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Nov 15, 2025 - World

Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity and the health service is unlikely to meet its targetsWes Streeting has been accused of taking a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS, which makes it unlikely the government will hit its own targets, according to a damning report by the Institute for Government (IfG).The report praises elements of how the health secretary has managed the health service in his first year in office, including improving performance and staff retention in hospitals. Thepay settlement he reached with resident doctors last year avoided a winter plagued by NHS strikes Continue reading...

Nov 15, 2025 - World

District attorney cites ‘insufficient admissible evidence’ against Tim Ballard in connection with allegationsA district attorney based in Salt Lake City is declining to file charges against the founder of an anti-child-trafficking organization – made famous by the 2023 movie Sound of Freedom – in the wake of sexual assault claims by several women in lawsuits.Sim Gill, the district attorney, issued a statement Friday saying there is “insufficient admissible evidence”, and his office has declined to file charges against Tim Ballard in connection with the allegations. Continue reading...

Nov 15, 2025 - World

Brazilian fitness influencer Diana Areas, 39, died after falling from her high-rise apartment in Rio de Janeiro.

Nov 15, 2025 - World

Donald Trump announced Friday that he intends to take the BBC to court, seeking as much as $5 billion in damages after the UK broadcaster apologised for a misleadingly edited segment of one of his speeches but refused to provide compensation.

Nov 15, 2025 - World

A massive multi-species spider web found in a cave on the Greece-Albania border is thought to be the world's largest.