POLITICS

The world is halfway to the 2030 deadline of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. As challenges abound, a crucial issue needs attention: how to foot the bill.

Following several NHS strikes, the government have invested more than £1 billion in Occupational Health services to avoid further economic inactivity among employees.

In a horrific incident reported from India, two women were stripped off and paraded naked by a mob in the Indian state of Manipur

The British government has updated the Defence Command Paper with an aim to create a global response force and increase the stockpiles.

Women's empowerment is shockingly low worldwide. At the current rate of progress, UN women predict that it will take 286 years to achieve global gender equality.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appointed a new business council that brings the chief executives of major companies into the heart of government to help boost the British economy.

A US Army soldier reportedly crossed the demarcation line into North Korea on Tuesday and is said to be in the custody of North Korean authorities.

Prominent people in China seem to have a history of disappearing from public life for long stretches.

UK formally joins CPTPP trade group, opening doors to new opportunities for British businesses with reduced tariffs and increased investment.

The end of the stand-off between peers and MPs paves the way for the bill to receive royal assent, with the bill seeking to address one of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's five stated priorities.

Ukrainian children have been unlawfully bought to Russia, and forced into pro-Russia re-education camps. The UK has implemented 14 sanctions in response to Russia's attempts to destroy Ukrainian national identity.

Project bids that protect freedom of expression and human rights in Iraq are being welcomed by the British Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

Concerned that some degrees offered by British universities are failing to deliver good graduate outcomes, the government have announced plans to limit student numbers on poorly performing courses.

Former President Donald Trump finally revealed how he plans to end the Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours.

It has not even been a year since the death of Mahsa Amini, and the Iranian authorities have already brought back their morality police.

Education Department aims to forgive student loans for 800,000 borrowers due to administrative errors, with changes made to income-driven repayment plans.

Britain's Minister for Development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell, has outlined steps that can be taken to tackle the 'sobering' numbers forcibly displaced around the world.

The offer comes amidst a backdrop of widespread strikes across the public sector over the past few months, with the government suggesting pay rises of between six per cent and 6.5 per cent for 2023-24.

UK government offers pay raises to public sector workers amidst strikes. Junior doctors walk off the job for five days. Concerns were raised about NHS costs and patient care.

The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has explained that Labour's core purpose is to remove barriers to opportunity that hold back Britain's potential.

Critics of the proposed reforms argue that the financial burden could place undue strain on online platforms, particularly smaller companies and startups.

Russia's foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin and the CIA chief William Burns spoke over a call to hold a discussion.

Following Georgia Harrison's campaign against image-based abuse, the government have passed the new Online Safety Bill.

Six multi-million-dollar companies in the UK, have had their assets frozen to press the parties into a peace treaty after the government imposed new sanctions.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to support Sweden's bid to join Nato, the military alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg says.

RAF Akrotiri is regarded as an important military base for Britain and the upgrades will allow for greater convenience with the modern aircraft planes used.

NATO had published new polling figures which show the extent of public support across the 31 member-states of the alliance.

The Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum will allow discussions to take place over the capabilities of emerging economies dealing with climate change and how necessary support can be provided to them.

The communications regulator has launched two investigations in response to the coverage on GB News and Talk TV. Furthermore, new research is being conducted into public perceptions of politicians in the news.