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UPI
5 days ago
- Politics
- UPI
U.K. government moves to lower voting age to 16
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer appears at Downing Street in London in March. The U.K. Labor Party, to which Starmer belongs, announced on X Thursday that, "By the next general election, 16- and 17-year-olds will have the right to vote, ensuring young peoples' voices are heard." File Photo by Britain's Prime Minister Press Office | License Photo July 17 (UPI) -- The United Kingdom is moving forward on plans to lower the voting age to 16, as well as other changes to voting and the contributions candidates can receive. The U.K. Labor Party, to which Prime Minister Kier Starmer belongs, announced on X Thursday that, "By the next general election, 16- and 17-year-olds will have the right to vote, ensuring young peoples' voices are heard." "Today we're delivering on our promise to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote," Deputy Prime Minister and Labor Party member Angela Rayner posted to X Thursday. "Young people already contribute to society by working, paying taxes and serving in the military. It's only right they can have a say on the issues that affect them." The British government has also promised to move toward automatic voter registration, expand the forms of permissible voter ID and clamp down on rules in regard to political donations, in order to guard against foreign intrusion. However, not every member of Parliament is on board with a lower voter age. "Giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote is an attempt to rig the political system," said MP Nigel Farage, leader of the U.K. Reform Party on X Thursday. "If this goes ahead, [the Labor party] could be in for a shock." Farage posted an accompanying video, in which he claimed he was against people under 18 voting for reasons such as that candidates must be personally over 18 to run, and alleged that the British school system is biased to the left, which would purportedly stack voters in favor of the Labor Party. Conservative Party MP Neil O'Brien alleged on social media Thursday that the Labor Party raised the legal age for "buying cigarettes, sale of knives, buying fireworks [and] using a sunbed" to 18, and that Starmer has supported raising the age to get married and utilize assisted dying at 18, "But now they want to *lower* the voting age to 16." Conservative MP James Cleverly said Thursday on X that lowering the voting age "opens a can of worms with regards to other rights and responsibilities for 16- and 17-year-olds." The proposals made by the Labor Party Thursday will have to make their way through Parliament before becoming law.
Zawya
07-07-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Visit Qatar marks successful conclusion of 2025 UEFA Men's National Team Football Tournaments sponsorships
Visit Qatar has successfully concluded its sponsorship of the UEFA Nations League Finals 2025™ and the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2025™ as the Official Tourism Partner, marking another milestone in its ongoing multi-year collaboration with UEFA. Held in Germany from 4 to 8 June, the Nations League Finals brought together Europe's top four national teams. Meanwhile, the Under-21 Championship, hosted in Slovakia from 11 to 28 June, highlighted the continent's next generation of elite players, attracting global attention from fans and media alike. Both events are part of Visit Qatar's multi-year strategic partnership with UEFA, which also includes the UEFA European Football Championship 2028™ and the UEFA Futsal Champions League™. Through this partnership, Visit Qatar seeks to elevate the nation's global positioning by leveraging the unifying spirit of sport to promote meaningful cultural exchange and showcase Qatar as a leading example of innovation and hospitality worldwide. For media-related inquiries, please contact Visit Qatar's Press Office on: pressoffice@ About Visit Qatar Visit Qatar is the main arm of Qatar Tourism. Visit Qatar's mission is to promote and expand tourism in Qatar by cultivating its rich culture, developing thrilling attractions, enhancing Qatar's calendar, becoming the leading MICE destination in the region, diversifying events and luxury experiences. Visit Qatar is rooted in Service Excellence, boosting the entire tourism value chain, and increasing local and international visitor demand in Qatar. Through Visit Qatar's network of international offices in priority markets, cutting-edge digital platforms, and marketing campaigns, Visit Qatar is expanding Qatar's presence globally and enhancing the tourism sector. Web:
Herald Malaysia
30-06-2025
- Politics
- Herald Malaysia
Pope Leo XIV receives Vice-President of Vietnam
After an audience with Pope Leo XIV, the Vice-President of Vietnam meets with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations. Jun 30, 2025 Pope Leo XIV receives the Vice-President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the Vatican (@VATICAN MEDIA) VATICAN: The Holy See Press Office released the following statement about Pope Leo XIV's meeting on Monday morning with the Vice-President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Pope Leo XIV received in audience, in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, the Vice-President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Her Excellency Madam Vo Thi An Xuan, who subsequently met with His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations. During the cordial discussions which took place in the Secretariat of State, warm appreciation was expressed for the positive developments in the relations between the Holy See and Vietnam, in particular in the implementation of the Agreement on the Status of the Resident Pontifical Representative in Vietnam, while underscoring the contribution of the Catholic Church to Vietnamese society. An exchange of views then took place on the socio-political situation of the country, as well as on regional and international developments.--Vatican News
Sky News AU
19-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Cynicism is part of our attitude': Missile hits Israeli hospital
Press Office former director Daniel Seaman discusses the impact of Iranian missile attacks in Israel last night. 'They attacked Israel twice through the night, I think they were very kind not to do this in the middle of the night just before we went to sleep … that cynicism is part of our attitude here,' Mr Seaman told Sky News host Sharri Markson. 'The first attack, there were no real casualties, the second one they hit in Tel Aviv area, and the other one is in the hospital in Soroka, which completely destroyed the whole part of that hospital.
UPI
16-06-2025
- Politics
- UPI
Ukraine alleges Russia is mixing its dead into collection of returned bodies
Ukrainian prisoners of war display their national pride during a prisoner exchange at an undisclosed location amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine in May 2025. File Photo by Ukrainian President Press Office | License Photo June 16 (UPI) -- Ukraine alleged Monday that Russia mixed bodies of its own dead soldiers among the Ukrainian military dead that have been returned, and that more than a million Russians have been killed since conflict began. Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War announced on Telegram that Russia repatriated 1,245 bodies Monday, as per an agreement made between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul. The agency asserts that Ukraine has received a total of 6,057 bodies so far. Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky posted to Telegram Monday that Russia has so far transferred the bodies of 6,060 Ukrainian military members back to Ukraine and received 78 in return. Russia's Ministry of Defense made a separate follow-up announcement that Russia is also ready to transfer the bodies of another 2,239 Ukrainian service members. However, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko posted to Telegram Monday that among the bodies Ukraine has received, "the bodies of the Russian military were also handed over to us, mixed with the bodies of Ukrainians." Klymenko alleged that Russia may have unknowingly included some of their dead along with the Ukrainian bodies returned, or "This could have been done by the Russians deliberately to increase the number of transferred bodies and load the work of our experts, supplementing all this with cynical information pressure." Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service had announced Sunday that it anticipated Russia would soon start to share false information in regard to a POW exchange slated for Friday and would purport that Ukraine has refused to accept the return of dead soldiers in order to "provoke a wave of panic and indignation in Ukrainian society and shift responsibility for the crimes committed to the Ukrainian authorities." The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense also stated that as of Monday Russian losses in its war on Ukraine have surpassed one million dead since it began in February of 2022, as well as more than 40,000 drones, 22,000 armored fighting vehicles and nearly 11,000 tanks.
