Factbox-Suez disruption: a new inflation risk on the horizon
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA lengthy disruption of shipping via the Suez Canal could push up prices and weigh on economic growth, particularly in Europe, which…
More than £40m of PPE equipment bought during pandemic at risk of reaching expiry date
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than £40m worth of personal protection equipment bought during the Covid pandemic and sitting in warehouses is at risk of reaching…
Deadly blast in Guinea’s capital threatens gas shortages across the West African nation
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteResidents in Guinea’s capital on Tuesday woke up to rising costs of transportation after authorities closed gas stations as a major explosion…
Why are some people's veins 'hard to find'?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMost people will take a blood test at some point in their life, and commonly, this requires blood to be drawn from…
The four warning signs your drink has been spiked and what you should do next
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs part of a new package to crack down on drink spiking, ministers have set out plans to funding testing kits and training…
Fears for miners on second day of S.Africa underground protest
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrantic families waited at the surface Tuesday for news of more than 2,000 platinum miners who have taken over two shafts in…
Raided Gaza hospital not functioning, patients evacuated- WHO
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA north Gaza hospital that Israeli troops raided is no longer functioning and patients including babies have been evacuated, putting the enclave’s…
‘Had to use bins as toilets’: passengers tell of rail journeys from hell
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen hundreds of passengers were left stranded on dark, cold trains for several hours near Paddington in west London earlier this month, one…
Rough sleepers have been physically attacked, verbally abused, had bricks and beer cans thrown at them, and some have even been urinated on, according to a survey by a homelessness charity.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRough sleepers have been physically attacked, verbally abused, had bricks and beer cans thrown at them, and some have even been urinated…
Russia on alert as 'mystery virus hits country' - Kremlin denies huge ambulance queues
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRussia is reportedly experiencing a mysterious virus outbreak, with long queues of ambulances seen outside hospitals. Read More