The Sindicato de Inquilinas (Tenants’ Union) activist association which has been co-ordinating protests, announced during the congressional debate that it was abandoning the tent protest in central Madrid. It said it wanted to “take the struggle to all the neighbourhoods, residential blocks and homes of Madrid, wherever there are rental increases, expulsions and abuses each
A key advisory committee that reviews medical devices for the Food and Drug Administration will meet today to vote on whether the agency should approve the first multi-cancer blood test. Grail, the company that makes the Galleri blood test under review, says it can detect up to 50 forms of cancer, many of which are
The scale of that exposure is considerable. The US imported about $104bn of goods from India in 2025, while two-way US-India trade in goods and services was roughly $240bn, according to the US Trade Representative. India’s exports to the US include electronics, pharmaceuticals, machinery, jewellery, chemicals, textiles and petroleum products. In 2025, electrical and electronic
Sweden has two major political blocs featuring four parties on the right and four on the left – meaning coalition and minority governments are relatively common. Andersson’s party, the Social Democrats, have been a major force in Swedish politics since the end of World War Two. But SD – founded by Nazi sympathisers in the
WASHINGTON — The House is expected to take up a punishing Russian sanctions package next week, though prospects of passage are uncertain despite the overwhelming support the bill received in the Senate. The House Rules Committee has scheduled a meeting on the bill Monday, with a procedural vote likely later in the week that could
President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would most likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion
