A Decade On, Fukushima Farmers Fear Nuclear-Tainted Water’s Impact on Business

Read More IWAKI, Japan—Fukushima farmers fear the Japanese government’s planned release of water from the crippled power plant could revive concerns about contamination and again hit the price of their produce, undoing a decade of slow recovery from nuclear disaster. Japan plans to release more than 1 million tonnes of contaminated water from the plant […]

Record number of people cross Channel to UK in small boats

Read More Immigration and asylum Record number of people cross Channel to UK in small boats Figures will prompt concern in No 10 and Home Office after pledges to curb numbers entering country Home affairs editor Fri 5 Nov 2021 12.54 EDT Last modified on Fri 5 Nov 2021 13.12 EDT A record number of […]

Michael Vaughan stood down from BBC show after racist comment allegations

Read More Yorkshire Michael Vaughan stood down from BBC show after racist comment allegations Two players say they heard slur from former England captainVaughan has denied allegations that he made the comments Chief sports reporter @seaningle Fri 5 Nov 2021 13.03 EDT First published on Fri 5 Nov 2021 07.54 EDT Michael Vaughan has been […]

Labour calls on ethics watchdog to look into PM’s flat refurbishment

Read More Boris Johnson Labour calls on ethics watchdog to look into PM’s flat refurbishment Angela Rayner accuses Boris Johnson of trying to install a ‘sham group of Tory stooges’ and Heather Stewart Fri 5 Nov 2021 13.23 EDT First published on Fri 5 Nov 2021 13.13 EDT Parliament’s ethics watchdog has been urged to […]

Abortion access advocates repeatedly decline to say at House hearing whether procedure takes a human life

Post Content Two advocates repeatedly declined to answer Rep. Mike Johnson’s questions about abortion Thursday – underscoring the tension surrounding Texas’ controversial law and the debate over when life begins. Johnson, R-La., had pressed Stephanie Loraine Pineiro, the co-executive director of Florida Access Network, and Texas OB-GYN Dr. Ghazaleh Moayedi about whether abortion ended a […]

Democrats’ $1.75 trillion bill could massively increase fines against employers violating vaccine mandate

Post Content The Democrats’ $1.75 trillion social spending bill would massively increase fines imposed on employers for occupational hazards. President Biden’s vaccine mandate will be enforced through such penalties. Businesses with over 100 employees must ensure by Jan. 4 that their workers are either fully vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, according to the mandate, […]