by Agency Reporter | Jan 11, 2024 | Briefing
AZERBAIJAN, host of next year’s COP climate summit, is set to boost its gas production by a third over the next decade, with fossil fuel companies forecast to spend $41.4 billion on the country’s gas fields, according to new analysis. Azerbaijan’s top foreign gas...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 10, 2024 | Briefing
MORE than 10 children per day, on average, have lost one or both of their legs in Gaza since conflict erupted three months ago, says Save the Children. Since 7 October, more than 1,000 children have had one or both legs amputated, according to UNICEF. Many of these...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 10, 2024 | Briefing
THE Department for Education has announced new measures to improve school attendance and tackle persistent absence from school, including mentoring and an expansion of Attendance Hubs. Commenting on the measures, Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 9, 2024 | Briefing
THE UK is suffering the worst decline in living standards of any G7 country, according to new TUC analysis. The analysis shows the UK is the only G7 economy where real household disposable income per head has not recovered to its pre-pandemic levels. Real household...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 9, 2024 | Briefing
The Supreme Court has announced that it would pause a lower court decision holding that states may not bar hospitals from providing abortions to patients in emergency circumstances and set the case down for oral argument in April. This extraordinary development comes...
by Agency Reporter | Jan 8, 2024 | Briefing
CALLS to Scotland’s provider of digital health and care services NHS 24, about psychosis symptoms have increased by 100 per cent in two years, new research has found. Figures obtained by Scottish Labour show that overall calls have declined but calls about...
