Reporting Highlights Decades of Inaction: Texas lawmakers have for years rejected legislation that could have protected residents in the state’s flood-prone areas. Opportunities Lost: Three bills would have banned youth camps or nearly all development in areas most at risk of dangerous flooding. Experts said the bills could have saved lives. Texas Falling Behind: Texas…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., takes questions at a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP Speaker Mike Johnson, R.-La., is forging ahead with his latest proposal to renew a key American spy power. His bill, revealed Thursday, is largely unchanged from a…
Shorouk Express The push to link trade measures to migration policy comes amid major advances by far-right parties across Europe and calls for governments to get tougher on enforcing returns. Currently, only a small share of those eligible for removal from the EU are actually deported — many because their home countries refuse to cooperate….
Instant messaging platforms are a dime a dozen in 2025 – from WhatsApp and Signal to Telegram or Facebook Messenger, there’s certainly no shortage of options for users today. It wasn’t always that way, however, and in the mid 1990s ICQ was among the first pioneering offerings around, racking up a significant global user base…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Serious concerns have been raised that newly sacked US ambassador Peter Mandelson did not clear security vetting for the role – but the prime…
Shorouk Express Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email The plan to boost access to NHS dentists has been declared a “comprehensive failure” in a new report. The Dental Recovery Plan, a blueprint…
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On November 12, on the twenty ninth Convention of the Events (COP29) to the U.N. Framework Conference on Local weather Change (UNFCCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the leaders of six Hindu Kush Himalaya nations met to debate the local weather disaster that has reached epic proportions. Out of the eight nations – specifically Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,…
