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China had been angling for the project for years but was thwarted by the Hasina government's caution. That's no more the case now.

Trump's financial disclosure reveals $1.2 billion in crypto earnings last year, surpassing his real estate empire built over decades

Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said the US dropping India from its Indo-Pacific Command name should not be overinterpreted.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi is under house arrest in Naypyidaw, but even generals don't know her exact location in the secretive, maze-like capital

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that at least 20 sites were attacked overnight, with ‘most of them ordinary residential buildings’Meanwhile, the ⁠death ⁠toll following ​a ⁠Russian ⁠drone and ​missile ‌attack ‌on Kyiv ‌has ​risen ⁠to 17, Ukraine’s ​emergency ​services ​said.Defence and security editor Continue reading...

City bosses say move would be economically disastrous, but union leaders urge likely new PM to ignore ‘vested interests’Battle lines are being drawn between City bosses and trade unions over a possible tax raid on UK banks to help fund Andy Burnham’s package for struggling households this winter.While bankers have warned the move would be “economic suicide”, union leaders have said Britain cannot afford to be “held hostage” by City lobbyists, given growing pressures to find money for defence and cost of living support. Continue reading...

If we don’t know the source, not only do humans remain at risk but wildlife can suffer needlessly via retaliationWhile virologists and public health departments were palpitating over the news of an Andes virus infectious disease outbreak on a cruise ship (13 cases, three deaths), in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the Bundibugyo virus, the root of the current Ebola outbreak (currently more than 1,250 cases and at least 362 deaths), was smouldering under the radar.Bundibugyo virus is a horrifying, highly fatal pathogen. Symptom onset is sudden and includes headaches, diarrhoea, malfunctioning kidneys and liver, and, less frequently, internal and external bleeding (hence the term “haemorrhagic disease”). Grimly, contagiousness remains after death, meaning the family and loved ones of the deceased can be exposed when they wash and clothe the body in preparation for the funeral. Continue reading...

Between 1949 and 1976, an estimated 185,000 babies were taken from unmarried mothers and placed for adoption in England and WalesOfficials are “looking at every route” to deport the Rochdale grooming ringleader set to be released from prison today, a minister has said.As Josh Halliday, Hannah Al-Othman and Rajeev Syal report, Andy Burnham, who is set to become PM later this month, is among those who have said the government should consider all options to enable Shabir Ahmed to be deported.There are two problems here.Number one, there are a very small number of people who came to this country over 50 years ago from Commonwealth countries where the law doesn’t allow them to be deported. Continue reading...