The idea for the Gotthard Base Tunnel – a railway tunnel through the Swiss Alps – was first floated in the 1960s. It opened in 2016. Daily Express :: News Feed
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Tennis legend Becker discharged from bankruptcy court despite still owing creditors $50M US
German tennis legend Boris Becker was discharged from bankruptcy court in London after a judge found on Wednesday he had done “all that he reasonably could do” to repay creditors tens of millions of pounds. CBC | World News
Read More »Labour plan to keep thousands of illegal migrants in UK exposed after Rwanda victory
Sir Keir Starmer’s party is poised to overturn the Government’s hardline asylum ban on illegal migrants. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »U.S. Federal Reserve holds interest rate, saying it will take ‘longer than expected’ to start cutting
The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and signaled it is still leaning toward eventual reductions in borrowing costs, but that cuts could be delayed as recent inflation numbers have strayed further from its two per cent target. CBC | World News
Read More »Vladimir Putin launches deadly ballistic missile strike on Ukraine as huge fireball erupts
Local residents described the attack as “powerful” and the situation as “f****d up”, as the port reverberated to the sounds of huge explosions. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »SNP MPs told to ‘polish up’ CVs in brutal takedown as Commons erupts in laughter
The Scottish Secretary made the cutting put-down following a tumultuous week for the nationalist party north of the border. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Trump, Republicans try to equate campus protests to Jan. 6 riot, Charlottesville rally
Donald Trump on Tuesday lamented the possibility that Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Experts say comparisons to the Capitol riot, or an infamous 2017 Charlottesville rally, are strained. CBC | World News
Read More »Revealed: Women among those held in first ‘Operation Vector’ detentions for Rwanda flights
The Home Office on Wednesday confirmed it had begun holding failed asylum seekers under “Operation Vector”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Demonstrators, counter-protesters clash at UCLA campus over Israel-Hamas war
Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) between pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of counter-demonstrators. CBC | World News
Read More »Google down as users report major error with world’s biggest search engine
Google users are reporting the world’s biggest search engine has gone down today – with multiple reports flooding in from across the globe. Daily Express :: News Feed
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