USA

California law on ride sharing service may hurt ‘gig economy’

Shawdesh desk: Labour activists on Wednesday were celebrating California’s move to have drivers treated as employees by rideshare firms even as it fuelled concerns it will hurt digital platforms depending

National security advisor Bolton sacked by Trump administration

Shawdesh Desk: United States president Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the firing of hawkish national security advisor John Bolton, a move widely seen as boosting the president’s push to negotiate

Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now ‘dead’

Shawdesh desk: U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now “dead,” President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly canceled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban

UK senior minister Amber Rudd quits amid Brexit crisis

Shawdesh Desk: United Kingdom prime minister Boris Johnson received a fresh blow Saturday when senior minister Amber Rudd quit her work and pensions post in protest at his handling of

Senior UK minister Amber Rudd quits government over Johnson’s Brexit stance

Shawdesh Desk: Senior UK minister Amber Rudd has quit the cabinet and surrendered the Conservative whip saying she cannot “stand by” while “moderate Conservatives are expelled”. The work and pensions

Afghanistan War: Trump cancels peace deal with Taliban

Shawdesh Desk: US President Donald Trump says he has cancelled a peace deal with the Taliban. Mr Trump tweeted he had been set to meet Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and

Johnson in election mode as he visits Scotland after Brexit setbacks

Shawdesh desk: Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Scotland on Friday in campaign mode despite failing to call an early election after MPs this week thwarted his hardline Brexit strategy.

Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stands in tatters

Shawdesh Desk: British prime minister Boris Johnson’s hardline Brexit strategy stood in tatters on Thursday after a humiliating week left him without a working majority but unable to call an