Tag: control
PM aims to pass emergency law on Saturday to ‘take control’ of British Steel plant
Parliament will be recalled for a rare Saturday sitting to pass an emergency law aimed at saving British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant from imminent closure. Sir Keir Starmer said the legislation would allow ministers to “take control” of the Lincolnshire site and stop its Chinese owner from closing its blast furnaces. The move opens the door…
How will the deep cuts at the Centers for Disease Control affect global programs?
By Fatma Tanis As of April 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shut down its Maternal and Child Health Branch, which works with other countries to ensure that mothers and children at risk of or infected by HIV receive treatment. All 22 staff were terminated. That’s one of the ways that global…
NHS England to be brought under government control in major health overhaul
NHS England will be abolished and brought under “democratic control” in an attempt to cut bureaucracy and duplication, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. The organisation, which oversees the country’s health service, will be brought into the Department of Health, and the PM said the move would free up money for frontline services. The government said…
You have more control over your emotions than you think
By Marielle Segarra , Malaka Gharib Let’s say you’ve gone through a breakup. You’re heartbroken, confused and angry. What do you do with all those feelings? The ability to regulate your feelings is important. “Emotions are valuable in helping us navigate the world,” Kross says. “They become less useful when they’re experienced too intensely or…
Friday Briefing: Racing to Control Los Angeles Fires
Plus, renovating a wrecked palazzo. By Emmett Lindner Officials hoped that a drop in wind speeds yesterday would give firefighters a window to take control of the fast-moving blazes that have raged unchecked this week. At least five people have been killed, but that figure is expected to rise. Almost 180,000 people were under evacuation…
Neil Young pulls out of Glastonbury and says it is ‘under corporate control’
Rock star Neil Young has announced he will not be performing at this year’s Glastonbury, saying he believes the festival, which is partnered with the BBC, is “now under corporate control”. The 79-year-old Canadian wrote on his website that he and his band the Chrome Hearts “were looking forward to playing Glastonbury, one of my…
Control, censorship and ‘penalties’: inside the Assad regime’s propaganda arm
For years reporters at Syria’s state news agency had to toe the line. As life in Syria grew harder, so did the their work After 21 years, the day Farouk feared had finally come. An envelope sealed with red wax made its way through the faded hallways of Syria’s national news agency, Sana, and landed…
Jimmy Carter gave Panama control of the canal. It’s one of his most controversial achievements
Rolando Arrieta Officials sign the Panama Canal treaties Sept. 7, 1977, at the Pan American Union in Washington, D.C. From left: President Jimmy Carter; Organization of American States Secretary-General Alejandro Orfila; and Panama’s head of government Omar Torrijos. It was a territory known to some who lived there as a tropical utopia. The Canal Zone…
UK flights continue to face disruption due to fog
Heavy fog has continued to cause delays and cancellations at some of the UK’s busiest airports, with the majority of flights at Gatwick and Stansted affected on Saturday afternoon and delays predicted into the evening. A number of other delays were reported at Manchester airport on Saturday afternoon, with dozens of flights delayed at Heathrow…