October 2019

Jimmy Carter Needed Stitches After Falling at His Home

Former President Jimmy Carter required stitches after falling at his Plains, Ga., home on Sunday, the Carter Center said. The center said that Mr. Carter, the oldest living former president in United States history, “feels fine” and looked forward to attending the opening ceremony of a Habitat for Humanity project in Nashville on Sunday evening.

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Psychiatrist vacancies ‘threaten’ NHS transformation

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Royal College of Psychiatrists warns that vacancies must be filled or planned improvements will fail Plans to transform mental health services in England will fail if the rise in unfilled NHS psychiatrist posts continues, the profession is warning. The number of vacancies has doubled in six years –

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A Momentous Week in May: Book Details Early Days of Russia Inquiry

WASHINGTON — “Are you O.K.?” Andrew G. McCabe, the acting F.B.I. director, asked Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. “No,” Mr. Rosenstein replied. “Are you getting any sleep?” Mr. McCabe asked. “No,” he said. It was Friday morning, May 12, 2017, three days after President Trump had summarily fired James B. Comey as the

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AP sources: Trump allies pressed Ukraine over gas firm

As Rudy Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials last spring to investigate one of Donald Trump‘s main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet republic. Their aims were profit, not politics. This circle of businessmen and Republican donors touted connections to

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Endometriosis: The condition that can take over seven years to diagnose

Endometriosis affects one in 10 women and can cause debilitating pain, extremely heavy periods and sometimes infertility. On average, it takes seven and a half years to diagnose in the UK. Why? According to one of the UK’s leading specialists, one reason is the “gender pain gap”, wherein women in pain aren’t taken as seriously

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‘Sex for grades’: Undercover in West African universities

Academic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it’s almost never proven. After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos and the University of Ghana. Female reporters

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