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AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler says union ready to stand up for struggling Americans: ‘Which side are you on?’Donald Trump has staged a year of “unrelenting attacks on working people,” according to the head of the largest federation of the labor unions in the US. Now they’re preparing to fight back.Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, said it was gearing up to challenge the US president’s “Billionaire First” agenda in 2026 – and drive candidates in key elections to stand up for “struggling” Americans. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/25/trump-labor-unions-afl-cio Author : Michael Sainato Publish date : 2025-12-25 11:00:00 Copyright for

Kateryna Endeberia says teachers made the ‘hurtful’ request when she had difficulty with other subjectsA Ukrainian refugee has been forced to drop out of sixth-form college after she said she was put under pressure to study Russian.Kateryna Endeberia moved to Stoke-on-Trent after fleeing Ukraine in 2022, after the start of Russia’s invasion. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/25/ukrainian-refugee-leaves-uk-sixth-form-college-that-urged-her-to-study-russian Author : Rachel Hall Publish date : 2025-12-25 08:34:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Royal Horticultural Society’s call backs government aim to increase woodland cover from 10% to at least 16.5% by 2050Gardeners should plant native “tredges” – foliage between the size of a tree and a hedge – to boost England’s tree cover, the Royal Horticultural Society has said.Taking inspiration from ancient woodlands could boost wildlife across England’s 25m gardens, according to experts, and help increase native tree cover. The UK’s woodland cover is approximately 10% and the government aims to increase this to at least 16.5% of all land in England by 2050.Beech (Fagus sylvatica)Holly (Ilex aquifolium)Western red cedar (Thuja plicata)Common yew

Winning margin of 28,000 votes announced a month late but before review of all ‘inconsistent’ ballots was completedDonald Trump-backed candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’s presidential election after a vote count that dragged on for almost a month and was marred by fraud allegations and criticism of interference by the US president.The rightwing Asfura, 67, a construction magnate and former mayor of the capital, Tegucigalpa, secured 40.27% of the vote, against 39.53% for the centre-right Salvador Nasralla, a margin of just 28,000 votes. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/24/honduras-nasry-tito-asfura-declared-president-donald-trump-backed Author : Tiago Rogero South America