2019

Baroness Julia Neuberger: ‘Something is going very wrong’

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his team are not willing to “apologise or sympathise” for anti-Semitic attacks against their own MPs, a senior rabbi has told the BBC. Baroness Julia Neuberger says when a political party cannot deal with anti-Semitism, “something is very wrong”. She added it was causing “anxiety” amongst the Jewish community. Mr

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UN: ‘Quick wins’ needed to keep climate goals within reach

Top U.N. environment officials say countries have procrastinated for too long and should start making steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions immediately, or risk missing agreed targets for limiting global warming By JAMEY KEATEN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press November 26, 2019, 10:22 AM 4 min read Countries have procrastinated for too long and need

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Norwich hospital: Mother of stillborn baby raises money for suite

Image copyright Jenny Whatling Image caption Jenny Whatling (pictured with her three-month-old daughter) said it was “comforting” to know families would have the space they needed A separate hospital bereavement suite for families experiencing baby loss and part-funded by the mother of a stillborn baby has opened. The £35,000 facility at the Norfolk and Norwich

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Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert Slam The Receiver Down On Donald Trump’s Latest Rambling Call

Colbert on Monday’s broadcast of “The Late Show” described Trump’s Friday conversation with the hosts of Fox News’ flagship morning show as an “old-fashioned 53-minute conspiracy ramble.” “For Pete’s sake, it’s eight o’clock in the morning, at least let us get a cup of coffee before you start passing out the crazy pills,” he quipped. Colbert’s

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Democrats Increasingly Vocal in Calling ‘Medicare for All’ a Political Liability

“The politics are horrible for the Democratic Party, that’s my judgment,” said Ms. Heitkamp, who lost her seat representing North Dakota last year and is now heading up an effort to win rural voters. “We’re making the issue about our plan rather than what the president has or has not done.” Senator Sherrod Brown of

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Westpac bank chief quits amid money laundering scandal

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Brian Hartzer has stepped down as Westpac chief executive The boss of Australia’s second-largest bank, Westpac, has stepped down after the bank became embroiled in a money-laundering scandal with alleged possible links to child exploitation. Chief executive Brian Hartzer will finish up next Monday. Westpac was sued by Australian regulators

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