A funny thing happened on the way to the Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike. The Fed went big on June 15, raising the interest rates it controls by 75 basis points, or 0.75 percentage points — a sharp rise for an institution that usually tries to move gradually. Why the urgency? As Jerome Powell, the […]
All too often, hope is equated to a desire for something fleeting: good results on an exam, the win of a favourite team, the wanted present. Quite whether something so insubstantial can actually be called “hope”, though, is a question that has taken on particular poignancy over the last two years. After the challenges we’ve […]
A flight chartered to send asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda as part of a new government policy was grounded following an intervention by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The plan to deport asylum seekers for processing in Rwanda is intended, the government says, to deter people from making the dangerous journey […]
The libel trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has brought a formerly private issue – intimate partner abuse – onto a very public stage. The loud and judgmental response from huge swaths of online observers reveals how little people understand about domestic abuse and what goes on behind closed doors. I research police responses […]
Pfizer’s Paxlovid can prevent severe covid-19 in vulnerable people when taken as a five-day course at home, but the medicine may not eradicate the virus in everyone Health 18 May 2022 By Clare Wilson The Pfizer medicine Paxlovid can protect against severe covid-19 in vulnerable people Fabian Sommer/dpa/Alamy One of the most effective medicines against […]
“Like a pressure cooker, COVID blew the lid off what was a simmering mental health crisis for over a decade,” VC Tim Schlidt told TechCrunch. According to the World Health Organization, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by a massive 25% in the first year of the pandemic. And when available treatment options […]
We see it all around us — qualified developers are hard to find, and those working at organizations are busier than ever. Today’s enterprise developers not only need to build and maintain critical applications, but also play a more visible consulting role to the business. Photo: Joe McKendrick That’s why it’s critical to shift development […]
A Russian flagged cargo ship operating in the eastern Black Sea issued a distress call overnight say… The Maritime Executive: Maritime News | Marine News