Resident doctors in England have begun strike action after the British Medical Association and government failed to reach an agreement over pay restoration. Up to 50,000 people went on strike at 7am, with the action intended to last for five days until 7am on Wednesday 30 July. The public have been urged to keep coming…
The German car manufacturer Volkswagen has said Donald Trump’s US import tariffs have cost it more than £1bn in the first half of the year. Volkswagen said it had made strong progress realigning the company, which is considering cutting 35,000 jobs by 2030, but that it had suffered a €1.3bn (£1.13bn) “decline in operating result…
“When combined with other Pacific pathways to Australia and New Zealand, nearly 4 percent of the population could migrate each year,” says Jane McAdam, a fellow at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW Sydney, writing in the Conversation. “Within a decade, close to 40 percent of the population could have moved—although some…
The actions of New South Wales police during the arrest of an Indigenous woman who later died in custody should be examined, given officers did not identify her “acute mental illness”, a court has heard. Tammy Shipley died in prison while being held on remand at Silverwater women’s correctional centre in December 2022. A coronial…
South Park co-creator Trey Parker had the briefest of responses on Thursday to anger from the White House over the latest season premiere, which showed a naked Donald Trump in bed with Satan. “We’re terribly sorry,” Parker said, followed by a long, deadpan-comic stare. Parker was asked for his reaction to the fracas on the…
Volunteers have mapped 10,000 walking routes across Great Britain in an attempt to make rural walking more accessible. The routes provide accessible and scenic walks for disabled people, parents with children, and older people, according to Slow Ways, the campaign group behind the project. The group has been researching and mapping these walking routes since…
Thailand evacuated more than 100,000 people along the Cambodian border, it said on Friday, as the two countries fought for a second day in the bloodiest military clashes between the neighbours in over a decade. The interior ministry said 100,672 people from four border provinces had been moved to shelters, while the health ministry announced…
Exposure to certain forms of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind. The illness is estimated to affect about 57 million people worldwide, with the number expected to increase to at least 150m cases by 2050. The report, which was produced by…
John Swinney has pledged to raise “the unimaginable suffering we are witnessing in Gaza” when he meets Donald Trump over the weekend. The leader of the Scottish National party described the president’s four-day trip as “a landmark moment” in the relationship between Scotland and the US. Ahead of Trump’s arrival in Scotland on Friday afternoon,…
The Federal Communications Commission approved the merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media on Thursday, clearing the way for an $8.4bn sale of some of the most prominent names in entertainment, including the CBS broadcast television network, Paramount Pictures and the Nickelodeon cable channel. The FCC agreed to transfer broadcast licenses for 28 owned-and-operated CBS…
