Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios Postponed vacations, holidays in isolation and back-to-back virtual meetings are taking a toll on millions of American workers. Why it matters: As we head into the fall, workers are feeling the burnout. Such a collective fraying of mental health at work could dampen productivity and hinder economic growth across the country. "If your team enters 2021 exhausted […]
Read moreThe long-anticipated first debate will cover issues like the coronavirus, social unrest and the Supreme Court, offering each candidate the chance to defend his record and attack his opponent’s. By Thomas Kaplan and Michael D. Shear WASHINGTON — President Trump is promising to keep America great. Joseph R. Biden Jr. wants to restore the soul of America. But there is […]
Read moreForeign adversaries want to undermine confidence in the American election and the House Intelligence Committee chairman says they are amplifying President Trump’s false assertions. By Julian E. Barnes WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials have seen an uptick in Russian disinformation about mail-in ballots as President Trump has escalated his attacks on voting by mail, Representative Adam B. Schiff, the Democratic […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Campbell Gunn, a former aide to current First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond, told the Scottish Government it would be less damaging for the party to take a short term hit and release the documents. Both the […]
Read moreCRETE, Greece — In a move that could be construed as a symbolic show of support for Greece in its tense standoff with Turkey, America’s top diplomat said on Tuesday that the United States will base a mammoth Navy ship at a military base it shares with Greece, just 600 miles from the Turkish coast. The Hershel “Woody” Williams, a […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. ITV reporter Rupert Evelyn spoke to British fishermen on the future of the UK fishing industry. One skipper argued that France could prove trouble for the UK, provided a mutually satisfactory fishing Brexit trade deal isn’t agreed. […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Tory MP Paul Howell explained while campaigning in the 2019 general election voters told him the former Labour Party Prime Minister did nothing for them. He noted that when the Conservatives won Sedgefield in December it was “symbolic”. The […]
Read moreWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court has close ties to a charismatic Christian religious group that holds men are divinely ordained as the “head” of the family and faith. Former members of the group, called People of Praise, say it teaches that wives must submit to the will of their husbands. Federal appeals judge Amy […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The senior Tory MP claimed the Government’s coronavirus 10pm curfew rules would have never been accepted by MPs if debated in the Commons ahead of being introduced. Speaking to TalkRADIO, he said: “If the 10pm rule had […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Osama Bhutta, who is running as an SNP candidate in next year’s parliamentary elections, claimed an independent Scotland could “literally create money” and said it “isn’t correct” that the state required tax revenue to spend. The Glasgow-born […]
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