Democratic rifts over Israel burst to the forefront in Congress
Divisions erupt as the House weighs a GOP bid to censure the only Palestinian-American member of Congress for criticizing Israel, and votes on an aid bill.
Month: November 2023
Thousands of Afghan refugees flee Pakistan as deadline looms
Thousands of Afghan refugees and migrants in Pakistan are heading to the border to return home as a Pakistani deadline to leave the country expires.
Immersive survey of Black British music to open V&A East museum in 2025
Inaugural exhibition at new museum space will chart more than a century of musical development, from calypso and reggae to grime and drillFrom jazz to calypso, dub poetry to UK drill lyrics, drum’n’bass raves to grime freestyles, the brilliance and cro…
Deaf scholar promoted to full professor in deaf studies in UK first
Until the appointment of Annelies Kusters, UK had only hearing people as full professors in the fieldTrains in the Indian megacity of Mumbai are famously among the most crowded in the world, but they have also become “deaf meeting spots” where deaf peo…
‘Sexual’ Temu online shopping adverts banned by UK authority
One of Chinese e-commerce app’s ads appeared on British news site ‘portraying child in sexual way’Five adverts for the Chinese shopping app Temu have been banned in the UK for their sexualised nature, with one found to have been irresponsible in how it…
UK bill payers may have to cover £6bn cost of failed energy firms, warn MPs
Public accounts committee issues ‘sobering reminder’ there are no guarantees money spent will be recovered after collapse of BulbBill payers could be on the hook for almost £6bn to cover the cost of bailing out suppliers that went bust during the energ…
Black and Asian people find it harder to access NHS mental health services, report finds
Patients from minority ethnic backgrounds wait longer for, and have worse outcomes from, referrals than white counterpartsBlack, Asian and minority ethnic people experience longer waiting times, and are less likely to be in recovery after treatment, wh…
Nick Clegg compares AI clamour to ‘moral panic’ in 80s over video games
Meta executive’s comments show regulation discussions at UK summit could face tough resistance Nick Clegg has compared the clamour over artificial intelligence to the 80s-era “moral panic” over video games, firing a warning shot to international politi…
‘Children were carrying other injured children’: Witness describes aftermath of Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp
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