylum system could cause “unintended consequences” such as increased homelessness among people seeking refuge and growing case backlogs, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has concluded.…

A vision splendid or eyesore? South Australian court to rule on ‘Blue Blob’ sculpture vandalism charge | South Australia

On Mount Gambier’s Bay Road, the “Blue Blob” stands like a proud but paunchy echidna, its seamless coating restored to perfection after an alleged googly eye stunt that captured the…

Did market power go up so much?

It seems not: De Loecker et al. (2020) (DEU) estimate that markups increased significantly in the United States from 1955 to 2016. We find this result is sensitive to unreported…

How to watch The Game Awards 2025 on December 11

The Game Awards are this week, with the grand showcase for 2025 coming up on Thursday, December 11 at 8PM ET. There’s also a pre-show (in case the multi-hour affair…

Mo Salah: Liverpool forward’s character explained after Arne Slot dispute – by Jurgen Klopp and more

When Salah first moved to England – signed by Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea after impressing for Basel in Switzerland – he struggled to impose his personality in a squad full of…

IMF urges China to speed up structural reform, raises growth forecasts

BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged China to speed up structural reform, as global pressure mounts on the ​world’s second-largest economy to shift to…

Inuit cultural items unveiled at Museum of History following journey from Vatican

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. After their arrival on a snowy tarmac…

Trump Revives Attacks on Fed Members Before Interest Rate Decision

Without evidence, the president claimed that some Fed governors might have been appointed using an autopen. Source link

‘Vital’ EU-Mercosur trade deal hangs in the balance days before deadline

This article is an on-site version of our Europe Express newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday and fortnightly on Saturday morning. Standard…

‘Grand social experiment’: Australia’s social media ban turns heads globally, with mixed results | Social media ban

The BBC blogged about it, News Corp boasted about it and the New York Times questioned its effectiveness. Australia’s world-first laws stopping children accessing social media until they turn 16…