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CITIZENSHIP: The UK ended birthright citizenship in 1983. Australia did so in 1986. India did in 1987. Ireland followed in 2005. New Zealand followed in 2006. Many European democracies have long required a parental tie. Canada and the United States have stood almost alone among developed nations in preserving unconditional jus soli. It is no …
US President Donald Trump has demanded an “unconditional surrender” from Iran, which has been locked in a heated military conflict with Israel, over the past days. In a series of posts on his Truth Social Trump also claimed that “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran.” Hostilities between West Jerusalem …
In a development that has sent shockwaves through political and legal circles, President-elect Donald J. Trump has been sentenced to an “unconditional discharge” in the New York hush money case. This sentence, delivered just days before his second inauguration, means Trump will serve no jail time, pay no fines, and face no probation. Essentially, he …
A new animated show is coming to Fox about two guys who lose their jobs to robots but get an unconditional basic income of $3,000 a month. And there will be at least two seasons of it. It’s called “Universal Basic Guys.” The premise of the show is that the town of Glantontown is the …
You will own nothing and be happy: ‘A universal basic income of £1,600 a month is to be trialled in England for the first time in a pilot programme. Under the pilot programme, 30 people in two areas will be paid an unconditional lump sum each month for two years, with the participants observed to …