Calls to lift cap on number of medical students in UK
Growing cost of A-level climbdown: Top universities demand cash to cope with influx of students and call for medical studies cap to be lifted while ministers face £140m bailout for … Read More
Month: August 2020
Morrisons customers will now be able to do their entire weekly food shop on Amazon’s website
Morrisons customers can now get their entire weekly food shop delivered for free via Amazon’s website as online giant expands its grocery delivery business Same-day delivery was earlier available for … Read More
DIY projects ramp up in pandemic, and so do sales at Lowe’s
A massive surge in online sales and increased business at its U.S. stores helped push Lowe’s second-quarter performance above analysts’ estimates By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer August 19, 2020, … Read More
EU leaders seek to ramp up pressure on Belarus president
BRUSSELS — European Union leaders put on a show of support Wednesday for people protesting in Belarus. At an emergency teleconference they underlined their concern about the contested presidential election … Read More
Target sales surge as Americans lean on big box stores
Target has reported that its sales as measured by a key metric registered their strongest performance to date for the company’s fiscal second quarter By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer … Read More
Pope: Rich can’t get priority for vaccine, poor need help
Pope Francis is warning against any prospect that rich people would get priority for a coronavirus vaccine By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press August 19, 2020, 10:34 AM 3 min read … Read More
While the vast majority of cities closed their schools during the pandemic killed an estimated 5 million people worldwide, three opted to keep them open
During the influenza pandemic in 1918, even though the world was a very different place, the discussion was just as heated. That pandemic killed an estimated 5 million people worldwide, … Read More
Analysis: Risky roll call turns into display of national unity
Locked down, isolated and fearful as a pandemic fractured national bonds and the power of community, America got a sudden, startling look at itself on Tuesday night as the Democratic … Read More
Pope: rich can’t get priority for vaccine, poor need help
Pope Francis is warning against any prospect that rich people would get priority for a coronavirus vaccine By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press August 19, 2020, 10:02 AM 3 min read … Read More
Ghost town London’s £5.7BILLION black hole: Taxpayers face bill as lost fares leave TfL £3.5bn short
Ghost town London’s £5.7BILLION black hole: Taxpayers face huge bill as lost fares leave TfL £3.5bn short – and the capital’s economy bleeds £575m a DAY putting GLA and councils … Read More
