Getty Images On election night, Donald Trump repeated the phrase: “Promises made, promises kept.” Now, Republicans have officially taken control of Congress and his “promises” are a whole lot easier to keep. In Washington political parlance, it’s called “a governing trifecta”, when the president’s party also controls both chambers of Congress – the House of…
Watch: Donald Trump and Elon Musk on the campaign trail Billionaire Elon Musk has been tasked with leading incoming President Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency (Doge). In a statement on social media, the US president-elect said Musk – along with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy – would “dismantle government bureaucracy, slash excess…
Getty Images Donald Trump has moved speedily since winning the US presidential election to set the foundations of his second term in the White House. He has made his early priorities clear – and stunned some in Washington and around the world while doing so. Here’s what we’ve learned from his rollercoaster first week as…
Getty Images Official data shows that 35% of India’s 137 million children under five are stunted Decades of caste discrimination have contributed to India having higher levels of child stunting rates than across Sub-Saharan Africa, new research has revealed. The two regions together are home to 44% of the world’s under-five population but account for…
getty Recent deadly floods in Valencia, Spain, were made worse by climate change, scientists say The United Nations’ COP climate talks are “no longer fit for purpose” and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have said. In a letter to the UN, senior figures…
Getty Images Indian women are struggling to find resources to help them deal with the end of menstruation Indian women on average hit menopause a few years earlier than their counterparts in the West, studies show. A recent paper found that women experiencing premature menopause, particularly in the age group of 30–39 years, is also…
The Paris prosecutor has asked for a prison sentence of five years and a five-year ban from political office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in an illegal party funding case. Nicolas Barret asked for the ban to become effective immediately after the verdict, even if the defence team appeals, ruling Le Pen out of…
Photograph by Manu San Félix, National Geographic Pristine Seas Local people had no idea the coral was there The largest coral ever recorded has been found by scientists in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The mega coral – which is a collection of many connected, tiny creatures that together form one organism rather than a reef…
Bodycam footage released by the Phoenix Police Department has shown the dramatic moment an officer smashed the sunroof of a submerged vehicle to rescue a man trapped inside. The US man told officers that he “accidentally stepped on the gas too hard” before driving the vehicle into a pool. The Phoenix Police Department confirmed no…
BBC Michael Northey’s father was one of four soldiers killed in the Korean War to have been successfully identified From his wheelchair, Michael Northey watches quietly over his father’s grave, and lays a flower for the very first time. “This is the closest I’ve been to him in 70 years, which is ridiculous,” he jokes…
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