Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right. Takaichi replaces Shigeru Ishiba, ending a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss […]
The US Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s new $100,000 (£74,000) fee on H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers. The fee “will make it cost-prohibitive” for US employers to use the programme, said Neil Bradley, Chief Policy Officer at the pro-business group. Trump signed an executive order last month instituting […]
The Government of Grenada has announced its intention to recruit Ghanaian nurses and allied health professionals to help address a critical shortage of health workers in the Caribbean nation. The move aligns with Ghana’s Work Abroad Programme aimed at creating more job opportunities for skilled professionals. This was disclosed during the inaugural Ghana–Grenada political consultation […]
South Korea’s Supreme Court has struck down a lower court’s order for billionaire Chey Tae-won to pay his ex-wife a 1.38tn won ($1bn; £788m) settlement, in a case dubbed by local media as the “divorce of the century”. Citing a miscalculation that increased the value of the couple’s assets, it has ordered the case to […]
Some migrants coming to the UK will need to speak English to an A-level standard under tougher new rules set to be introduced by the government. The changes, which will come into force from 8 January 2026, will affect some graduates and those applying for skilled worker or scale-up visas, which are for people employed […]
Arlene Hutchinson’s husband, Mark, was only 52 when he died unexpectedly last year after suffering two strokes “out of the blue”. Like many couples, they had never discussed organ donation but she knew it was what he would have wanted. Now, Arlene and son, Jack, 12, take comfort in the knowledge that Mark has helped […]
