2019

‘Safety failures’ led to death of Deadpool 2 stuntwoman

Image copyright Instagram/@sj24_sidewayz Image caption Fans paid tribute in August to Harris on social media An investigation into a stuntwoman’s death on the Vancouver set of Deadpool 2 has attributed her fatal motorcycle accident to a series of safety errors. Government agency WorkSafeBC said the film’s makers should have ensured Joi Harris was wearing a

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UK economy facing ‘heightened risk of recession’

Image copyright Getty Images The UK’s economy may have tipped into recession following a downturn in the dominant service sector, according to closely-watched figures. The IHS Markit/CPS purchasing managers’ index for services fell to a six-month low of 49.5 in September. The 50 level divides growth from expansion. It suggests the economy shrank 0.1% in

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E.U.’s Top Court Rules Against Facebook in Global Takedown Case

LONDON — Europe’s top court said on Thursday that an individual country can order Facebook to take down posts, photographs and videos and restrict global access to that material, in a ruling that has implications for whether countries can expand content bans beyond their borders. The European Court of Justice’s decision came after a former

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Bipartisan Report Says Trump’s Abuse Has Pushed Federal Science to a ‘Crisis’

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — In a single month in 2017, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency blocked scientists from speaking at a climate change conference, its Interior Department forwarded a policy letter to U.S. Customs and Border Protection only after deleting concerns

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Google to commit to White House job training initiative

Google is committing to a White House initiative designed to get private companies to expand job training for American workers. CEO Sundar Pichai was making the announcement Thursday during an appearance with White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump at El Centro community college in downtown Dallas. Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter, oversees the administration’s

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Milton Keynes University Hospital A&E staffing ‘puts lives at risk’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption John Shrosbree died in hospital in June Patients’ lives are being put at risk at a short-staffed A&E department where a man died amid a series of failings, coroner has said. John Shrosbree, 72, died a week after arriving “clearly unwell” at Milton Keynes Hospital, a report found. The

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