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A campaign group that won a legal victory on the definition of gender is taking action against the Scottish government over policies it says are “inconsistent” with the ruling.For Women Scotland’s legal battle with Scottish ministers over the definition of a woman ended in the UK’s supreme court, which ruled in April that the words “woman” and “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 referred to a biological woman and biological sex.However, the group said it now had “little choice” but to take further legal action as some policies regarding transgender pupils in schools and transgender people in custody remained in…

LONDON — Ukraine and its allies on Sunday were scrambling to respond to President Donald Trump’s apparent shift toward Vladimir Putin’s hard-line position after their summit in Alaska.European leaders announced that they would join Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Monday as they seek to navigate America’s new approach to ending the war after Trump signaled that he was reversing his insistence on a ceasefire and instead pursuing a permanent peace deal — seemingly aligning the United States with the Kremlin.Trump on Sunday appeared to respond to reports that he may also be backing Putin’s demands for Ukraine to give…

New Delhi: In January this year, the Modi government announced the formation of the 8th Central Pay Commission. This commission, set up once every 10 years, reviews and revises salaries, pensions, and allowances of central government employees and pensioners. However, even after seven months, there has been no real progress. The Terms of Reference (ToR), which outline the commission’s scope, are still not ready. Also, the members and chairman have not yet been appointed. This delay has worried over 1 crore central employees and pensioners. Their unions have written to the government asking for updates. The Finance Ministry has said…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated on Sunday that Kyiv will not surrender any territory to Moscow, pushing back against mounting international speculation about potential land-for-peace negotiations. “The constitution of Ukraine makes it impossible to give up territory or trade land,” Zelenskyy said during a press conference at the European Commission on Sunday. EUROPEAN LEADERS WILL JOIN TRUMP-ZELENSKYY MEETING, SIGNALING SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINEHe added that Russia has repeatedly tried and failed to seize the entirety of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine for a period of 12 years. The Donbas, which includes Donetsk and Luhansk…

HONG KONG — As U.S. television series produce longer and fewer episodes, a new genre from China is gaining American fans by going in the opposite direction.Known as minidramas, micro dramas or vertical dramas, they are soap operas condensed into a minute or two per episode.Each show, reminiscent of a telenovela, is split into dozens of chapters, each about two minutes long and with all the soapy elements: cheesy romance, over-the-top drama and abundant cliff-hangers.“The revenge ones, oh, my God, they’re so good,” California-based retail business owner Jacarius Murphy told NBC News in a video interview.Murphy is a fan of…

New Delhi: Punjab has seen the sharpest fall in the country in the number of farmers getting benefits under the PM-Kisan scheme. In the last five years, the number of beneficiaries has dropped by almost 49 percent. Between December 2019 and March 2020, around 23.01 lakh farmers in Punjab got benefits worth Rs 466.47 crore. But by April to July 2025, the number had fallen to just 11.34 lakh farmers, who received Rs 387.76 crore. Recently, in Parliament, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Ram Nath Thakur said that for 2025-26, the government has set aside Rs 63,500 crore for…

European leaders including Britain’s Keir Starmer will join Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at a White House meeting on Monday with Donald Trump, in a coordinated effort to push back on a US-endorsed “peace plan” that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.The UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, and Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.“The talks will address, among other things, security guarantees, territorial issues, and continued support for Ukraine in its defence…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Just weeks before President Donald Trump federalized the Washington, D.C., police force over crime woes, the Metropolitan Police Department was hit with accusations of allegedly juking crime stats for more favorable results. “When our members respond to the scene of a felony offense where there is a victim reporting that a felony occurred, inevitably there will be a lieutenant or a captain that will show up on that scene and direct those members to take a report for a lesser offense,” D.C. Police Union chairman Gregg Pemberton told NBC Washington in July of…

LONDON — Britain’s Prince William and Princess Kate are preparing to move to a new home in pursuit of a “fresh start” after a challenging period for the family.The royals, along with their children George, Charlotte, and Louis, will relocate to the eight-bedroom Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park.The family have lived at Adelaide Cottage within the Windsor Castle grounds since August 2022, but after a tumultuous period marked by the death of Queen Elizabeth II and Kate’s cancer treatment, they felt it was the right time for a change.“Windsor has become their home. However, over the last few years…

New Delhi: In the past one year, investors in gold, silver, and Bitcoin have seen extraordinary returns. Gold (99.9 purity) has surged nearly 40 percent and now trades above Rs 1 lakh per 10 grams. Silver too has climbed over 44 percent to about Rs 1,16,000 per kg. The most dramatic rise came from Bitcoin, which has soared more than 111 percent to touch $1,17,293 as of August 17, 2025. These gains have come at a time when global equity markets are battling headwinds from trade wars, geopolitical tensions and unpredictable central bank policies. Such uncertainty has once again brought…