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Hugh Grant has called Priti Patel “the worst Home Secretary in British history”.The actor took to social media to express his discontent with Patel – who has held the role of Home Secretary since 2019 – posting an photograph of long queues at Heathrow Airport immigration, which he branded “a disgrace and inhumane”.When asked for more detail with regards to the photo, Grant responded: “It’s a queue for immigration control. Which is staffed and run by the Home Office. We’re not allowed to call Brexiteers thick but it’s a…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, however, conceded that "clearly inflation is unacceptably high," attributing it partly to the conflict in Ukraine. Yellen predicted that the pace of inflation would slow in the coming months. (Reuters)…

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved an American request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Patel signed the order on June 17th, bringing Assange one step closer to facing espionage charges in the US. Assange’s legal counsel plans to appeal the decision before the UK’s High Court. “This is a dark day for press freedom and for British democracy,” WikiLeaks said in a statement. “Julian did nothing wrong.” “A dark day for press freedom” says WikiLeaks Patel’s approval follows a series of legal losses…

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday her inflation projections were wrong in statements she made last year as consumer prices began a surge to their highest level in decades. “I think I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take,” Ms. Yellen said in a CNN interview Tuesday evening. “There have been unanticipated and large shocks to the economy that have boosted energy and food prices and supply bottlenecks that have affected our economy…

U.S. White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, December 20, 2021.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersJen Psaki, who left her role as President Joe Biden's press secretary earlier this month, will join cable news network MSNBC this fall.Psaki will appear across all MSNBC programs on cable and will host her own streaming show beginning in the first quarter of 2023, according to MSNBC President Rashida Jones. She will also appear on both NBC and MSNBC during primetime coverage…

A US Department of Commerce (DOC) probe — investigating whether Southeast Asian solar cell manufacturers are using parts made in China that would normally be subject to a tariff — is destabilizing the US solar industry, which relies on solar module imports to meet growing demand. Bipartisan lawmakers wanted answers from US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo at a hearing last week, but she basically responded that the inquiry is beyond her control. DOC solar inquiry The vast majority of the US solar industry…

Alphabet's Google has hired a new public policy head in India, Archana Gulati, who previously worked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's federal think-tank and the country's antitrust watchdog, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.A number of Indian government officials have been hired by Big Tech companies which are battling tighter data and privacy regulation, as well as competition law scrutiny, under Modi's federal government.Gulati is a long-term Indian government employee, having worked until…