California doctor to plead guilty to supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine
The actor - best known for playing Chandler Bing on Friends – was found dead in his hot tub in October 2023.
Watch: A trade deal, a family photo and the Middle East – Trump’s short G7
The US president will cut short his time at the meeting and return to DC, citing the conflict between Israel and Iran.
Social media now main source of news in US, research suggests
A report also finds right-leaning audiences on X have almost doubled in the UK since Elon Musk's takeover.
Trump signs order confirming parts of UK-US tariff deal
The pact between the US and UK means tariffs will be reduced on certain goods such as cars entering the US.
Chinese embassy in Israel urges citizens to leave – Reuters
- Chinese embassy in Israel urges citizens to leave Reuters
- China Warns Iran-Israel Conflict May Spiral, Calls for Peace Bloomberg.com
- Wang Yi Has a Phone Call with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi fmprc.gov.cn
- China ‘condemns’ Israel as it looks to show itself as a potential peace broker CNN
- China Sides With Tehran but Wields Little Influence in Iran-Israel War Foundation for Defense of Democracies
CDC official in charge of Covid data resigns ahead of vaccine meeting
Fiona Havers says she does not have confidence data will be use to make ‘evidence-based vaccine policy decisions’
The scientist responsible for overseeing the CDC team that collects data on Covid and RSV hospitalizations resigned on Monday.
Dr Fiona Havers told colleagues in an email that she no longer had confidence the data would be used “objectively or evaluated with appropriate scientific rigor to make evidence-based vaccine policy decisions”, according to Reuters.
Continue reading...Israel-Iran War Live Updates: Tehran fires more missiles at Israel – The Jerusalem Post
- Israel-Iran War Live Updates: Tehran fires more missiles at Israel The Jerusalem Post
- Israel strikes Iranian state TV during live broadcast on the fourth day of conflict NPR
- Israel says it took out new head of Iran’s war command, after killing predecessor The Times of Israel
- What is Iran’s IRGC and who has Israel killed? Al Jazeera
- Israel says it has aerial superiority over Tehran, Iranian intelligence leader killed Fox News
Trump’s cabinet is less hawkish. Will that affect his Israel-Iran response?
US president has surrounded himself with 'America First' adherents, possibly influencing his appetite for war.
Trump Organization enters mobile phone business
It is the latest plan by US President Donald Trump's family that looks to cash on his name.
Can Canada break its ice hockey curse?
It's been over 30 years since a Canadian team took home the Stanley Cup trophy.
American Bar Association sues to block Trump’s attacks on law firms
The prominent legal organisation has called the US president's executive orders against law firms unconstitutional.
What the capsizing and relaunching of a warship tells us about North Korea’s regime
The intrigue has less to do with the failure itself and more with how Kim Jong Un reacted.
Israel Strikes Iran State Broadcaster, Widening Attacks – The New York Times
- Israel Strikes Iran State Broadcaster, Widening Attacks The New York Times
- LIVE: Israel, Iran trade attacks; Trump urges Tehran evacuation Al Jazeera
- Iranian Anchor Emerges Hero After Israeli Strikes, Her Gesture Goes Viral NDTV
- Israel's smaller, sophisticated military opposes larger Iran BBC
- Israel strikes Iranian state TV studio mid-broadcast after telling up to 330,000 Tehran residents to evacuate The Independent
Stress blamed for high number of NHS call handlers quitting
High numbers of staff leaving because of high pressure, lack of support, verbal abuse, long shifts and low pay, union says
NHS call handlers are quitting amid burnout at dealing with 999 calls about suicides, stabbings and shootings and the long delays before ambulances reach patients.
The pressure is so intense that 27% of control room staff in ambulance services across Britain have left their jobs over the last three years, NHS figures show.
Continue reading...NHS staff unsettled by patients filming care and posting videos on social media
Radiographers voice concerns about being filmed without consent and say trend could violate other patients’ privacy
NHS staff have voiced concern about the growing numbers of patients who are filming themselves undergoing medical treatment and uploading it to TikTok and Instagram.
Radiographers, who take X-rays and scans, fear the trend could compromise the privacy of other patients being treated nearby and lead to staff having their work discussed online.
Continue reading...Sudan in danger of self-destructing as conflict and famine reign
The war is in strategic stalemate, but Sudan is no-one's priority - an orphan in a region that is ablaze.
Trump has left the G7 early – what are his options for dealing with Iran?
The US president said he would end wars and now a vocal part of his support is urging him to stay out of this conflict.
Ice agents detain US citizen as LA immigration raids continue: ‘It’s racial profiling’
Officers arrest people at swap meet in Santa Fe and detain people in Montebello as curfew in LA remains in place
US immigration raids continued to target southern California communities in recent days, including at a popular flea market and in a Los Angeles suburb where US citizens were detained.
On Saturday, as mass protests swept the nation, including tens of thousands demonstrating in LA, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agents descended on a swap meet in Santa Fe Springs in southeast LA county. Video showed dozens of heavily armed, masked officers carrying out the raid before a scheduled concert at the long-running event that features vendors, food and entertainment every weekend
Continue reading...Doctor charged with supplying Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty
Salvador Plasencia, who gave Friends star the drug in month leading to overdose, to plead guilty to four counts
A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said Monday.
Dr Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They said the plea carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, and Plasencia is expected to enter the plea in the coming weeks.
Continue reading...Trump administration notches first big win in assault on higher education
Federal judge dismissed lawsuit brought by faculty groups over government cuts to Columbia University funding
The Trump administration scored its most significant legal victory in its sweeping effort to reshape American higher education when a federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought by faculty groups over the government’s cuts to Columbia University’s federal funding.
The lawsuit concerned the Trump administration’s cuts to $400m worth of federal funding to Columbia on the grounds it tolerated antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests on campus. Columbia largely accepted the government’s terms for restoring funding – in an agreement widely panned as a capitulation of its own academic freedom – several days before the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) sued the Trump administration over the cuts.
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