Image copyright PA Media Midwives in Northern Ireland are being asked if they are willing to take industrial action over pay. The ballot by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) opened on Monday and will close on 29 January. The union said midwives in Northern Ireland were paid less than their counterparts in Great Britain. […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Actor Russell Crowe has used his winner’s speech at the Golden Globes to raise awareness of the deadly bushfire crisis in Australia. “Make no mistake. The tragedy unfolding in Australia is climate change-based,” he said in a message read out on stage by show host Jennifer Aniston. Crowe won the award
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MIAMI — Hassan Whiteside had a big game and the Miami Heat won. That wouldn’t have seemed so conflicting a year ago. Whiteside is having perhaps the best season of his career now, in his first year with the Portland Trail Blazers. The Heat, at 26-10, are off to their best start since the final
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Jan 6 (Reuters) – Knitting needles are clicking furiously around the world to create hundreds of protective pouches and blankets for native wildlife made homeless by Australian wildfires that have razed large swathes of bushland. The Animal Rescue Craft Guild said on Monday it has been deluged with offers of help after putting out a
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It’s become an inevitable game, of sorts, every awards season for the last several years (particularly in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite in 2015), for us to tally up so-called diversity and inclusion “wins.” At Sunday night’s Golden Globes ceremony, there were major accolades for Awkwafina, who became the first woman of Asian descent to win
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LOS ANGELES — After Dwight Howard blocked Andre Drummond’s shot with a perfect combination of timing and athleticism, he wagged a Mutombo finger at the uproarious Staples Center crowd. The rest of the Lakers took off on a fast break that left them with a double-digit lead over Detroit in the fourth quarter. Although that
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NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — When Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., took the stage to deliver his first in-person reaction to the American killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani of Iran, he began with a laundry list of unanswered questions about the airstrike. “As a military intelligence officer on the ground in
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to prepare to deploy its aircraft and ships “at any moment’s notice” to evacuate thousands of Filipino workers in Iraq and Iran should hostilities erupt there January 6, 2020, 7:08 AM 3 min read MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to prepare to deploy
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Image copyright Getty Images “If you win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech.” From the moment Ricky Gervais took to the stage to host the 77th Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, it was clear he wasn’t taking any prisoners. “You’re in no position to lecture the
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A new high school in New Orleans is preparing students for careers in coastal protection and restoration By STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press January 6, 2020, 6:16 AM 4 min read NEW ORLEANS — A new high school in New Orleans is preparing students for careers in coastal protection and restoration, anticipating a future with ongoing
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