Military ruler, one of country’s most divisive leaders after seizing power in coup, has died in exile in DubaiPervez Musharraf, the former army general and president of Pakistan who ruled for almost a decade after seizing power in a coup in 1999, has d…
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies
Officials say Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in Afghanistan, has died
JPMorgan: 53% of institutional traders predict AI will be the most influential technology for trading in the next three years; 72% have no plans to trade crypto (Greg Ritchie/Bloomberg)
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JPMorgan: 53% of institutional traders predict AI will be the most influential technology for trading in the next three years; 72% have no plans to trade crypto — Traders are betting artificial intelligence…
The deepening chill of Afghanistan’s second Taliban winter
Washing clothes in the snow, heating homes with scavenged trash, Afghan families struggle to survive
Yes, the mood has shifted against Brexit. But the road back to Brussels is long and hard
Three years on, the reality of the split with the EU has changed minds. But dashed hopes could come to haunt Labour, tooBrexit is three years old and less popular than ever. More people are unhappy with Brexit outcomes to date, and pessimistic about th…
Stress led to more NHS staff absences than Covid, new figures show
The scale of the mental health crisis is revealed as nurses and ambulance workers prepare to strike this week“Burnout” and stress among doctors, nurses, paramedics and other health staff has cost the NHS in England more than 15m lost working days since…
‘It’s soul destroying’: why so many NHS staff are off sick with burnout
Doctors, paramedics and nurses explain the stress and anxiety of working in a system that has reached breaking point“Frustration with the system was why I went off in the end,” said Conor Calby, 26, a paramedic and Unison rep in southwest England, who …
‘Can you spell lynching?’: lawyer’s shocking note in Texas execution case
Appeals court submission exposes racial toxicity in case of Black man John Balentine, sentenced to death for 1999 triple murderIn April 1999, John Balentine, a Black man on trial for murder in Amarillo, Texas, sat before an all-white jury as they delib…
Tolstoy, Pushkin binned in campaign to ‘de-Russify’ Ukraine
Books by Russian authors are being recycled, statues removed, and place names changed in a backlash against Russia’s cultural influence.
Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s ex-president, dies aged 79
The former president, who seized power in a coup in 1999, survived numerous assassination attempts.