Getty Images Many pharmacies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland could cut their opening hours in protest over government funding, if a “work-to-rule” ballot passes. The National Pharmacy Association says its unprecedented ballot of members could mean chemists keeping strictly to the 40 hours a week they are required to open in the government contract. … Read more
McLaren Racing heads into Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix as Formula 1’s hot new darlings, the papaya-drenched team that just may be the ones to finally dethrone Red Bull and Max Verstappen. Red Bull and its Dutch driver have had ironclad grips on both the drivers championship, and, the more lucrative constructors title for best car, … Read more
London CNN — When Africa needs medicines, all too often the continent must look abroad. African nations consume about 25% of vaccines produced globally, but import nearly 99% of their supply, according to the African Union Development Agency. For packaged medicines, only 36% of demand is produced locally, and just 3% is supplied by regional … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivers remarks following the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting on Wednesday, where central bank policymakers trimmed interest rates by 50 basis points, marking their first cut in four years. Source link
Since living in England, I’ve wanted to grow Gunnera. The huge leaved plants are often found planted next to bucolic ponds or in other dramatic settings at all the famous gardens across the UK. They are otherworldly. Gunnera’s GIANT leaves can make full-sized adults feel like they have fallen into Alice’s Wonderland. Unfortunately, Gunnera will … Read more
I flew to Seattle a few weeks ago to visit my daughter Molly and her family in Bellingham, Washington—a two-hour drive north of Seattle. Give me Liberty took flight from Louisville stripped of masks and loaded with—I worried—highly transmissible subvariants. A mind-numbing, COVID-incubating slog through airports, and buckled into packed planes, ended 23 hours … Read more
Teamsters union declines to endorse Trump or Harris, after endorsing Biden in 2020 and being courted by Trump this year Source link
Reuters More than a thousand workers are participating in the strike For the past 11 days, about 1,500 workers of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics have been striking work in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leading to major disruptions in production. The plant in Chennai city, one of Samsung’s two factories in … Read more
There are 21% fewer nursing students starting courses at universities across the UK than three years ago. Source link
Mientras el exlanzador de los Dodgers Julio Urías espera una decisión de las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol sobre una posible sanción por un incidente de violencia doméstica el año pasado, Los Angeles Times ha obtenido una copia del vídeo del incidente. Urías fue detenido como sospechoso de un delito grave de violencia doméstica el pasado … Read more