Private sector companies added more jobs than expected in January, furthering the case for a stable labor market that allows the Federal Reserve time as it contemplates its next policy move, ADP reported Wednesday. The payrolls processing firm said companies created a net 183,000 jobs on the month, slightly more than the 176,000 in December,…
A group of major publishers in the US are suing the state of Idaho over a book-banning law. HB 710, enacted last July, forbids anyone under the age of 18 from accessing books deemed “harmful to minors”, including those depicting “sexual conduct”, in school or public libraries. The ban extends to classics and bestsellers, including…
Scientists have produced kangaroo embryos through in vitro fertilisation for the first time, in a development they say could help conservation of endangered animals. Australian researchers at the University of Queensland made the eastern grey kangaroo embryos using intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), a technique widely used in human IVF, in which a sperm is injected…
A badger captured glancing up at a graffiti version of itself has won the Natural History Museum’s people’s choice award for wildlife photographer of the year. The image was taken by a British photographer, Ian Wood, on a quiet road in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. After residents started leaving food scraps on the pavement for…
A marketing executive at a party balloon company has lost a sex discrimination claim lodged after his female boss said “sorry boys” as she revealed that a woman had won an award. Nathan Blakeley, 27, was left so deflated after missing out on a prize at the Christmas party that he launched legal proceedings against…
Spanish police investigating an online gang, which swindled prospective puppy-buyers out of more than €150,000 (£125,000) by duping them into paying for nonexistent dogs and fictitious vets’ bills, have arrested six people and frozen 14 bank accounts. Officers from the Policía Nacional began looking into the gang – which was based in the Basque province…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature More now on those reports that the Trump administration has offered the entire staff of the CIA a payoff if they quit their jobs. A spokesperson told CNN the decision was taken to “ensure the CIA workforce is responsive to the…
Trump’s Gaza plan ‘unacceptable’, says Turkish foreign minister Turkey’s top diplomat on Wednesday criticised Donald Trump’s proposal for the United States to take over the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians in other countries. “This is an unacceptable issue,” Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, told the official news agency Anadolu in broadcast comments. He said relocating…
What we know after police press conference – summary There has been no change to the death toll over night, with 11 dead, including the attacker. Six people remain in hospitals, of which five had gunshot wounds. Two remain in intensive care. Police believe the perpetrator shot himself. Police are progressing their investigation into the…
Lammy says Trump ‘right’ about need for rebuilding in Gaza – while rejecting his proposals for Palestinians to be removed Pippa Crerar David Lammy, the foreign secretary, has said that President Trump is “right” to say Gaza must be rebuilt – while confirming that the government is oppose to his suggestion that they should be…
