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Nov 12, 2026 - World

Members of Democratic Socialists of America have a unique opportunity to fulfill campaign promises and group’s idealsAs progressive candidates scored wins across the country last week, a historic number of socialists swept into power – in Congress, in state legislatures and at the helm of American cities.Democratic Socialists of America members Nithya Raman and Janeese Lewis George were elected to lead the second largest US city – Los Angeles – and the capital – Washington DC respectively. Two other young DSA members, David Morales and Yousef Rabhi, were elected mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. They will join a handful of socialist mayors in smaller cities, including Burlington, Vermont, and Irvine, California – as well as Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist mayor of New York, the largest city in the US. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

CEO says ‘democratic approach’ has helped brand outperform tough market, with big rises in China and USBurberry has returned to profit as its back-to-basics strategy drove strong sales of the British brand’s coats, jackets and handbags over the summer.Joshua Schulman, the chief executive, said the luxury brand had outperformed a “challenging luxury market” to achieve sales growth of 6%, helped by strong online and wholesale sales particularly in China and the US. “Our strategy is working,” he said. Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

Milburn’s review is considering how to address the growing number of young people classified as not in education, employment or trainingThe Alan Milburn report on youth unemployment, or Neets (young people not in education, employment or training), is expected to lead to the biggest overhaul of the welfare system for at least a decade (when Iain Duncan Smith merged six different benefits into universal credit). Arguably, it could be even bigger.It is certainly the most heavily-trailed benefits reform plan in recent history. Milburn, a former Labour cabinet minister, began pitch-rolling with the publication of an interim report in May. Unusually for a Westminster document, it was a compelling read, and was widely praised at the time. Since then, barely a week has gone by without Milburn dropping further hints about what the final report will say. Milburn says he has government backing for what he is recommending and he wants this to be a blueprint for legislation, not a set of recommendations ultimately ignored by ministers.Under [Milburn’s] proposals, young people aged 18 to 24 would be barred from claiming the two main sickness and disability benefits: the health element of universal credit and personal independence payments (Pip).They would instead be given a new youth allowance, which would be paid at the standard rate of universal credit, while billions would be invested in one-to-one employment support to get them into work.So the solution to young people without education or jobs is to continue demonising young and disabled people instead of addressing the structural inequalities stacked against them?What is the point of a deep review like this if the conclusion is that the government goes on blaming young people for needing help? Continue reading...

Nov 12, 2026 - World

El Salvador President Bukele uses Gen Z slang 'ratioed' to respond to Amnesty's call on Haiti operations.

Nov 12, 2026 - World

But almost no one noticed the Culper Research report when it was published in May. But six months later, Alice Huang's closeness with the Nvidia boss and the significance of the AI chipmaker's China problem are no longer confined to a short seller's research.