Sunak omits target of 6,000 more GPs from brief for health secretary
Read More Rishi Sunak has fuelled concerns that the government will miss its target of recruiting 6,000 more GPs in England, which was promised in the 2019 Conservative manifesto. The prime minister omitted the pledge from his appointment letter to the health secretary, Steve Barclay, laying out expectations for what should be delivered by March […]
Texas Gov. Abbott calls for investigation into Harris County’s Election Day problems
Post Content Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for an investigation into Harris County’s elections after several polling places failed to open on time and ran out of paper ballots on Election Day last week. “The allegations of election improprieties in our state’s largest county may result from anything ranging from malfeasance to blatant criminal conduct,” […]
US Merchant Marine Announces First Female Superintendent
The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s next superintendent will be a woman, the first appointed to the position in its 80-year existence.
Turkish police detain Syrian suspect in connection to deadly Istanbul bombing
Turkish police said Monday that they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links to Kurdish militants and that she confessed to planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen others. Sunday’s explosion occurred on Istiklal Avenue, a popular thoroughfare lined with shops and […]
Leader of Kremlin-backed mercenary group voices approval for brutal bludgeoning of deserter with sledgehammer
The leader of a Kremlin-backed mercenary group voiced his approval for the brutal, deadly bludgeoning of a recruit who deserted to Ukraine. A man identified as Yevgeny Nuzhin said in footage published over the weekend that he surrendered to Ukrainian troops in September but was kidnapped in Kyiv on Friday, according to The Moscow Times. […]
Fury at Iran continues after alleged murder of woman, sparking UN emergency session
Today marks the 60th day of continuous protests against the Iranian regime over the death of the 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the regime’s brutal morality police for not properly wearing a head covering. The regime’s intense crackdown has killed at least 326 people, including 43 children, according to the Norway-based […]
HK Pro-Democracy Protest Song Played as Anthem at Asia Rugby Match in Korea
Read More The second leg of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series in Incheon, South Korea, was held on Nov. 13. During the men’s final between Hong Kong and South Korea, a widely known song, “Glory to Hong Kong,” which was adopted as the anthem of the protests of the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement in 2019, […]
Limit of 1.5C global heating is at risk, Alok Sharma warns at Cop27
Read More Alok Sharma, the former UK cabinet minister who presided over the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow last year, has warned delegates at Cop27 that the possibility of limiting global heating to no more than 1.5C may be at risk. “We’ll either leave Egypt having kept 1.5C alive, or this will be the Cop […]
CIA director meets Russian counterpart as US denies secret peace talks
Read More The CIA director, Bill Burns, met his Russian counterpart in Ankara on Monday in a rare high-level meeting, but the US insists it is not engaged in secret peace talks with Moscow without Ukrainian officials being present. The meeting in the Turkish capital with the head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, Sergei […]
Two Tory-run councils warn PM of possible bankruptcy
Read More Two of England’s largest Tory-run local authorities have warned the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, that they will be forced to declare bankruptcy within the next few months because of the unprecedented financial crisis enveloping both councils. The leaders of Kent and Hampshire county councils said even “drastic cuts” to current services would not […]
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