Luke Germs stopped growing before he turned one. His doctors say he won’t improve without expensive growth hormone shots, but the province will not pay.
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Top preacher Sistani calls for new Iraq govt ‘as soon as possible’ to tackle corruption
Iraq’s top Shiite scholar Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called on Friday for a government to be formed “as soon as possible.” The new ministers should tackle corruption and poor basic services, the preacher said in a Friday sermon delivered by a representative. Sistani also encouraged the incumbent government of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to respond […]
French wineries urge govt to stop killing 'the soul of France' with health warnings on wine
Labeling bottles with bigger health warnings will turn wine into a “criminal product” and damage “the soul of France”, says the group of French top chateaus in response to the plan by the country’s health ministry. In an attempt to stop the measure, 64 major French wine producers, including Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Yquem, Cheval […]
Nigel Farage: ‘I’m banned from meeting Trump because UK govt hates me’
Nigel Farage has responded to reports that Downing Street has banned him from meeting US President Donald Trump by saying the claims are “undoubtedly true” as the government “hates me.” An unnamed source close to the former United Kingdom Independence Party leader (UKIP) told the Telegraph on Tuesday the ban was a “red line [issue] […]
Idaho family sues govt after misplaced cyanide-trap killed dog, injured son
A US family in Idaho has filed a lawsuit against the federal government, demanding $ 150,000 in compensation after a poisonous trap planted by Department of Agriculture killed their dog and left their son suffering from headaches. Read more The scent-baited trap called an M-44 doused Canyon Mansfield, then 14, and his three-year-old Labrador Casey, […]
'Italy won't be bullied': Italian president's govt rejection slammed by both left and right
The Italian president’s rejection of the Euroskeptic coalition’s choice of economy minister, which led to the appointment of a former IMF official as interim PM, has ruffled the feathers of both conservatives and leftists. Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage, who was at the forefront of the Brexit campaign, had some words for his old foe […]
‘President undermines election results, pushes for his own govt.’ – MP from Italy's M5S
Italian President Sergio Mattarella has used a shady pretext to turn down a Euro-skeptic coalition pick for economy minister, as he seeks to mold a cabinet after own political views, an MP from the coalition told RT. Manlio Di Stefano, an MP from the anti-establishment Five-Star Movement (M5S), which has teamed up with Lega Nord […]
Sounds, pressure, brain injury: Case of US gov’t employee in China raises alert
Enlarge / United States Consulate General Guangzhou, China, where an employee reported experiencing unexplained sounds and pressures that led to a brain injury. (credit: US Dept of State) The US government issued an alert Wednesday following reports that a government employee stationed in southern China experienced “subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and […]
Home Secretary pleads ignorance over govt report linking Tory police cuts to spike in violent crime
A leaked Home Office document links police cuts to a frightening spike in violence across London in the past few months, but Home Secretary Amber Rudd says she hasn’t even seen it. The document, published by The Guardian, found that a drop in the number of bobbies policing the streets of London “likely contributed” to […]
Don’t offend the PC brigade by teaching ‘British values,’ Scottish govt warns teachers
Is political correctness getting in the way of education? The UK security minister fears that it might be, after Scottish teachers were told not to use the term ‘British values’ in the context of terrorism, as the term may offend. Security Minister Ben Wallace accused the Scottish National Party administration and Education Scotland of “putting […]
