2020

East Kent Trust: Hospital baby deaths ‘could have been prevented’

Image copyright Family handout Image caption Harry Richford. here with parents Sarah and Tom, died at just seven days old At least seven preventable baby deaths may have occurred at East Kent NHS Foundation Trust since 2016, a BBC investigation has discovered. Significant concerns have been raised about maternity services at the trust. The BBC […]

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YouTuber NikkieTutorials: ‘There’s Never The Perfect Timing’ To Come Out As Transgender

In her first televised interview since speaking publicly about her gender identity, NikkieTutorials said she’d like to use her experience to inspire other LGBTQ youth.  The Dutch YouTuber and makeup artist, whose real name is Nikkie de Jager, appeared on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” Wednesday, recalling the troubling events that prompted her to open up about her journey

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Efforts to Denuclearize North Korea Will Continue Despite Hard-Line Minister, U.S. Says

WASHINGTON — Efforts to denuclearize North Korea will continue despite a new foreign minister in Pyongyang who is seen as a hard-liner and could take a tougher stance in stalled negotiations, a senior State Department official said Wednesday. The official would not forecast how the new foreign minister, Ri Son-gwon, who succeeds Ri Yong-ho, might

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Fender Europe fined £4.5m for preventing online discounts

Image copyright Getty Images Guitar maker Fender has been fined £4.5m for illegally preventing online discounts on its products in the UK. Fender Europe required sellers to set a minimum online price, breaking competition rules, the Competition and Markets Authority said. This meant that customers could not shop around for the lowest price, the regulator

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In Impeachment Case, Schiff Accuses Trump of Trying ‘to Cheat’ in Election

WASHINGTON — The House Democratic impeachment managers began formal arguments in the Senate trial on Wednesday, presenting a meticulous and scathing case for convicting President Trump and removing him from office on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Representative Adam B. Schiff of California, the lead House prosecutor, took the lectern in

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