Swamped during the pandemic, an emergency-room doctor sums up his workplace this way: “challenging, understaffed and too small.” What must the next government do to improve patient care?
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‘Failing communist regimes’ in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua account for new wave of migration, US says
Nearly half of the people who crossed the US border in August came from three countries. "Failing communist regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba are driving a new wave of migration," a US official said. In total, just under 158,000 people had encounters with southwest border officials in August. Fifty migrants were flown from Texas […]
Ireland fines Instagram 405M euro for failing to protect children’s data
Enlarge (credit: Thomas Trutschel/Getty Images) Ireland’s data regulator has fined Instagram 405 million euro for violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and failing to safeguard children’s information. The fine from the Data Protection Commission followed a two-year investigation into the Meta-owned social media platform. The investigation covered complaints that Instagram defaulted the accounts of […]
The Jeremy Kyle Show guest died after ‘failing lie detector test over cheating’ claims
Steve Dymond was set to appear as a guest on the show, which has now been pulled off air indefinitely following the shock revelations on Monday. The 63-year-old, named by The Sun, died just a week after the show was filmed. He participated in a lie detector test in a bid to prove that allegations […]
Pilot sparks travel chaos after FAILING mandatory breathalyser test
A pilot was reportedly grounded after failing essential breathalyser tests before take-off. The member of staff at at All Nippon Airways (ANA) fell short of the mandatory health requirements, relating to their consumption of alcohol, prior to accompanying passengers on board. The behaviour of the pilot in particular is said to have come about on the route […]
New York’s new $4 billion bridge is reportedly plagued by dozens of failing bolts and a simmering cover-up scandal
AP Photo/Seth Wenig A whistleblower says engineers have secretly replaced bolts on New York‘s new Mario Cuomo bridge to hide the faults from inspectors, NBC4NY reported Wednesday. The state’s attorney general is investing the 60 failed bolts (out of more than a million on the entire bridge.) The Mario Cuomo Bridge, which cost $ 3.98 […]
Lessons From a Failing Company
When Leigh Radford was young, her father worked in logistics at Procter & Gamble, formulating new products and technologies for Pringles. Radford’s mother worked as an educator at the University of Cincinnati, specializing in early-childhood education. Later, Radford worked for Eastern Air Lines, which would become Continental Airlines, before going on to get her master’s […]
Trump is failing to achieve one of the biggest goals of his trade war, and he only has himself to blame
Mark Wilson/Getty Images President Donald Trump wanted to use tariffs to help bring down the trade deficit with China. The US-China trade deficit hit a record high in the month of October. According to economists from Goldman Sachs, Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods are actually making the trade deficit worse. One of the President Donald […]
Mark Zuckerberg humiliated by international lawmakers for failing to give evidence on Facebook scandals
Gabriel Sainhas, House of Commons Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was humiliated by a group of international lawmakers for failing to give evidence on Facebook scandals. The International Grand Committee convened in the UK on Tuesday, with politicians from nine different countries coming together with the ambition of grilling Zuckerberg. After repeated requests to give evidence, […]
Trump’s US-Mexico NAFTA deal is already taking heat for failing to include Canada
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Trump administration notified Congress on Friday it intends to enter a bilateral trade deal with Mexico — and Canada can join later. Talks between US and Canadian officials broke down on Friday, in part due to leaked Trump comments saying the US doesn’t intend to compromise. More negotiations between Canada and […]
