usa O2 and Vodafone down: Thousands of users unable to make calls with network issues reported By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-05T11:25:00Z Hundreds of O2 and Vodafone customers have reported problems with the networks. Full Article
usa Shipment of 400,000 protective gowns from Turkey 'deemed unusable' By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-07T04:48:00Z A shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey has reportedly been impounded in a warehouse after falling short of UK standards. Full Article
usa Government demands Turkey refund or replace 'unusable' PPE after 400,000 gowns impounded By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-07T14:45:04Z The Government is requesting a refund or replacement for 400,000 medical gowns flown over from Turkey which were later deemed "unusable". Full Article
usa Thousands tune in to watch Katherine Jenkins sing wartime favourites in an empty Royal Albert Hall to mark VE Day By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-08T17:48:00Z Thousands have tuned in to watch Katherine Jenkins' stunning performance in front of an empty Royal Albert Hall as she marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Full Article
usa How will London's tallest buildings implement social distancing when thousands of workers return? By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-09T08:19:00Z Full Article
usa Uber Cuts Thousands of Jobs, Citing Coronavirus Pandemic By www.npr.org Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 12:35:16 -0400 The ride-hailing company is cutting 3,700 jobs. It's the latest U.S. tech company to turn to layoffs to deal with fallout from the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
usa Incredible video shows Hayabusa2 pogo-bouncing off asteroid By arstechnica.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:20:46 +0000 A new paper analyzes what we know about the sample the probe grabbed last year. Full Article Science asteroids Hayabusa Hayabusa2
usa Electricity usage suggests we're living every day like a perpetual weekend By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-15T12:59:35Z As people retreat to their homes, a group of analysts have seen a significant decrease in fuel consumption in the UK's largest sectors as transport reduces and offices and businesses close Full Article
usa 'Fat and happy, that's my motto:' Scott Conant dishes up decadence at USA TODAY Wine & Food Experience in Chicago By rssfeeds.usatoday.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:42:25 +0000 From creamy gnudi to champagne macarons, the dishes at USA TODAY's Wine & Food Experience in Chicago didn't disappoint. Full Article
usa Here's our dream Team USA baseball squad By www.espn.com Published On :: Sat, 9 May 2020 07:52:04 EST Bryce Harper talks up the idea of major leaguers playing in next summer's Olympics. Full Article
usa Thousands lose last hope of having a baby as lockdown closes IVF clinics By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-04-12T06:07:35Z Women tell of ‘bereavement’ because they will be too old for fertility treatment when the coronavirus shutdown ends Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands of couples may have missed their last chance of conceiving via IVF as fertility clinics shut their doors to patients on Wednesday. Some women who are only just young enough to be eligible for treatment will be too old in a few months’ time.The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which regulates Britain’s fertility industry, has ordered private and NHS clinics to stop treating patients who are in the middle of an IVF cycle by 15 April. All new treatments have already been banned, a decision which is likely to prevent the births of at least 20,000 desperately wanted babies if it remains in place for 12 months. Continue reading... Full Article Coronavirus outbreak Health & wellbeing Women Health Health policy Pregnancy Science Parents and parenting Society
usa Piers Morgan clashes with Susanna Reid over Victoria Beckham furloughing staff By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-20T09:03:16Z Good Morning Britain co-hosts disagreed over the former Spice Girls singer's fashion label using the government's job retention scheme Full Article
usa Good Morning Britain viewers question why Susanna Reid isn't self-isolating after Piers Morgan coronavirus test By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-04T09:01:39Z Morgan announced he'd be taking a leave of absence from the show until he receives the results of a Covid-19 test Full Article
usa Susanna Reid sends best wishes to Piers Morgan after experiencing coronavirus symptoms By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-04T09:27:26Z Morgan is awaiting test results after experiencing 'mild' symptoms Full Article
usa Kirstie Allsopp defends decision to film in Devon during lockdown after accusations she put locals at risk By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-06T09:02:40Z Presenter said she is 'proud' of craft show despite criticism Full Article
usa Normal People's Paul Mescal was once in an advert for sausages, and fans have only just found out By www.independent.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-08T13:22:00Z The 'Normal People' star played an Irish teenager whose sausage inspires him to travel the world Full Article
usa Plans to bring USA to International Criminal Court... By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2020-05-09T15:46:38Z Plans to bring USA to International Criminal Court... (Third column, 5th story, link) Related stories:REPORT: Russia helping Venezuela search for members of failed incursion...Maduro charges two Americans with 'terrorism, conspiracy'... Full Article
usa Sausage surprise! 10 unexpected ways to cook with bangers and frankfurters By www.theguardian.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T10:30:24Z Lockdown Britain has embraced the sausage, with sales up 33%. But there’s much more you can do with them than fry-ups, sandwiches and casserolesWhen you Google famous quotes about sausages (say you need an opener for an article), one of the first comes from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who apparently once said: “Sausages are just funny. I don’t know why. I can’t explain it.”Waller-Bridge is not wrong. Sausages are inherently funny. But their comedic value is also what holds them back. In the kitchen, no one takes sausages seriously. You very rarely see anyone serving sausages on Come Dine With Me; it would be an act of self-sabotage. You cannot win with sausages. They’re a culinary joke, unrefined, a bit naff. Continue reading... Full Article Sausages Food Pork Life and style
usa Linda Lusardi to join Mr Motivator in week-long workout fundraiser By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-05-04T05:51:00Z The former glamour model recently recovered from coronavirus Full Article
usa You can now virtually explore the USA's most breathtaking National Parks - here's how By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-03T09:16:00Z A new era of travel is here Full Article
usa Karlie Kloss, Usain Bolt and Eminem have all donated items to this raffle for Covid-19 By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-29T15:20:49Z Nab yourself some one-of-a-kind pieces Full Article
usa Barcelona deny 'corruption' claims from former vice president and threaten legal action after 'hand in the till' accusation By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-10T15:56:33Z Barcelona have moved to strongly deny 'corruption' claims made by Emili Rousand and have threatened legal action against the former vice president. Full Article
usa Former Barcelona youngster Takefusa Kubo dreaming of 'great' Real Madrid future: 'I won't waste my chance' By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-12T17:57:00Z Former Barcelona youngster Takefusa Kubo believes he has a big future in the first team at Real Madrid. Full Article
usa Neymar to Barcelona? PSG star's return to Camp Nou 'possible', says former vice-president Emili Rousaud By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-17T18:02:00Z Former Barcelona vice-president Emili Rousaud believes Neymar could return to the Catalan club from Paris Saint-Germain this summer. Full Article
usa Piers Morgan blasts Arsenal 'disgrace' Mesut Ozil over pay-cut refusal: 'Shame on you!' By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-21T07:56:00Z Piers Morgan has launched a scathing attack on Arsenal's highest-paid player Mesut Ozil amid reports he refused to take a 12.5 per cent pay cut along with his team-mates. Full Article
usa Arsenal to surprise thousands of fans with phone calls from players and club legends By www.standard.co.uk Published On :: 2020-04-30T13:41:38Z Arsenal are planning to surprise thousands of supporters with phone calls from current players and club legends during the coronavirus pandemic. Full Article
usa Sydney woman Susan Leslie O'Brien sentenced after killing Balinese teenager with car By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 07:10:00 +1100 Sydney woman Susan Leslie O'Brien may be home before Christmas after being sentenced to three-and-a-half months in jail for hitting and killing a Balinese teenager with her car. Full Article ABC Radio Sydney sydney Disasters and Accidents:Accidents:Road Disasters and Accidents:All:All Law Crime and Justice:All:All Law Crime and Justice:Courts and Trials:All Australia:NSW:All Australia:NSW:Eastwood 2122 Indonesia:All:All Indonesia:Bali:All
usa Coronavirus: 'Delays in action on care home crisis cost thousands of lives', documents reveal By www.itv.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 22:55:28 +0100 Data which identified a massive in Covid-19 was sent to ministers a month before the government's Care Home Action Plan was published. Full Article
usa Shipment of 400,000 delayed protective gowns from Turkey deemed unusable By www.itv.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 08:22:18 +0100 A shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey which was part of a delayed consignment of PPE has been impounded after falling short of standards. Full Article
usa At least eight dead and thousands taken to hospital after chemical leak in India By www.itv.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 08:44:01 +0100 The incident led to panic among locals within a three-kilometre radius. Full Article
usa COVID-19 medical trial to treat thousands with HIV, malaria drugs By www.smh.com.au Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 07:11:03 GMT A clinical study led by Melbourne’s Doherty Institute aims to treat every patient hospitalised with coronavirus infection over the next 18 months, in a bid to keep them out of intensive care. Full Article
usa COVID-19 medical trial to treat thousands with HIV, malaria drugs By www.brisbanetimes.com.au Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 07:11:03 GMT A clinical study led by Melbourne’s Doherty Institute aims to treat every patient hospitalised with coronavirus infection over the next 18 months, in a bid to keep them out of intensive care. Full Article
usa 'Quite a number of angry phone calls': Thousands sign NT landlords' petition against renters' rights to pets By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:02:52 +1000 Property owners are calling for pet-friendly tenancy laws to be scrapped before they are even enacted in the Northern Territory, as the Parliament prepares to vote on protections for renters during the pandemic. Full Article Housing Industry Housing Laws State Parliament Local Government
usa Hundreds of thousands granted early access to $3.8b in superannuation By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:42:07 +1000 Nearly half a million Australians have had applications for early access to their superannuation approved, totalling $3.8 billion in early payments, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says. Full Article Government and Politics Infectious Diseases (Other) Federal Government Health Respiratory Diseases Superannuation COVID-19 Community and Society
usa About 750,000 customers could pay thousands extra after bank cuts home loan repayments By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:48:19 +1000 Commonwealth Bank customers could end up paying tens of thousands of dollars more on their home loans because of changes to repayment levels, a financial expert warns. Full Article Banking Consumer Finance House and Home Diseases and Disorders COVID-19
usa Virgin Atlantic lays off thousands of staff as more trouble hits Richard Branson's brand By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 06:36:24 +1000 Just weeks after Virgin Australia goes into voluntary administration, UK-based Virgin Atlantic is forced to lay off thousands of workers as the coronavirus pandemic takes a heavy toll. Full Article Business Economics and Finance Diseases and Disorders COVID-19 Air Transport Health
usa Calls for State Government to help thousands of local council staff who are without pay By www.abc.net.au Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:03:12 +1000 The state's peak body for local councils is calling on the Victorian Government to help more than 5,000 council staff who are without work and ineligible for JobKeeper, amid calls for a rates freeze for property owners. Full Article Government and Politics Local Government Work Community and Society Business Economics and Finance COVID-19 Federal - State Issues State of Emergency States and Territories
usa COVID-19 medical trial to treat thousands with HIV, malaria drugs By www.theage.com.au Published On :: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 07:11:03 GMT A clinical study led by Melbourne’s Doherty Institute aims to treat every patient hospitalised with coronavirus infection over the next 18 months, in a bid to keep them out of intensive care. Full Article
usa A Republican Crusader Takes on Oklahoma’s Prison Machine By www.politico.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:10:09 GMT In the state that locks up more of its citizens than any other, a former politician is using the ballot box—and some surprising alliances—to nudge his own party toward change. Full Article
usa The Women of Maine vs. Susan Collins By www.politico.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 08:31:50 GMT The senior senator faces an especially difficult reelection challenge. Did she change or did her voters? Full Article
usa Guilty Plea in Case of <i>Cosco Busan</i> Ship Pilot By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:04:23 EST John Joseph Cota, a California ship pilot, pleaded guilty today to negligently causing the discharge of approximately 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay in violation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, a law enacted in the wake of the Exxon Valdez disaster. Cota, who piloted the M/V Cosco Busan when it hit the San Francisco Bay Bridge on Nov. 7, 2007, also pleaded guilty today to violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the death of protected migratory birds. Full Article OPA Press Releases
usa Prison Sentence for Cosco Busan pilot By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:24:03 EDT John Joseph Cota, the pilot who caused the Cosco Busan, a 900-foot long container ship, to collide with the San Francisco Bay Bridge and discharge approximately 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay, was today sentenced to serve 10 months in federal prison by U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston for the Northern District of California. Full Article OPA Press Releases
usa Cosco Busan Operator Admits Guilt in Causing Oil Spill By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:17:22 EDT Fleet Management Ltd., a Hong Kong-based ship management firm, pleaded guilty today to a criminal violation of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 for its role in negligently causing the discharge of more than 50,000 gallons of fuel oil into San Francisco Bay from the Cosco Busan when the vessel struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge in dense fog on Nov. 7, 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
usa Attorney General Holder Welcomes Judge Susan B. Carbon as Director of Office on Violence Against Women By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:11:38 EST “I am pleased to welcome Judge Carbon to the Justice Department and to the Office on Violence Against Women,” said Attorney General Holder. Full Article OPA Press Releases
usa Shipping Firm Sentenced to Pay $10 Million for Causing Cosco Busan Oil Spill and Coverup By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:01:42 EST Fleet Management Ltd. was ordered to pay $10 million today for its role in causing the Cosco Busan oil discharge and a subsequent cover-up after the ship struck the San Francisco Bay Bridge in November 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
usa Murphy Oil USA to Spend More Than $142 Million Upgrading Pollution Controls at Refineries in Louisiana & Wisconsin By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:11:17 EDT Murphy Oil USA has agreed to spend more than $142 million to install new and upgraded pollution reduction equipment at its two petroleum refineries in Wisconsin and Louisiana as part of a comprehensive Clean Air Act settlement. Full Article OPA Press Releases
usa Justice Department Settles with National Board of Medical Examiners Over Refusal to Provide Testing Accommodations to Yale Medical School Student By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:15:10 EST The Justice Department today announced a settlement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), a private, non-profit organization that administers the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), a standardized examination related to medical licensing. Full Article OPA Press Releases
usa Mississippi Companies to Pay $2 Million for Selling Thousands of Engines from China That Failed to Meet Clean Air Act Standards By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:44:08 EST Mississippi-based PowerTrain Inc., Wood Sales Inc., and Tool Mart Inc., (collectively known as “PowerTrain”) will jointly pay a civil penalty of $2 million to resolve claims that the company imported and sold almost 80,000 nonroad engines and equipment that were not covered by emissions-related certificates of conformity, and in most cases could not be certified because they exceeded emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
usa Susan B. Carbon, Director of the Office on Violence Against Women, Speaks at the 4th Annual Army Sexual Harassment / Assault Response Prevention Summit By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:23:19 EDT "As members of the military, you are leaders in our nation. Your communities admire you. Your voices matter. And your voices will make a key difference in changing the national dialogue on sexual assault. We can work together to achieve cultural change to stop sexual assault." Full Article Speech
usa Former Humanitarian Workers Each Sentenced to 142 Months in Prison for Defrauding Usaid of $1.9 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:44:05 EDT Two former humanitarian aid workers were each sentenced today to 142 months in prison for defrauding the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) of approximately $1.9 million that was intended to assist impoverished people and towns in Liberia. Full Article OPA Press Releases