UK dementia care agency’s half-hour home visits ‘lasted as little as three minutes’
Read More A dementia home care agency spent as little as three and a half minutes on taxpayer-funded care visits and filed records claiming far more care was given, according to evidence seen by the Guardian. The hasty care was exposed by Susan Beswick’s family, who called it “totally inadequate”. They say they had been […]
Lo smart working si è fermato: con la fine della pandemia ridotto al 15%
Read More ROMA – C’è chi ormai non sa più come sia fatto l’ufficio, e ci sono uffici che sono cambiati completamente, con postazioni mobili in cui gli addetti ruotano a turno. Ma dalle indagini più recenti sullo smart working emerge una battuta d’arresto, alla quale ha contribuito anche il caro bollette, che però è […]
South Korea’s Rapid Progress in Hypersonic Missiles Could Become a Major Deterrent to North Korea, Experts Say
Read More The South Korean military recently revealed that it has made rapid progress in developing hypersonic missiles and is advancing plans to test them next year. Experts said that this weapon, if successful, will become a new deterrent to North Korea and significantly impact the status quo on the Korean Peninsula. According to Yonhap […]
US Professional Skier Named as 1 Victim of Japan Avalanche
Read More Rescue workers ride a gondola at a ski resort as they take part in a search for missing skiers following an avalanche the previous day, in the village of Otari in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 30, 2023. (Kyodo via Reuters) TOKYO—One of two foreign men swept up in an avalanche in […]
London mayor vows to press ahead with Ulez plan at launch of scrappage scheme
Read More The mayor London, Sadiq Khan, has promised to press ahead with a city-wide ultra-low emission zone to stop people “breathing poison” as he launched a ?110m scrappage scheme to help replace polluting vehicles. Ulez will be expanded to the Greater London boundary in August despite widespread opposition from borough councils, four of whom […]
Race storm erupts after Andrea Riseborough’s best actress Oscar nomination
Read More The Academy Awards has found itself at the centre of race row after Andrea Riseborough’s unexpected nomination for a best actress Oscar for her performance in To Leslie, seemingly at the expense of Viola Davis for The Woman King and Danielle Deadwyler for Till. Following the Oscars nominations announcement last Tuesday, Till director […]
‘When I saw the gun I froze’: David Carrick victim recalls rape ordeal
Read More For 20 years, Alice has been haunted by flashbacks of the night the Metropolitan police officer David Carrick imprisoned her in his flat and raped her at gunpoint. She can picture his receding hairline; his hairy chest; his hands gripping her throat. She can feel the cold metal of a gun barrel at […]
Gallup Poll: More Say Government Top Problem
Nearly a quarter of Americans say the government is the nation’s top problem, according to a new Gallup poll.
Right of reply: ANC government believes proposed law will give relief to sex workers
Read More It was with much interest that we read the recent article in the Mail & Guardian (“Human rights group rejects the sex trade bill”, 20 January 2022, also published online.) Debates on sex work — or as some still call it, prostitution — are as old as humanity itself. Liberal and radical feminists […]
WATCH: Tembisa residents speak out on load-shedding
Read More Electrical power lines hang from transmission pylons in the Tembisa township. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Mail & Guardian visited Tembisa on the East Rand and found that load-shedding was negatively affecting people’s lives in many ways, with the most vulnerable the worst affected. Residents say their appliances are getting damaged by […]
