The UK government has recalled parliament this weekend aiming to pass emergency legislation to “take control” of a struggling British Steel plant, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday. MPs will join a rare Saturday sitting to discuss the draft bill which would allow the Labour administration to take measures to prevent the plant’s imminent closure … Read more
Britain’s King Charles III told Italy’s parliament Wednesday that peace is “never to be taken for granted” before ending a visit to Rome with a surprise visit to a convalescing Pope Francis. King Charles and Queen Camilla met with 88-year-old Francis, who has been recuperating from pneumonia at the Vatican after being released last month … Read more
The Canadian Parliament went into lockdown on Saturday after a man barricaded himself inside, prompting authorities to urge the public to ‘hide’. Ottawa Police and Parliamentary Protective Services arrived at the East Block of Parliament Hill on Wellington Street just before 3 p.m. However, alert was issued at 2.45 p.m asking people inside to “seek … Read more
Kiren Rijiju tables Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 in Parliament Akriti Anand Published2 Apr 2025, 12:22 PM IST Mint Image Kiren Rijiju tables Waqf Amendment Bill 2025 in Parliament Catch all the Business News , Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on Live Mint. Download The Mint News App to get Daily Market Updates. Business … Read more
Israel’s parliament on Thursday passed a law expanding elected officials’ power to appoint judges, defying a years-long movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial reforms that saw massive street protests. The approval comes as Netanyahu’s government, one of the most right-wing in Israel’s history, is locked in a standoff with the supreme court after … Read more
The Office for Budget Responsibility has halved the UK growth forecast for 2025 from 2% to 1%, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said. However, the fiscal watchdog said that while growth has been downgraded for this year, it had been upgraded for every year after for the rest of this parliament – which is due to … Read more
Berlin — In a landmark shift, Germany is set to embark on its most ambitious defense spending initiative since World War II. Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to take the reins as Germany’s new chancellor, for an enormous boost to the country’s military budget, signaling a dramatic transformation in its post-World War II … Read more
Chairman of the Gates Foundation and former CEO of Microsoft Bill Gates met Union Minister JP Nadda in the Parliament on Wednesday. Gates is on his third visit to India in three years. Details of their meeting are unclear. Gates will also meet Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting … Read more
A new graft scandal rocked the European Parliament after police carried out raids Thursday in Belgium and Portugal, detaining multiple suspects in a probe into suspicions of corruption under the guise of lobbying for the benefit of Chinese tech giant Huawei. The new investigation comes more than two years after the “Qatargate” scandal, in which … Read more
Video Link Edited Transcript: Introduction Michael, thank you so much, and thanks to all of you for the chance to be together and to think together. This is indeed a complicated and fast-changing time and a very dangerous one. So, we really need clarity of thought. I’m especially interested in our conversation, so I’ll try … Read more