Opposition leader said ‘if we don’t get real about reform, health service will die’ and said years of poor planning meant situation for patients is ‘intolerable and dangerous’. Source link
Read More »UK strikes and crumbling health service add to headaches for Sunak
British rail workers will walk off the job much of this week, paralysing transport and adding to the troubles piling up for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government. Source link
Read More »Travel chaos: US, UK airport strikes during holiday travel period
London’s Heathrow ground-handling staff will strike from December 16 and US airport service workers are gearing up for a day of action on December 8. Source link
Read More »Ukraine: Russia launches deadly strikes as grain deal is extended
Even as all sides agreed to extend a deal that ensures essential exports of grain and fertilisers from Ukraine, air raid sirens sounded across the country. Source link
Read More »Russia shells Ukrainian cities amid Kremlin-staged votes
At least 3 dead and 19 wounded in latest Russian attack, Ukraine’s presidential office says. Source link
Read More »Travel chaos: London strikes hobble city, more to come
UK rail industry hit hard as inflation spurs demands for higher pay, yet government presses companies to trim costs to reflect drop in commuting after pandemic. Strikes planned by dockworkers, postal workers, barristers and possibly nurses. Source link
Read More »UK in ‘summer of discontent’ as cost of living, worker anger soar
Britain faces a summer of disruption as workers struggling with the rising cost of living resort to strike action in disputes over pay and conditions. Source link
Read More »Britain’s battered economy is slipping towards breaking point
After Brexit and the pandemic, the nation is succumbing to intractable problems marked by plodding growth, surging inflation and a series of damaging strikes. Source link
Read More »Sri Lanka declares state of emergency as protesters call on president to quit
The move follows a day of anti-government strikes and rallies, with police firing tear gas at demonstrators outside parliament. Source link
Read More »410 bodies removed from Kyiv; at least 7 dead in strikes on Kharkiv
Ukraine’s prosecutor-general says the bodies of 410 civilians have been removed from Kyiv-area towns that were recently retaken from Russian troops. Iryna Venediktova says on Facebook that the bodies were recovered Friday, Saturday and Sunday. She says 140 of them have undergone examination by prosecutors and other specialists. Ukrainian Deputy …
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