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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed his arrival in Washington, D.C., on Sunday ahead of a meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss an end to the war with Russia.”I have already arrived in Washington, tomorrow I am meeting with President Trump. Tomorrow we are also speaking with European leaders. I am grateful to @POTUS for the invitation. We all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably. And peace must be lasting,” Zelenskyy wrote, in part, on X on Sunday.Zelenskyy will be bringing a group of European leaders to…

Labour needs to ‘pick things up’ after ‘tough’ first year in power, Sadiq Khan warnsGood morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics. Despite winning a huge majority at last year’s general election, Labour knew it had a lot of work to do to regain voters trust and show government could work for ordinary people.The task was made more difficult as the party inherited a weak economy and crumbling public services underinvested in by previous Conservative administrations.So far, the prime minister, Keir Starmer, has failed to win popularity with voters, according to many polls, with a seeming lack…

New Delhi: The UPI transactions have expanded significantly and the average daily value has increased from Rs 75,743 crore in January to Rs 90,446 crore in August, with SBI as the top remitter member with 5.2 billion transactions, a report showed on Monday.  Maharashtra emerges as the consistent leader in digital payments with 9.8 per cent share in July alone, followed by Karnataka (5.5 per cent) and Uttar Pradesh (5.3 per cent), according to SBI Research. “The share of peer-to-merchant (P2M) transactions in total value transactions has increased from mere 13 per cent in Jun 2020 to 29 per cent…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump said Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could end the war with Russia “almost immediately” if he wanted. Trump’s comments come ahead of his scheduled meeting with Zelenskyy and several European leaders in Washington, D.C. on Monday.”President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can end the war with Russia almost immediately, if he wants to, or he can continue to fight,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY…

British progressives have suffered major setbacks in recent years, in both public opinion and court rulings. Was a backlash inevitable, and are new tactics needed? By Gaby Hinsliff. Read by Carlyss Peer Find more from The Audio Long Read here Read the text version here Source link

New Delhi: India’s current account deficit is expected to nearly double in the Financial Year 2026, rising to 1.2 per cent of GDP from 0.6 per cent in FY25, Union Bank of India said in a report.   The estimate carries an upward risk, driven by evolving trade dynamics and global commodity price movements.   “We see an upward risk to our estimate for the current account (C/A) deficit for FY26 GDP. We expect higher; almost double versus last year of widening in C/A deficit in FY26 to 1.2 per cent in GDP vis-a-vis an 0.6 per cent in FY25,”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former FBI Director James Comey confessed in a strange video Sunday that Taylor Swift has been his family’s soundtrack — and a source of life advice on handling bullies.He also took swipes at President Donald Trump while bragging about a family “Swiftie” group chat and talking about how he blasts “Tay Tay” while mowing the lawn.Comey opened by accusing Trump of humiliating America alongside Vladimir Putin, calling it “a bad dream you can’t wake up from.”Comey said he’s been to two Swift concerts and even helped relatives afford tickets. MAURENE COMEY, PROSECUTOR IN…

Patients in England now have greater access to important tests such as MRI scans and endoscopies in the evenings and weekends, the government has said, after increasing the number of community diagnostic centres (CDCs) offering out of hours services.There are 170 CDCs operating in England, which are often in shopping centres, football stadiums and on university campuses. Patients can access them through a referral from their GP or clinical teams at hospitals.The government has revealed that 100 CDCs are open 12 hours a day, seven days a week – an increase of 37 CDCs with such opening hours compared with…

New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has called a meeting of the chiefs of public sector banks (PSBs) on Wednesday to review their financial performance for the first quarter of the current financial year.  The meeting will be chaired by Financial Services Secretary M. Nagaraju, according to reports. Public sector banks have posted strong earnings in the April–June quarter of 2025-26 (Q1 FY26).  Together, the 12 PSBs reported a record profit of Rs 44,218 crore — reflecting an 11 per cent growth over the same quarter previous year. In comparison, these banks had earned Rs 39,974 crore in the June quarter…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! BROOKLYN, NY — Zohran Mamdani told reporters on Sunday that the fatal shooting in New York City hours earlier was the latest example of the “scourge of gun violence” in the country’s most populous city.New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed that there were 12 victims, including three fatalities, in a suspected gang-related shooting at the Taste of the City Lounge in the borough’s Crown Heights section. During a canvass launch event in the Prospect Park neighborhood, Mamdani told reporters that the incident is “yet another example of the scourge of gun…