The waiting list for hospital treatment has topped 7.5 million people in England for the first time.
It means nearly one in seven of the population is on an NHS waiting list for routine treatment, including hip and knee operations. The number...
Where Have All The Seeds Gone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKyC5b6u-f4&t=1385s In the last century, 94% of our seed varieties have disappeared. As biotech chemical companies control the majority of our seed, farmers and indigenous...
Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify
BEIJING (AP) — Thousands of people threatened by storm-swollen rivers were evacuated in China’s northeast on Friday while areas on the outskirts of Beijing cleared...
The worst bird flu outbreak is U.S. history is “wiping out everything in numbers we’ve never seen before”. Here’s what you need to know.
The US is currently experiencing its worst-ever outbreak of bird flu, also known as avian influenza — and a new study has found that the...
RUSSIA: Explosion rocks gas pipeline in Russia
Video shared on social media shows the aftermath of a blast on a gas pipeline in Russia, in the latest unexplained fire in the country...
North Korea: Kim Jong-Un reveals nuclear warhead, calls for more weapons-grade material
For the first time, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un revealed his country’s nuclear warhead in person alongside a system meant to manage such operations, saying...
Wave of poison attacks on hundreds of schoolgirls alarms Iranians
(DUBAI, INDIA) Hundreds of Iranian girls in different schools have suffered "mild poison" attacks over recent months, the health minister said, with some politicians suggesting...
Cyber-attacks crash 9 Danish hospital websites
(COPENHAGEN, DENMARK) Hacker group Anonymous Sudan took down as many as nine Danish websites affiliated with the health sector on Sunday afternoon, following a similar...
Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead
TEMPE, Greece (AP) — Rescuers delved Wednesday through flattened, burned-out carriages for survivors and bodies after a passenger train and a freight train crashed head-on...