[ THE world is getting older. With declining fertility rates, many countries in the world are faced with an ageing society and slowing population growth, and in some cases, shrinking demographics. This trend, spurred by various factors such as lifestyle choices and education levels, is particularly prevalent in advanced as well as major economies in … Read more
[ The international box office was generally muted this weekend, save for in China which ushered in the Year of the Dragon on Saturday, and with it the lucrative Chinese New Year moviegoing period. According to early figures from Maoyan, the first two days of Spring Festival 2024 amassed RMB 2.44B ($339M), just a touch … Read more
[ Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle, the third Apple Original Films movie to go wide in cinemas, spied an estimated $35.3M global debut through Sunday, including $17.3M from 78 international box office markets. While that makes it the top title worldwide, overseas and domestically this frame, the ultra-expensive ensemble thriller was harshed on by critics and didn’t … Read more
[ The Home Office’s unsuccessful scramble to meet Rishi Sunak’s pledge to clear an asylum backlog is leading to a new “crisis” with a rapidly expanding mountain of appeals threatening to clog up the tribunal system, i has learnt. Specialist lawyers have said there will not be enough of them to handle the extra cases … Read more
[ Refresh for latest…: We’re still in a holdover pattern for Hollywood at the global and international box office, though milestones continue to be reached on an offshore and worldwide basis for existing releases. Meanwhile, Anyone But You saw an uptick overseas and drops were good for others (including newly-minted Oscar nominees). One new local … Read more
[ The UK’s acceptance of asylum seekers from Rwanda highlights the Government’s “fictional” claims that it is a safe country for deportations, experts have said. i revealed on Monday that six people from Rwanda have been granted asylum in the UK since the Government signed its deportation deal with the country in April 2022. It … Read more
[ Two Conservative Party deputy chairmen have dared Rishi Sunak to sack them after saying they would rebel on the Prime Minister’s flagship Rwanda legislation. Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith said they would be backing right-wing rebel amendments aimed at toughening up the Safety of Rwanda Bill, designed to save the beleaguered deportation deal with … Read more
[ A refugee who came to the UK at 16 and was wrongly classed as a 26-year-old adult has criticised the Home Office’s “sinister” and “inaccurate” use of X-rays to determine the ages of migrants arriving in the UK. A new law came into force on Wednesday which allows the Home Office to use “scientific … Read more
[ Downing Street remains confident of reaching a compromise with Conservative MPs threatening to rebel over laws to save Rishi Sunak’s beleaguered Rwanda deportation deal. i understands that No 10 believes the Prime Minister can plot a way through the apparently competing demands of right-wing MPs who want the Safety of Rwanda Bill to be … Read more
[ Conservative immigration hardliners will continue to push Rishi Sunak to cut illegal immigration despite the Government’s reduction of the asylum backlog. The Prime Minister claimed he had succeeded in eliminating the backlog of decisions that he inherited when he took office – although several thousand asylum seekers who were in the UK by October … Read more
