Month: April 2024

By Jessica Frank-Keyes Changes to child benefit are set to save higher earning parents an average of £1,260 a year as the high income charge threshold increases next week. Parents earning over £50,000 are currently hit by the high income child benefit …

Democrats are working behind the scenes to shift the party’s positioning on immigration as polling shows it could be a losing issue for President Joe Biden and a boon for former President Donald Trump. According to a report from NBC News’ Sahil Kapur, …

May arabica coffee (KCK24) this morning is up +6.40 (+3.34%), and May ICE robusta coffee (RMK24) is up +162 (+4.66%). Coffee prices this morning are sharply higher, with arabica posting a 4-week high and robusta posting a new record high. Coffee prices…

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 2 (ANI): Ajay Devgn, who has been receiving birthday wishes from fans and Bollywood celebs including Sidharth Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Rakul Preet Singh since morning, has now also receiv…

Super Eagles striker, Ahmed Musa, has broken his silence on reports that he refused to shake hands with Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. Musa said his action was a sign of cultural respect, expressing shock that it was taken out of context. A v…

Malaysia-headquartered budget airline AirAsia is revamping a subscription plan that gives customers “unlimited” flights and cut-price hotels across South-east Asia. An expansion of the AirAsia+ offering available since December 2022, the Unlimited – As…

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has laid out a plan for the country to increase defence funding in the coming years and continuously meet the NATO alliance’s spending targets in an interview with dpa. Lindner said money from a €100 billion ($…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been allowed to leave hospital after undergoing an operation under general anaesthetic. “I am now being discharged from Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, which became my office yesterday,” Netanyahu said in a vi…

The first day of legal marijuana consumption in Germany on Easter Monday saw no major reported problems, with police officials across the country telling dpa that things remained calm and uneventful. “It was an absolutely calm start,” a police spokeswo…

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution to open a new border crossing point between Ukraine and Romania, according to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. As he noted, one of the key priorities of the Cabinet of Ministers today is Ukraine’s ec…