The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is set to release USD 1.3 billion to Bangladesh in June following the fourth review of its USD 4.7 billion loan programme and a breakthrough in talks on exchange rate reforms, the Finance Ministry said. The funds, covering both the fourth and fifth tranches, had been held up as the…
Nigel Farage’s insurgent anti-immigration party, Reform U.K., scored a significant, if narrow, victory Friday in a parliamentary special election in the northwest of England, serving notice that Mr. Farage, a populist fixture and close ally of President Trump, is again a rising force in British politics. Reform’s candidate, Sarah Pochin, won by a razor-thin margin…
California’s housing crisis has long been a political powder keg, but now it’s turning into an outright humanitarian emergency for the state’s college students. With one in four community college students experiencing homelessness in the past year, the question is no longer how bad the crisis is — but how shamefully long the state can…
Utah Governor Spencer Cox calls for state-led education reform after Department of Education layoffs. (Getty Images) Utah Governor Spencer Cox has expressed his strong support for the recent round of layoffs at the US Department of Education, labeling the decision as a necessary step toward reform. The layoffs, which accounted for nearly half of the…
The anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage said on Friday it had referred one of its lawmakers to the police for allegedly threatening a senior colleague, in the biggest crisis to hit Britain’s insurgent right-wing party since its success in last year’s general election. In a statement, the party, Reform U.K., said the lawmaker, Rupert…
President Donald Trump is once again wielding his power of signature and rattling the political establishment, setting his sights on the Department of Education (ED). A recent executive draft, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, contains instructions for newly appointed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to uproot the very department she now leads. The gutting…
Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform U.K. party has attracted more than a dozen donors from Britain’s once dominant Conservative Party, an analysis of new data reveals, underlining the threat the Tories face from a right-wing populist party that models itself on President Trump’s MAGA movement. In total, Reform U.K. raised 4.75 million pounds ($6.1 million) last…
FILE – An American flag hangs in a classroom as students work on laptops in Newlon Elementary School, in Denver, Aug. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) The Trump administration has already garnered fame for raising eyebrows with its far-reaching policy alterations. The abrupt halt of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long-Term Trend…
NEW DELHI: The wheels seem to be coming loose for Congress after the party’s dismal show in the Delhi assembly polls. Congress failed to win a single seat, marking its third consecutive zero tally in the Delhi assembly. The results have further deepened the crisis within the Congress, with many leaders questioning the party’s electoral…
Lebanon formed a new government on Saturday, following unusually direct US intervention in the process and in a step intended to bring the country closer to accessing reconstruction funds following a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah. Speaking to reporters at the presidential palace, new Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the 24-member cabinet would prioritise…