Month: January 2024

Thousands of Doctors in Britain Walk Off the Job in their Longest-Ever Strike

LONDON — Patients faced canceled treatments after thousands of British doctors walked off the job on Wednesday, the start of a six-day strike over pay that was set to be the longest in the history of the state-funded National Health Service. Managers said tens of thousands of appointments and operations will be postponed because of the walkout across England by junior doctors, those in the first years of their careers. The doctors, who form the backbone of hospital and clinic care, plan to stay off the job until 7 a.m. on Tuesday. Senior doctors and other medics have been drafted to …

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У Воронезькій області, де впала російська ракета, постраждали четверо людей – влада

Міністерство оборони РФ 2 січня повідомило, що «нештатне сходження авіаційного боєприпасу» сталося близько 09:00 під час виконання польоту літака Повітряно-космічних сил над Петропавлівкою …

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Число жертв російської атаки 29 грудня в Києві зросло до 30 – КМВА

У ніч на 29 грудня Росія здійснила одну з найбільш масованих атак по українській території, випустивши 158 безпілотників і ракет. Про вибухи повідомляли у Львові, Києві, Харкові, Дніпрі й Черкасах, на Сумщині, Одещині …

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Ukrainian Apartment Dweller Works Hard to Cope After Russian Bombing

VYSHNEVE, Ukraine — Inured by nearly two years of war, Olena Ohiievych wasted no time getting to work on Tuesday as she confronted the shambles left in her apartment by the latest Russian air attacks on Kyiv and its suburbs.  It was cold outside and bound to get colder.  “There are no windows left, no balcony. The balcony doors are shattered, the window glass and frame in every room have been torn out,” said Ohiievych, 25, who manages social media accounts. “We will install something. We plan to do something about all this.”  The overnight missile and drone attack was the …

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Global Shipping Firms Continue to Pause Red Sea Shipments

OSLO, NORWAY — Denmark’s Maersk and German rival Hapag-Lloyd said on Tuesday their container ships would continue to avoid the Red Sea route that gives access to the Suez Canal following a weekend attack on one of Maersk’s vessels.   Both shipping giants have been rerouting some sailings via Africa’s southern Cape of Good Hope as Yemen-based Houthi militants attack cargo vessels in the Red Sea. The disruption threatens to drive up delivery costs for goods, raising fears it could trigger a fresh bout of global inflation.   Maersk had on Sunday paused all Red Sea sailings for 48 hours following …

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Jubilant Spanish Soccer Fan Returns Home After Being Freed by Iran

Madrid — A Spanish soccer fan who was detained by the Iranian authorities on espionage charges for over a year as he walked to the Qatar Soccer World Cup from Europe returned to his home country on Tuesday. Santiago Sanchez, who was 41 when he disappeared, touched down at Madrid’s Barajas Airport at around 1 p.m. (1200 GMT), where a large crowd of well wishers awaited him. “It has been very long, very hard but I am here in my country,” a jubilant Sanchez told reporters at the airport after an emotional reunion with his family and friends. “We are not …

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Чеський урядовець розповів, чому Залужний кілька разів був у Чехії перед повномасштабним вторгненням

Як повідомив Томаш Копечний, Міноборони Чехії почало активніше співпрацювати з Генштабом України у грудні 2021 року і тому до Праги у січні і в лютому 2022 року приїздив головнокомандувач Збройних сил України Валерій Залужний …

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France Embassy in Niger Closed ‘Until Further Notice’: Ministry

Paris — France has closed down its embassy in Niger until further notice, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, barely two weeks after the last French troops left the country in the wake of a coup that ousted a key Paris ally. The closure of the embassy in Niamey represents one of the final chapters in the winding down of a French presence in its former colony following the July coup that left the country in the hands of military leaders. “The French embassy in Niger is now closed until further notice,” the foreign ministry said in a statement, adding the …

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