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Catholic Charities had argued it should not be required to pay unemployment taxesThe US supreme court has sided with a Catholic charity group in a case that tested whether the charity and other religious groups should be exempt from unemployment taxes.In Catholic Charities Bureau Inc v Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, Catholic Charities argued it should not be required to pay unemployment taxes because it is a religious organization. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/05/supreme-court-decision-ruling-catholic-charity Author : Rachel Leingang Publish date : 2025-06-05 14:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

US-backed Israeli logistics group to reopen facilities today after closures following IDF warningsRussian president Vladimir Putin is ready to “help resolve” the standoff between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the Kremlin said on Thursday.“We have a close partnership with Tehran. And President Putin said that he was ready to use this partnership to help resolve the Iranian nuclear issue,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/05/gaza-israel-war-hostages-hamas-benjamin-netanyahu-aid-latest-live-news Author : Amy Sedghi (now) and Tom Bryant (earlier) Publish date : 2025-06-05 12:15:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Shortlived PM who has become more extreme since being voted out of parliament accuses Tory shadow cabinet of being ‘creatures of the system’Faro airport in Portugal will start the rollout of e-gate access to UK arrivals this week, MPs were told this morning.Speaking during Cabinet Office questions in the Commons, Nick Thomas-Symonds, the minister responsible for post-Brexit relations with the EU, said:The historic deal that we signed with the EU on May 19 is in our national interests – good for bills, borders and jobs. It slashes red tape and bureaucracy, boosts British exporters and makes life easier for holidaymakers.Indeed,

US defence secretary says alliance must be combat-ready amid pressure from Trump for other members to increase fundingBoth Sweden and Latvia back raising defence spending to 5% of GDP among the nations in the Nato alliance.Swedish defence minister Pål Jonson said his country, which joined the alliance in 2024 after a nearly two-year wait due to objections from Turkey and Hungary, would like to see Nato budgets at 5% of GDP by 2030. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/05/europe-nato-security-spending-eu-friedrich-merz-donald-trump-live-news-updates Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2025-06-05 07:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.