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Tens of thousands of NHS operations cancelled in England due to staff shortages, data reveals
Dec 13, 2022 12:27Staff shortages across the UK have caused the National Health Service (NHS) to call off 30,000 operations in England during the last year, new data has revealed.
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Rail passengers in UK face major disruption as latest walkouts begin
Dec 13, 2022 12:21Train passengers in the United Kingdom face major disruption this week as thousands of rail workers are set to begin a series of strikes starting Tuesday to demand a pay rise amid soaring energy and food prices.
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Los Angeles mayor declares 'state of emergency' over staggering homelessness levels
Dec 13, 2022 05:30The mayor of Los Angeles has declared a "state of emergency" as homelessness afflicts tens of thousands of people in the supposedly wealthy city.
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Peru’s former president calls successor “usurper,” as seven people die in violent countrywide protests
Dec 13, 2022 05:20Peru's former president, who was ousted in an impeachment trial last week and arrested by the security forces, has called his successor and former vice president, Dina Boluarte, a usurper.
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Credibility of European Parliament damaged by Qatar bribe allegations: EU ministers
Dec 13, 2022 05:03The credibility of the European Parliament is at stake over Qatar’s graft probe, the EU ministers say, in light of allegations the Persian Gulf peninsular country, currently hosting the FIFA World Cup, lavished cash and gifts on the parliament’s officials to influence decision-making.
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BDS: French retailer Carrefour notably complicit in crimes of Israel
Dec 13, 2022 04:59The pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has launched a worldwide campaign for a mass consumer boycott of the France-based multinational retailer Carrefour Group.
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Energy watchdog: EU ‘not out of danger zone yet’, could face gas shortages in 2023
Dec 13, 2022 04:53The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that the European Union could face gas shortages next year if Russia chipped further away at supplies over Russia's special operation in Ukraine, calling on the bloc to act faster to save energy and expand renewables.
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‘Bad American policy’ driving Saudi Arabia closer to China: Pompeo
Dec 13, 2022 03:10Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Saudi Arabia, signaling a warming of relations at a time of heightened tensions between the United States and both countries, was a result of "bad American policy."
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Two killed in protests against new government in Peru
Dec 12, 2022 12:18New clashes have broken out between Peru’s police and supporters of ousted President Pedro Castillo, leaving two people killed.
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Rising Islamophobia goes unnoticed, uncondemned in Germany: Report
Dec 12, 2022 11:56A new report has highlighted a rise in Islamophobic acts that had gone largely unnoticed in Germany, after last month’s vandalization of Muslim children’s graves in the country’s north.