Burch University

June 9, 2021

CITB: UK needs to recruit more than 200,000 extra construction workers by 2025

An additional 216,800 construction workers will be needed in the UK by 2025 to meet demand, a report by the CITB concludes. The report adds that […]
June 9, 2021

Green light for Denmark’s £2.3bn artificial island-cum-flood defence

The Danish parliament has approved plans for an artificial island which will house 35,000 people and act as a flood protection barrier for Copenhagen. The £2.31bn […]
June 8, 2021

Why the GOP Just Got Blown Out in a Congressional Race

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Two weeks before the GOP had its first chance to pick up a seat in Congress since Joe Biden became president, the Republican Party of […]
June 8, 2021

Netanyahu’s Greatest Achievement Was Convincing Israel He Alone Transformed the State

There was a time when Benjamin Netanyahu knew how to exit the stage. On election night in 1999, after losing to Ehud Barak, Netanyahu congratulated the winner and […]
June 8, 2021

France freezes military ties with Central African Republic

PARIS — France has suspended military operations with Central African Republic, accusing its government of failing to respect political opposition and failing to stop a “massive” […]
June 8, 2021

Harris defends telling migrants ‘do not come,’ not visiting US-Mexico border

Vice President Kamala Harris is having her first face-to-face meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday on her first foreign trip in office […]
June 8, 2021

Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic loses genocide appeal

By The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ratko Mladic, the military chief known as the “Butcher of Bosnia” for orchestrating genocide, crimes against humanity and war […]
June 8, 2021

Revealed: HS2’s private meetings with Greensill leads to calls for transparency probe

Exclusive Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have called on the government to publish details of all ministerial meetings after it was revealed that ex-financier Lex Greensill […]
June 8, 2021

Engineers to rule on Hammersmith Bridge reopening in ‘coming days’

Engineers from Mott MacDonald, WSP and Xanta will meet in the “coming days” to discuss the possibility of a partial reopening of Hammersmith Bridge. All three […]