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A tourist passes the US Capitol in Washington
Judge orders Trump administration to pause shutdown layoffs
WASHINGTON — A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from laying off thousands of federal workers during the government shutdown.It comes less than a week after the administration confirmed several agencies had begun laying off about 4,000 workers.US District Judge Susan Illston granted a request by two unions to block layoffs at more than 30 agencies.During the hearing, Illston said she agreed with the unions that the administration was unlawfully using the lapse in funding, which began on 1 October, to carry out its plans to downsize the federal government.She also cited a series of public statements by President Donald Trump and the White House's budget chief, Russell Vought, that she said showed explicit political motivations for the layoffs, such as Trump...
October 16, 2025

Judge orders Trump administration to pause shutdown layoffs

Medical staff operate on a woman at a clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in the Tabarre neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, 8 May, 2025
Doctors Without Borders closes emergency center in Haiti due to gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday that ongoing violence in Haiti's capital has forced it to permanently close its Port-au-Prince emergency care center, a key lifeline in a city now 90% controlled by criminal gangs.More than 60% of the capital's health facilities, including Haiti’s general hospital, are now closed or non-functional because of the surge in gang violence.The MSF emergency center in the neighborhood of Turgeau had temporarily closed in March after armed men opened fire on four of the organisation's vehicles that were evacuating staff. Some employees received minor injuries."The building has already been hit several times by stray bullets due to its location close to the combat zones, which...
October 16, 2025

Doctors Without Borders closes emergency center in Haiti due to gang violence

This screengrab taken from a video posted by President Donald Trump on Tuesday, shows a boat off the coast of Venezuela just before it is hit by a military strike
Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela
WASHINGTON — The US military conducted yet another strike on a boat alleged to be trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela, killing six people on board, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.Trump said that the vessel was “affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization” but did not name any organization or provide evidence to back up the assertion.“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking narcotics, was associated with illicit narcoterrorist networks, and was transiting along a known DTO route,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. “The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed.”This is at least the fifth time the US has announced such a strike;...
October 15, 2025

Six killed after US strikes another boat off coast of Venezuela

Gold colored representations of Bitcoin coins
Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers
NEW YORK — The US government has seized more than $14bn (£10.5bn) in bitcoin and charged the founder of a Cambodian business empire, Prince Group, with allegedly masterminding a massive cryptocurrency scam.UK and Cambodian national Chen Zhi was charged on Tuesday in New York for allegedly engaging in a wire-fraud conspiracy and running a money laundering scheme.Mr Chen's businesses were also sanctioned by the US and the UK as part of a joint operation. The UK government says it has frozen assets owned by his network, including 19 properties in London — one of which is worth nearly £100m ($133m).The BBC has contacted the Prince Group for comment.US prosecutors say it is one the biggest financial takedowns in history and the largest ever seizure of bitcoin, with approximately...
October 15, 2025

Bitcoin worth $14bn seized in US-UK crackdown on alleged scammers

Trump's backing for his libertarian ally Javier Miler, who took office in December 2023, is no secret
Trump says US will not 'waste our time' helping Argentina if Milei loses
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has acknowledged that a $20bn (£15bn) US lifeline to help calm Argentina's currency crisis is an attempt to sway legislative elections this month in the South American nation.Welcoming Argentina's libertarian leader Javier Milei to the White House, Trump warned that the US would not "waste our time" with helping Argentina if Milei's party did not prevail.Milei praised Trump for his peacemaking efforts and said the US president's policies would lead to "prosperity".Argentina's financial turmoil comes ahead of national midterm elections on 26 October, seen as a test of voters' desire to continue backing Milei's cost-cutting, free-market reform agenda.As Trump sat across the table from his Argentine counterpart on...
October 15, 2025

Trump says US will not 'waste our time' helping Argentina if Milei loses

Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado
Venezuela shuts embassy in Norway following opposition leader's Nobel award
CARACAS — Venezuela announced on Monday it would close its embassy in Oslo, days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.In a statement, the Venezuelan government did not comment on Machado's prize, saying that the closure was part of a restructuring of its foreign service.Norway's foreign ministry confirmed that Caracas had closed its embassy in Oslo without providing a reason.The Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded her the prize on Friday in recognition of what it called "her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela", while Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro referred to the 58-year-old laureate as a "demonic witch".The Norwegian foreign ministry called the decision "regrettable"."Despite our differences on...
October 14, 2025

Venezuela shuts embassy in Norway following opposition leader's Nobel award

Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are already on leave without pay as the shutdown approaches its third week
'Painful' job cuts to come if shutdown drags on, warns Vance
WASHINGTON — US Vice President JD Vance has warned of further workforce cuts in addition to the thousands of jobs already axed if the government shutdown is not resolved."The longer this goes on, the deeper the cuts are going to be," Vance told Fox News. "To be clear, some of these cuts are going to be painful."Democrats said Republicans were punishing people by refusing to attach health insurance subsidies to the spending bill.Hundreds of thousands of federal employees are already on leave without pay as the shutdown approaches its third week. No congressional vote is scheduled that could reopen the government.The standoff began on 1 October after Democrats rejected a short-term funding bill. They want the budget to include an extension of federal subsidies for health insurance under...
October 13, 2025

'Painful' job cuts to come if shutdown drags on, warns Vance

US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington
Trump wields ax over 'Democrat Agencies' as shutdown blame game rages
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has said he and his budget director will work out which "Democrat Agencies" to cut as the US government shutdown approached its third day.He suggested Republicans should seize the opportunity to "clear out dead wood" and gave no hint of concessions to Democratic demands that legislation funding the government should include healthcare insurance subsidies.Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, meanwhile, continued to blame each other for failing to keep federal agencies open.Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are staying home, while others worked without pay. Some federal attractions closed to visitors while others, including the Statue of Liberty, stayed open.Analysts don't expect either side to budge without pressure...
October 03, 2025

Trump wields ax over 'Democrat Agencies' as shutdown blame game rages

The US Capitol Rotunda is seen empty on Capitol Hill on Wednesday
White House says layoffs 'imminent' with no end to shutdown in sight
WASHINGTON — The US Congress left town Wednesday without a solution to break its bitter impasse over government funding, with the shutdown now set to last until at least Friday when members return for more votes.But with both parties dug in, many believe it could last even longer than that.The White House is amplifying pressure on Democrats to cave, as President Donald Trump’s budget chief privately warned House Republicans on an afternoon conference call that mass layoffs would go into effect within the next two days, according to multiple people on the call. Russ Vought told the senators that layoffs would target agencies that don’t fit into the Trump administration’s priorities, the people said.So far, however, Democratic leaders show no signs of backing down in the shutdown...
October 02, 2025

White House says layoffs 'imminent' with no end to shutdown in sight

Jane Goodall poses for a portrait in 2017
Conservationist Jane Goodall, whose work revolutionized the study of primates, has died
LOS ANGELES — Jane Goodall, whose lifelong work as a primatologist helped broaden the world’s understanding of animal behavior and emotions, has died, her institute said Wednesday. She was 91.Her field studies with chimpanzees not only broke barriers for women and changed the way scientists study animals, but documented emotions and personality traits within these primates that blurred the line between humans and the animal kingdom.She passed away due to natural causes in California during a speaking tour in the United States, according to her institute.“Dr. Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world,” the institute said in a statement on social media.Goodall was appointed...
October 02, 2025

Conservationist Jane Goodall, whose work revolutionized the study of primates, has died

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