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A UK health minister has urged the public to avoid “any risky activity” during ambulance staff walkouts in England and Wales on Wednesday, as hospital trusts reported a surge in critical incidents within the NHS. More than 10,000 ambulance workers affiliated with the country’s three main trade unions — GMB, Unite and Unison — are

Twitter users have voted for Elon Musk to step down as the social network’s chief executive, adding to turmoil over the future of the San Francisco-based company. The billionaire entrepreneur, who bought Twitter for $44bn in October, launched a poll via the platform on Sunday asking whether he should remain at the helm, adding: “I

Lawmakers have revived a far-reaching proposal that would revamp New Jerseys campaign finance laws albeit in slightly weakened form six months after it stalled in the state Legislature. A revised version of the bill, which would double several contribution limits and remove some pay-to-play restrictions in the state, surfaced in Trenton earlier this week. Get

KUALA LUMPUR – Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday received the backing of two-thirds of Malaysias parliamentarians in a confidence vote, cementing his position as the premier with the strongest majority since 2008. The confidence motion for Datuk Seri Anwar, 75, was passed by a voice vote which usually indicates strong majority support in the

A dazzling fireball that ended its cosmic journey over central Alberta, Canada could change astronomers’ understanding of how the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago. Caught on camera on Feb. 22, 2021, the grapefruit-size rocky meteoroid is thought to have come from the Oort Cloud, a reservoir of celestial objects that encircles the entire

When President Joe Biden announced in August that he was canceling thousands of dollars in student loan debt for most current borrowers, he explained that his plan was partly a response to the rapid rise in the cost of higher education. “Here’s the deal,” Biden said. “The cost of education beyond high school has gone

close video FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried won’t contest extradition to US Former U.S. attorney Marc Litt joined ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss the background on extradition and how SBF’s ex-girlfriend is reportedly cooperating with officials. A small town in western Massachusetts is bracing for the potential fallout from the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency

close video Economic landscape is ‘shifting from inflation risk to recession risk’: Saira Malik Nuveen CIO Saira Malik discusses Nuveen’s 2023 Playbook, if a recession is inevitable, and provides tips and an outlook on stocks, on ‘Barron’s Roundtable.’ The end of the year is often a busy season when social calendars become full and people's

A recentJPMorgan andStonex Groupstudy has revealed that the worlds most prominent money managers are in the process of unloading up to $100 billion of stocks by the end of 2022. The sovereign wealth funds could be selling roughly $29 billion in equities by the end of December. Meanwhile, U.S. defined benefit pension plans would need

close video FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried won’t contest extradition to US Former U.S. attorney Marc Litt joined ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss the background on extradition and how SBF’s ex-girlfriend is reportedly cooperating with officials. The girlfriend of disgraced FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried reportedly cooperated with federal officials, it was revealed, shortly after he

The government remains “resolute” in its determination to face down the unions, cabinet minister Oliver Dowden said on Sunday ahead of what is set to be the most widespread week of strike action in recent British history. On Tuesday, nurses from across England, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to take part in their second