Public money still flowing into industry despite agreement to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies, thinktank says The G20 poured record levels of public money into fossil fuels last year despite having promised to reduce some of it, a report has found. The amount of public money flowing into coal, oil and […]
Month: August 2023
Moscow airports suspend flights briefly as drone hits site in city centre, with two others brought down across the region See all our Ukraine war coverage A drone hit a building under construction in central Moscow early on Wednesday, the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, has said. The Russian military downed […]
The former prime minister was moved after suffering a health problem, hours after he returned to the country following a years-long exile Thailand’s jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was moved to a hospital overnight after suffering a health problem on the first night of his detention, just hours after […]
Patient ‘incredibly happy’ after operation that could allow dozens of infertile women a year to have babies Surgeons have performed the first womb transplant on a woman in the UK, opening up the possibility for dozens of infertile women to have babies every year. The woman’s sister was the living […]
Exclusive: after newborn son was murdered, family say repeated calls to Countess of Chester’s medical director were unanswered Demands for a statutory inquiry into the Lucy Letby murders have intensified after a bereaved family accused the hospital of “a total fob off” when they pleaded for answers. The parents, whose […]
‘Can you believe it?’ ex-president says in post announcing his imminent booking for his alleged role in subverting the 2020 election Former President Donald Trump says he will surrender to authorities in Georgia on Thursday to face charges in the case accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 […]
Former leader lands back in the country as parliament votes on whether a new PM can take office Thailand’s former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has landed at Bangkok airport after more than 15 years in exile. Thaksin arrived with his three children and waved at the media after his jet […]
Former nurse will never be released from prison as judge describes ‘deep malevolence bordering on sadism’ Lucy Letby sentencing – latest updates The serial killer nurse, Lucy Letby, will never be released from prison after she was sentenced to a rare whole-life term for the “sadistic” murders of seven babies. […]
Release plans approved by UN nuclear authority have caused outcry in China and concern for the reputation of Japan’s seafood Japan is to begin releasing wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant from Thursday, in defiance of opposition from fishing communities, China and some scientists. The prime minister, […]
Updated guidance covers verbal and written comments, displaying or sharing images and physical contact Doctors will be expected to demonstrate “zero tolerance” of sexual harassment, the General Medical Council has announced. For the first time, new professional standards, published on Tuesday, introduce explicit rules on sexual harassment towards colleagues. Continue […]