Tag: service
Trump Administration Starts Firing Energy Department, Forest Service and Other Employees
Trump Administration Starts Firing Energy Department and Other Employees The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel Management are among agencies that have begun firing staffers By Brian Dabbs, Marc Heller, Kevin Bogardus, Heather Richards & E&E News Demonstrators hold signs during a rally for federal workers at the U.S. Capitol in Washington,…
Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service
Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service NOAA and the NWS provide public weather data that private companies cannot recreate By Christine Wiedinmyer, Kari Bowen & The Conversation US A senior hurricane specialist works at the NOAA NWS National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. The following essay is reprinted with permission from…
Kremlin Chokes YouTube Service, but Russians Find Ways Around It
The Kremlin is trying to cripple YouTube in Russia, internet experts say, pushing some people to state-controlled domestic alternatives. But many Russians have found workarounds. By Paul Sonne Reporting from Berlin He blocked Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. He signed a censorship law that led TikTok to disable its functions. President Vladimir V. Putin has clamped…
Tech billionaires join Trump for church service
A parade of tech billionaires and key members of his orbit joined President-elect Donald Trump as he kicked off his pre-inaugural celebrations with a church service on Monday morning. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, Apple leader Tim Cook, and Google chief Sundar Pichai were seen taking their prime seats at St John’s…
TikTok says it is restoring service in US after Trump vowed to delay ban
President-elect says order would give company extra 90 days to find buyer and suggests that US take a 50% stake TikTok said on Sunday that it was restoring services in the US after Donald Trump pledged earlier in the day to give the video app a reprieve on its US ban. Trump wrote on Truth…
Jimmy Carter’s Funeral: Donald Trump & More Leaders Attend Service
Nearly two weeks after former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died at the age of 100, public figures including President-Elect Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama, gathered to honor him. Jimmy Carter‘s loved ones and fellow public figures are paying their respects to the former president. Nearly two weeks after Carter passed away at the…
Welsh Ambulance Service declares critical incident
The Welsh Ambulance Service has declared a critical incident because of increased demand across the 999 service and extensive hospital handover delays. It said more than 340 calls were waiting to be answered across Wales at the time the critical incident was declared on Monday evening. In addition, more than half of the trust’s ambulance…