The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy and brushing teeth.

<p>Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Friday termed good governance “quintessential” for Pakistan’s security and stability.</p> <p>He made the remarks while addressing a press conference on the country’s overall security situation, particularly the situation in Balochistan.</p> <p>The DG ISPR, during his presser, commented on Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2019502">remarks </a>about th

<p>The turnout was recorded as the lowest on record for a mayoral role in the region</p><p>The construction of a new Chinese “super-embassy” in London, which is set to be built near the Tower of London, can go ahead after a high court challenge against the decision to grant planning permission was dismissed, PA Media is reporting.</p><p>The Royal Mint Court Residents’ Association (RMCRA) brought legal action against the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the London B

President Trumps threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.

<p>Prime minister to highlight investment in communities as he launches next phase of nuclear submarine replacement</p><p>Andy Burnham will place the renewal of Trident at the heart of his vision of a reindustrialised Britain on Thursday when he travels to Barrow-in-Furness to launch the next phase of the nuclear submarine replacement programme.</p><p>The new prime minister intends to emphasise that defence spending on projects such as the £31bn Dreadnought-class boats built in the Cumbrian tow

<p>Scotland Yard says threshold not met for criminal action against Green leader, who has refused to apologise to his Reform rival</p><p>No further action will be taken by police after Zack Polanski shared a photo of a man with a T-shirt showing a guillotine and the phrase “we’re only making plans for Nigel”.</p><p>The Metropolitan police’s decision comes after the Green party leader for England and Wales said he had made an “inadvertent mistake” and would not apologise to Nigel Fara

<p>Labour’s Bev Craig expected to win contest that lost column inches to Andy Burnham’s ascent and Reform UK leader’s self-imposed Clacton vote</p><p>Voting has begun in the biggest byelection in British political history, with more than 2 million people eligible to choose Andy Burnham’s successor as Greater Manchester mayor.</p><p>In normal times, such a large and politically significant byelection would have dominated the headlines for weeks, particularly as senior Labour figures only

<p>New Zealand’s top diplomat Winston Peters drew the ire of Beijing’s ambassador in Wellington on Thursday after telling a lawmaker of Chinese descent to “go back to your own country”.</p> <p>During a debate about New Zealand’s response to the Covid pandemic on Wednesday, populist NZ First leader Peters was asked by China-born Green Party member Lawrence Xu-Nan: “Are you vaccinated?”</p> <p>In response, Peters said the lawmaker, who was born in the Chinese city of Tianjin but grew

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Anish Gawande, National Spokesperson for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). As India's younger generation challenges Modi's hardline government, Gawande frames recent government concessions, including the resignation of the Education Minister, the passage of tougher anti-cheating legislation and the appointment of a reform task force, as evidence that sustained youth mobilisation can compel accountability even within a highly centralised political system.

<p>Green party leader says post ‘inadvertent mistake’ after Reform UK said it ‘incited murder’, while police say no further action will be taken</p><p>The Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he made an “inadvertent mistake” by sharing an Instagram post of a man wearing a T-shirt featuring an image of a guillotine and the phrase “we’re only making plans for Nigel”, but he repeatedly said he would not apologise to Nigel Farage.</p><p>Polanski told the BBC’s Newsnight pr