Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inEarly morning major Russian missiles attack sparks explosions in Kyiv, injuring three and killing oneFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is […]
As a young man, I fell in love with the US. The country’s soul is still there, despite Trump’s best efforts to destroy it – The Guardian
For many of us, the United States means music, progress, hope. Whatever their president does, plenty of Americans continue to believe in those tooIt seems as inevitable as the economic chaos let loose by Donald Trump’s mad avalanche of tariffs: a precipitous drop in the number of tourists visiting the US, which is now forecast […]
Maternal mortality – World Health Organization (WHO)
Maternal mortality is unacceptably high. About 260 000 women died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2023. Approximately 92% of all maternal deaths occurred in low- and lower-middle-income countries in 2023, and most could have been prevented.Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) regions and sub-regions are used here. Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia accounted for around 87% (225 000) of the estimated […]
Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record by scoring his 895th – AP News
Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record by scoring his 895th AP News Ovechkin nets No. 895, is NHL’s goal-scoring king ESPN Backstrom, Oshie get emotional watching Ovechkin break Gretzky’s record NHL.com Alex Ovechkin scores goal #895 to break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL scoring record NPR How Alex Ovechkin became the top goal-scorer in NHL history AP News […]
Trump tariffs: Officials vow to stay course as countries scramble – BBC
US President Donald Trump's advisers have defended sweeping tariffs on imports and vowed to stay the course, despite market turmoil and calls to avoid a trade war.In a series of television interviews, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played down recent stock market falls and Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, insisted reciprocal tariffs would be implemented as […]