TrumpRx Website Launches to Offer Discounted Prescription Drugs for Cash-Paying Americans 
Marco Rubio Steps Down as Acting U.S. Archivist Amid Federal Law Limits 
U.S. Sanctions on Russia Could Expand as Ukraine Peace Talks Continue, Says Treasury Secretary Bessent 
UN Warns of Growing Nuclear Risks as New START Treaty Expires 
South Korea Assures U.S. on Trade Deal Commitments Amid Tariff Concerns 
Trump Endorses Clay Fuller in Georgia Special Election to Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene 
Missouri Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Starbucks’ Diversity and Inclusion Policies 
CK Hutchison Launches Arbitration After Panama Court Revokes Canal Port Licences 
Iran–U.S. Nuclear Talks in Oman Face Major Hurdles Amid Rising Regional Tensions 
UAE Plans Temporary Housing Complex for Displaced Palestinians in Southern Gaza 
Nvidia, ByteDance, and the U.S.-China AI Chip Standoff Over H200 Exports 
Newly Released DOJ Epstein Files Expose High-Profile Connections Across Politics and Business 
U.S. Justice Department Removes DHS Lawyer After Blunt Remarks in Minnesota Immigration Court 
Keir Starmer Faces Political Crisis After Condemning Peter Mandelson Over Epstein Ties 
Ukraine-Russia Talks Yield Major POW Swap as U.S. Pushes for Path to Peace 
U.S. Announces Additional $6 Million in Humanitarian Aid to Cuba Amid Oil Sanctions and Fuel Shortages 
U.S. to Begin Paying UN Dues as Financial Crisis Spurs Push for Reforms 
The United Kingdom has been hit with strikes from several key sectors over pay and working conditions. A trade union representing teachers in the UK said it was prepared to pause its upcoming strike action should there be progress in the talks with the government over pay.
The National Education Union, representing teachers in the UK, said on Wednesday that it was ready to recommend pausing a planned strike next week if there was major progress in the talks to settle the dispute over pay. This follows the government’s announcement on Tuesday that they are willing to hold talks with the NEU to settle the dispute on the condition that the union would cancel next week’s strike action.
“We are prepared, should the negotiations make real progress to pause next week’s strikes. But the government has to show good faith. We ask ministers to drop its preconditions and to begin serious negotiations,” said NEU Joint General Secretaries Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney.
The NEU said it made a written commitment to the government that “if substantive progress can be made, we are prepared to recommend a pause to strikes next week to our National Executive Committee this Saturday.”
The union’s executive branch will be meeting on Saturday to make a decision on whether or not to cancel the strike if the government presents a “compelling” offer.
Meanwhile, the unions representing London’s Underground network and ambulance workers announced that they intend to take strike action next month. The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fireman said on the same day that 99 percent of London Underground train drivers who participated in the ballot voted to take strike action in the dispute with the government over pensions and working arrangements.
The strike will take place on March 15, which is when the government is set to unveil its budget statement. The union said its members in other posts in the Underground would also walk out on the same day.
The Unison trade union that represents nurses, ambulance staff, blood collection workers, and healthcare assistants among thousands of workers under the National Health Service will take strike action on March 8.
