Budget 2026 will fund mandatory training for 20,000 core children’s workers and improve system capacity to protect children at risk of harm, Child Poverty Reduction Minister Louise Upston says. “In September 2025 our Government accepted all the recommendations from the report by the late Dame Karen Poutasi and committed to an approach focused on the […]

On 3 June 2026, the British Embassy Phnom Penh celebrated the 78th birthday of His Majesty King Charles III, welcoming nearly 400 friends and colleagues from government, foreign missions, businesses and civil society at the Hyatt Regency. This year’s theme “Celebrating the Four Nations of the United Kingdom” brought together culture, music, food, and storytelling […]

The new phase of the UK’s training support for Ukraine has been announced, which sees an expansion into specialist areas including aviation, medical, engineering and logistics. Operation Interflex launched in the wake of Putin’s full-scale, illegal invasion of Ukraine. Its original mission was to deliver basic infantry training at pace and at scale, enabling Ukrainians […]

Over 3.5 million unmarried couples will be given more financial security under a government consultation launching today (Friday 5 June). Designed to shape future law and better reflect modern society, the consultation looks to strengthen rights and make the separation process less financially difficult for cohabiting couples and those who simply choose not to marry. The government recognises that due to cost of […]

Governor Greg Abbott today announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is making $10 million in grant funding available for eligible rural hospitals and rural health clinics to provide pediatric telemedicine services. “Texas is providing rural communities with the state-of-the-art pediatric care they deserve,” said Governor Abbott. “Through these grants, rural hospitals will […]

For nearly seven decades, the Communist Cuban regime has waged a continuous campaign of political, ideological, and institutional warfare against the United States.  Tragically, the Cuban people are the hostages of a brutal and repressive government which disregards their safety and prosperity to advance the Castro regime’s true purpose:  serving as an outpost for our […]

Why Antigua and Barbuda’s adoption of Spanish as a second official language matters By Sir Ronald Sanders Antigua and Barbuda is one of the smaller countries of the Caribbean. Yet small states have often advanced ideas that have significance beyond their size. The decision by the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, led by Prime Minister […]