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Change affecting up to 300,000 people does not mean they will pay less tax and may not happen, in theory, until 2029Up to 300,000 people with side hustles ranging from selling clothes online to dog walking are to be freed from the chore of having to do a self-assessment tax return.The government said this week it wanted “to make it easier for Britons to make the very most of their entrepreneurial spirit”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/mar/15/side-hustles-uk-tax-return Author : Rupert Jones Publish date : 2025-03-15 07:00:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Resources minister says she is ‘sad’ the US did not embrace a more reliable supply of minerals for renewable energy and battery technologiesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian resources minister was saddened the US did not accept an offer of guaranteed supply to critical minerals in return for steel and aluminium tariff exemptions, and has warned the package will not be improved.Australian diplomats proposed a more reliable supply of critical minerals – which are essential for renewable energy, computer and battery technologies – as they sought exemptions from a 25% tax on steel and

US secretary of state accuses Ebrahim Rasool of being a ‘race-baiting politician who hates America’ and Donald TrumpThe United States is in effect expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, with secretary of state Marco Rubio accusing the envoy of hating the country and President Donald Trump.“South Africa’s ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” Rubio posted on X on Friday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/15/south-africa-ambassador-us-no-longer-welcome-marco-rubio-ebrahim-rasool Author : Guardian staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-03-15 04:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Falcon 9 rocket takes off on journey to replace duo who have been at International Space Station since JuneThe replacements for two Nasa astronauts who have been stuck at the International Space Station for nine months launched on Friday evening, paving the way for the pair’s long-awaited return.SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7.03pm ET (11.03pm GMT) in Florida carrying the four astronauts who will take over from Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the orbital lab since June. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/14/spacex-nasa-mission-international-space-station Author : Staff and agencies Publish date : 2025-03-14 23:46:00

Bill to avert shutdown passes 54-46 but furious progressives accuse yes-vote senators of acquiescing to TrumpUS politics live – latest updatesThe Senate on Friday approved a Republican bill to fund federal agencies through September, averting a government shutdown hours before the midnight deadline after Democrats relented.The bill passed the Senate in a 54-46 vote, overcoming steep Democratic opposition. It next goes to Donald Trump to be signed into law. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/aoc-chuck-schumer-gop-funding-bill Author : Joseph Gedeon, Chris Stein and Lauren Gambino in Washington Publish date : 2025-03-15 00:22:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

British steelmakers lobby for government to set limit to compete with France and GermanyThe British steel industry has called for capped energy prices for heavy industry in order to match France and Germany, as companies grapple with the fallout from Donald Trump’s trade war.UK Steel, a lobby group, has proposed the government set a maximum price for energy through a contract for difference (CfD), before an announcement of a new steel strategy. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/15/uk-steel-industry-energy-prices-trump-trade-war Author : Jasper Jolly Publish date : 2025-03-15 00:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Sam Jones, who left Australia on Friday, posted a 900-word statement questioning outrage in country where ‘slaughter of wombats’ is permittedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA US hunting influencer who caused outrage in Australia after grabbing a baby wombat from its mother says she is sorry for the incident but was only trying to ensure its safety by removing it from a road.Sam Jones left the country on Friday morning after the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said immigration authorities were checking if she had breached the conditions of her visa.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s

Former agency leaders, including two Republicans, say rollbacks by Lee Zeldin could cause ‘severe harms’Three former Environmental Protection Agency leaders sounded an alarm on Friday, saying rollbacks proposed by the EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, endanger the lives of millions of Americans and abandon the agency’s dual mission to protect the environment and human health.Zeldin said on Wednesday he planned to roll back 31 key environmental rules on everything from clean air to clean water and climate change. The former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy called Zeldin’s announcement “the most disastrous day in EPA history”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/epa-lee-zeldin-trump-environment Author

Syed, convicted of 1999 murder and jailed for life, maintains innocence in long-running case of legal twists and turnsA Maryland judge has formally sentenced Adnan Syed to the time he has already served in prison, appearing to finally bring to a close a long-running case with numerous legal twists and turns that received worldwide attention from the true-crime podcast Serial.Judge Jennifer Schiffer had already decided that Syed would remain free in a recent written ruling, even though his conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend in 1999 when they were in high school still stands. Continue reading... Source link :

Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor sworn in and expected to call election soonMark Carney has said Canada will never be part of the US, after being sworn in as the country’s 24th prime minister in a sudden rise to power.“We will never, in any shape or form, be part of the US,” the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England told a crowd outside Rideau Hall in Ottawa, rejecting Donald Trump’s annexation threats. “We are very fundamentally a different country.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/14/mark-carney-sworn-in-as-canadian-prime-minister-amid-us-trade-war Author : Leyland Cecco in

At least eight Senate Democrats need to vote with Republicans to advance bill ahead of midnight deadline to fund governmentChuck Schumer to vote for Republican funding bill to avert shutdownDanish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen rejected on Friday president Donald Trump’s latest remarks about annexing Greenland, saying the Danish autonomous island could not be taken over by another country.“If you look at the Nato treaty, the UN charter or international law, Greenland is not open to annexation,” he told reporters, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP). Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/mar/14/donald-trump-chuck-schumer-aoc-gop-government-shutdown-us-politics-latest-news-live Author : Chris Stein (now); Maya Yang and Amy

Ukraine president says pressure must be put on Russia after US president says talks between Witkoff and Putin were ‘productive’Germany is close to unlocking the way to a massive increase in state borrowing and reforming the constitutional debt break as three major parties are reportedly about to reach an agreement on the proposed changes.The controversial proposal is a key part of the presumed next chancellor Friedrich Merz’s plan for Germany. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/14/ukraine-russia-war-us-volodymyr-zelenskyy-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-europe-latest-live-news Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-03-14 16:14:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Moves by US, UK and other donors to cut aid mean ‘high malnutrition rates, starvation and death’, say expertsCuts to food assistance by the US, Britain and others are already leading to more people starving to death around the world, experts have warned.As the United Nations and other agencies try to understand just how badly President Donald Trump’s announced 83% cut in funding to USAid will affect the world’s most vulnerable people, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has said its aid provision in Somalia is being reduced, after last month’s estimate that 4.4 million people in the east African

Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, was dragged along the streets as he clung to his van to try to stop theft by Mark RossA “career criminal” has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 30 years for murdering a “hard-working” Amazon delivery driver who tried to stop him stealing his van.Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, was dragged along the streets for about half a mile at high speeds as he clung to his vehicle to try to stop the theft on 20 August last year. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/14/man-found-guilty-of-murdering-amazon-driver-in-leeds-jailed-for-life Author : Josh Halliday North of England editor Publish date :

Course was run over 1,129 miles of Alaska wildernessHolmes has appeared on Life Below ZeroJessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday negotiating the longest-ever course in the event’s history.Holmes was first to the finish line in Nome on the Bering Sea coast. The race began on 3 March in Fairbanks after a lack of snow forced changes to the route and starting point. That made the normally 1,000-mile race a 1,129 miles slog across the Alaska wilderness. Holmes finished in 10 days, 14 hours, 55 minutes, 41 seconds. Continue reading... Source

Experts say legislation will prevent vulnerable people from accessing justice in latest government-backed crackdownHuman rights groups in Peru have voiced alarm over a controversial anti-NGO law that prevents civil society organisations from taking legal action against the state for human rights abuses – a move that activists say will prevent the vulnerable from accessing justice.Peru’s deeply unpopular congress added a harsher amendment to an existing bill which was fast-tracked through the chamber with 81 votes in favour, 16 against and four abstentions on Wednesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/14/peru-human-rights-anti-ngo-law Author : Dan Collyns in Lima Publish date : 2025-03-14

Chancellor says current welfare system ‘is not working for anyone’ after reports of unease within the Labour cabinet Good morning. Keir Starmer is likely to spend much of today preparing for the online summit of European leaders who might be part of the “coalition of the willing” prepared to help contribute to Ukraine’s defence in the event of a peace deal. But Russia’s response to the US/Ukraine ceasefire plan has not been promising, as Jakub Krupa on his Europe live blog, where he is covering all today’s developments in this story.Domestically, it is not much easier for the PM either.

Attorney general says legislation developed in response to Citipointe scandal could ‘create unnecessary burden on organisations and institutions’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland government is facing criticism after announcing an indefinite delay to the implementation of anti-discrimination law reforms designed to protect victims of domestic violence, homeless people, women at work and others.The state attorney general, Deb Frecklington, told parliament on Friday she would introduce legislation to delay implementation of the Respect at Work and Other Matters Amendment Act 2024.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar/14/lnp-anti-discrimination-law-reform-delay-ntwnfb Author

Adelaide set for high of 39C and Melbourne 36C on Saturday, while Sydney expects 36C on Sunday, bureau forecasts• Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney, Melbourne and Adelaide will bake this weekend as temperatures across the south-east are forecast to climb into the low 40s.On Saturday, Adelaide could reach a high of 39C and Melbourne 36C, the Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said. That warm weather would move north-east into New South Wales on Sunday, when Sydney could expect 36C.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s

Researchers who receive US funding are being asked to confirm they align with American interests, including only recognising two genders• Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates• Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Trump administration has been accused of “blatant foreign interference” in Australia’s universities after researchers who receive US funding were asked to confirm they aligned with US government interests, including only recognising two genders.The questionnaire, sent to university researchers over the past fortnight, seeks a response within 48 hours to more than 30 questions to support “program determinations”, according to a

Israeli Oscar-winner Yuval Abraham speaks out after Miami Beach mayor proposed evicting a local cinema for screening the Palestinian-focused documentaryThe Israeli director of No Other Land has criticised a Florida mayor’s efforts to evict a local cinema after it screened his Oscar-winning documentary about Palestinian displacement in the West Bank, saying: “Banning a film only makes people more determined to see it.”Steven Meiner, the mayor of Miami Beach, has issued a draft resolution calling for the termination of the city’s lease agreement with O Cinema, and withdrawing $40,000 in promised grant funding for the nonprofit that runs the independent cinema.

University says cut in funding ‘forcing us to wind down critical work’ as academics rally against job lossesJohns Hopkins University announced it was planning to cut more than 2,000 jobs after the Trump administration slashed $800m in grants to the renowned academic institution.The funding for the positions had come from the US Agency for International Development, which the administration has gutted with massive cuts. A total of 247 domestic US workers and another 1,975 positions abroad in 44 countries will be affected by what amounts to the largest layoff in the history of the university. Continue reading... Source link :

Former Labor minister says Australia should consider applying its own tariffs in retaliation against those placed on steel and aluminiumFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFormer Labor minister Bill Shorten says the government should “push back” harder on Donald Trump by slapping our own “dollar-for-dollar” tariffs on American products, in retaliation for those placed on Australian steel and aluminium.Governments worldwide and global markets are still reeling from the dizzying array of tariffs and trade barriers enacted by Trump in the first months of his new presidency. Confirmation this

Zelenskyy says Russia is ‘manipulative’ and seeking to extend the war while Trump says he is ‘ready to call’ PutinVladimir Putin has said he has many questions about the proposed US-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine and appeared to set out a series of sweeping conditions that would need to be met before Russia would agree to such a truce.Speaking at a press conference at the Kremlin alongside the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin said he agreed in principle with US proposals to halt the fighting but said he wanted to address the “root causes of the conflict”. Continue reading... Source link

Key US stock index closes more than 10% down from February peak amid volatility caused by president’s tariffsThe S&P 500, a key US stock market index, closed in correction territory on Thursday as the volatility of Donald Trump’s trade wars rattled investors.The index closed more than 10% down from its 19 February peak as Wall Street approaches the end of a second week of pressure. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/13/sp-500-wall-street-trump-tariffs Author : Lauren Aratani in New York Publish date : 2025-03-13 22:10:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.