Budget uncertainty hits investment but take-up of new space rises amid firms’ return-to-office mandates Construction of offices, shops and warehouses in the UK has fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade amid rising build costs and uncertainty. All commercial sectors have been hit, with construction across office, retail and industrial sectors down … Read more
Idea that apes at closed-down zoo have been abandoned is ridiculous, says CEO, after urban explorer’s video made headlines A rainy afternoon in Bristol but the troop of western lowland gorillas did not seem to mind the damp and were foraging for snacks of lettuce and cereal scattered around their zoo enclosure. To the untrained … Read more
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are quietly ramping up talks within their senior ranks and with White House officials over how to structure and advance a potential extension of key Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies before the end of the year, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the conversations. Republican leaders on Capitol … Read more
The Democratic governor has a direct line to the president. That could change as Trump vows to punish New York City if the democratic socialist is elected mayor. ALBANY, New York — A fragile working relationship between Gov. Kathy Hochul and President Donald Trump is in danger of being torn apart if Zohran Mamdani is … Read more
Authorities have arrested two more people for the attack on a White House employee that attracted the attention of President Donald Trump ahead of his decision to deploy National Guard troops to Washington. Laurence Cotton-Powell,19, and Anthony Taylor, 18, have been charged in the August attack on Edward Coristine, an employee of the administration’s DOGE … Read more
QUITO — The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean was released by authorities in Ecuador after prosecutors said they had no evidence he committed a crime in the South American nation, a government official said Monday. The official, who asked not … Read more
What was a seven-week funding punt is now a four-week patch, and some in the GOP want to extend funding into next year. When House Republicans first passed a stopgap spending bill last month, it was written to give Congress a seven-week window to come to a long-term deal on government funding. With the government … Read more
SACRAMENTO, California — The ongoing government shutdown is leaving federal paychecks and jobs in limbo. California’s smelling a recruitment opportunity. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s campaign to recruit former federal workers has yielded a steady stream of job applications since its launch in March, at the peak of the Elon Musk-led job cuts that saw tens of … Read more
ATHENS — A doctor whose daughter was killed in a train crash has emerged as the unlikely figurehead of a wave of protests against the political establishment in Greece. ATHENS — A doctor whose daughter was killed in a train crash has emerged as the unlikely figurehead of a wave of protests against the political … Read more
“Political stability is essential right now,” said Sanae Takaichi. TOKYO — Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a … Read more