Half a million EU citizens await decision over right to stay in UK

posted in: European Union, News

More than half a million EU citizens are still awaiting a decision over UK settled status after a surge of applications before the June deadline – Getty Images Some 569,100 cases were pending in July, Home Office data shows. Lawyers … Read More

Covid in Scotland: Hospitals under more pressure than ever, say medics

Scotland’s hospitals are under more pressure than ever, doctors have told BBC Scotland. While the number of COVID patients has fallen, the NHS is trying to catch up with surgeries and treatments put on hold during the first wave of … Read More

Sydney to tighten COVID-19 curbs, Australian capital to enter lockdown

© Reuters/LOREN ELLIOTT A COVID-19 lockdown remains in place as outbreak of cases affects Sydney SYDNEY (Reuters) -Extra Australian military personnel may be called in to ensure compliance with lockdown rules in Sydney, the New South Wales state government said on … Read More

China partly shuts world’s third-busiest port, risking trade

posted in: Far East, News

Steps to limit virus could disrupt global supply chains ahead of year-end shopping season. People register to receive the Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday in Ningbo, where authorities have closed part of the world’s third-busiest port.  –Photo credit: AFP China partly … Read More

Taiwan president pokes the bear by saying the nation needs to lessen its supply chain dependency on China

posted in: Far East, News

Tsai Ing-wen also expressed desire to attract external tech talent in rare interview. Taiwan’s need to pull in external tech talent and the nation’s supply chain dependence on China were two topics covered in a rare interview with President Tsai … Read More

Wicker: Biden Has Abandoned the Border

Note: The following is Sen. Roger Wicker’s weekly report and commentary from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. and is provided by Sen. Wicker’s office. 6,000 Migrants Crossing U.S.-Mexico Border Daily Last month, federal immigration officers dropped off roughly 90 … Read More

Sen. Rand Paul: Mask mandates and lockdowns from petty tyrants? No, not again. Choose freedom

posted in: Breaking News, News

Resist. They can’t arrest us all. They can’t keep all your kids home from school. They can’t keep every government building closed – although I’ve got a long list of ones they should. We don’t have to accept the mandates, … Read More

Things look grim in Afghanistan, even with US airpower. In 21 days, they could be much worse

(CNN) Many thought it would happen like this. But to see it so fast, so stark, brings no comfort in the prediction. The last six days have brought Afghanistan to arguably the most perilous place in the last two decades. At … Read More

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