New York City’s 911 EMS daily call volume has reached 4,500 on multiple days this month, and FDNY EMS unions warn current staffing is so inadequate three years into the Covid pandemic it puts their members at greater risk while degrading the essential service they provide the public. Those same EMS labor leaders worry the … Read more
The killing of scores of Russian conscripts in a Kyiv-led missile attack on their barracks in occupied eastern Ukraine has rekindled recriminations in Moscow over the conduct of the war — and raised fresh questions over the military’s capacity to learn from its mistakes. Russia said 89 of its troops were killed when precision rockets … Read more
Commuters on their way to work cross London Bridge in central London on January 3, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.K. rail staff disrupted the New Year return to work on Tuesday in the latest strike action by workers in a range of sectors over the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Workers across … Read more
U.S. faces children’s medicine shortage amid “tripledemic” – CBS News Watch CBS News A nationwide shortage of over-the-counter cold, flu and fever medications for children has led some drugstore chains to limit purchases of the products. Carter Evans reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. … Read more
Ukrainians faced a grim start to 2023 as Sunday, January 1, 2023, brought more Russian missile and drone attacks following a blistering New Year’s Eve assault that killed at least three civilians across the country, authorities reported. Air raid sirens sounded in the capital shortly after midnight, followed by a barrage of missiles that interrupted … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Colleen Barry Publishing date: Nov 26, 2022 • 41 minutes ago • 5 minute read Join the conversation Article content VERONA, Italy (AP) — Early season merrymakers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas market for its inaugural weekend. … Read more
Planning to buy Apple’s shiny new iPhone 14 as Black Friday kicks off the holiday shopping season? Good luck. The device is in extremely short supply both online and at the company’s retail outlets, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives. “We believe demand for iPhone 14 units into the all-important Black Friday holiday weekend is … Read more
France’s financial regulator is seeking to fine H2O Asset Management a record €75mn and ban its chief executive from the investment industry for a decade over the asset manager’s extensive investments in illiquid bonds tied to German financier Lars Windhorst. The Autorité des Marchés Financiers set out its recommendations against the once high-flying asset manager … Read more
Serge Bromberg, a former artistic director of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, is facing a four-year prison sentence for his role in a deadly fire involving nitrate film reels. The case, which was tried in the courthouse of Creteil on the outskirts of Paris this week, relates to a tragic fire in August 2020, … Read more
Singapore-based crypto lender Hodlnaut is reportedly facing a police probe over alleged offenses of cheating and fraud. According to reports published in local media, the police’s commercial affairs department has launched an investigation into the founders of the exchange based on multiple complaints against the platform between August and November 2022. The Singapore police noted … Read more