Jared Kushner Reveals He Had Thyroid Cancer

Jared Kushner, a former senior aide to then-President Donald Trump who is married to Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, wrote in a memoir to be published next month that he had a bout with thyroid cancer in 2019 that was previously undisclosed.

Energy bills will push millions into unmanageable debt, MPs warn

Read More Millions of people will be plunged into “unmanageable” debt this winter unless the government comes up with more support for those struggling to pay their energy bills, MPs have warned. In a report focusing on how to ease punishing energy costs now, while guarding against future crises, the business and energy select committee […]

Pope apologizes for abuses of Indigenous children at Canada schools as part of ‘penitential pilgrimage’

Pope Francis spoke before Indigenous people outside of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, apologizing on behalf of the Catholic Church for oppression and “forced assimilation,” and poor treatment of children at religious residential schools. More than 150,000 Indigenous children were separated from their families and brought to residential schools between 1881 and 1996. A number […]

UK doctors ‘less likely’ to resuscitate the most seriously ill patients since Covid

Read More Doctors are less likely to resuscitate the most seriously ill patients in the wake of the pandemic, a survey suggests. Covid-19 may have changed doctors’ decision-making regarding end of life, making them more willing not to resuscitate very sick or frail patients and raising the threshold for referral to intensive care, according to […]

Truss and Sunak trade blows in acrimonious first TV debate

Read More The battle to become the UK’s next prime minister descended into fierce clashes on Monday night as Rishi Sunak launched repeated attacks on the economic policies of the favourite Liz Truss in their first head-to-head TV debate. The two Conservative leadership hopefuls traded blows over tax cuts, China and inflation, with the former […]

Ramaphosa delivers energy plan to end loadshedding and energy insecurity

Read More Stabilising Eskom and improving plant performance, establishing a competitive electricity market, opening the way for private investment in new generation capacity and increasing South Africa’s investment in renewables. These were among a raft of interventions that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Monday evening to tackle the energy crisis confronting the country. He said […]