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Iraqi protesters torch Iran consulate amid deadly protests

Iraqi protesters torched the Iranian consulate in the holy city of Najaf on Wednesday in a dramatic escalation of anti-government demonstrations that have left more than 350 people dead. “Victory to Iraq!” and “Iran out!” protesters chanted, outraged …

Iran arrests eight 'linked to CIA' in street unrest

Iran has arrested eight people it accused of CIA links and sending abroad information on recent urban unrest, days after the United States said it had received thousands of messages on a protest crackdown in the Islamic republic. New York-based Human …

Furious China threatens retaliation over US law on Hong Kong

China threatened retaliation against Washington on Thursday after US President Donald Trump signed legislation supporting Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters, just as the world’s top two economies edge towards a trade truce. Activists in the crisis-hit…

She Slashed Global Tariffs Under Trump’s Nose. Now She’s Leaving

(Bloomberg) — Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Over the past five years as the European Union’s trade chief, Cecilia Malmstrom has reached deals to expand more than 295 billion euros ($…

NHS spending and staffing worse than other Western countries, warns report, with quality of care 'slipping'

NHS spending and staffing worse than other Western countries, warns report, with quality of care 'slipping'Britain’s health service is lagging behind that of other high-income countries, research suggests.  The study by the London School of Economics and Harvard School of Public Health compared  ten countries, examining spending levels, and a range of indicators measuring quality of care,  The study, published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), said the quality of NHS care appears to be “slipping”, with Britons faring worse than their counterparts abroad. Researchers compared the UK with Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the US, using data, some of which came from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The UK was found to have the lowest healthcare expenditure per person at £2,978, compared with an average of £4,438 in the other countries. Overall, the UK spent approximately 8.7 per cent of GDP on health in 2017, compared with the average of 11.5 per cent. GPs in the UK reported spending the least amount of time with patients, compared with similar countries, the study found.  Overall, 92 per cent of family doctors said they spent less than 15 minutes on each appointment, compared with 38 per cent of those elsewhere.  None said they spent 25 or more minutes with a patient, compared with an average of 15 per cent in other countries, while 8 per cent spent 15 to 25 minutes per appointment, compared with 45 per cent in other countries.  When it comes to doctors, the UK had fewer, at 2.8 per 1,000 people in 2017, compared with an average of 3.5. The number of practising nurses in the UK in 2017 was also “considerably lower” at 7.8 per 1,000 people, compared with an average of 11.4 in the other countries. The UK had the lowest survival rates for breast and colon cancer, and second lowest for cervical and rectal cancer.  And 19 per cent of hospital patients waited two months or more to see a specialist, compared with a 12 per cent average in other countries. The study also found the UK had fewer hospital beds, at 2.5 per 1,000 people, compared with four per 1,000 in other countries. However, there were fewer healthcare-associated infections in the UK, fewer people suffered a blood clot after surgery and more over-65s had a flu jab. There were also more women undergoing breast and cervical screening. The authors said: “Our study suggests that the NHS should look towards improving staffing ratios, long-term care provision, and social spending, which are lower than comparator countries and have been declining in recent years. “Despite already low levels of labour, the UK is making do with fewer doctors and nurses, a challenge that is likely to be exacerbated in the context of Brexit. “Although access to care compared favourably to other countries, utilisation was lower than average and quality seems to be slipping. Health service outcomes, as well as heath status, are sub-optimal.” The study’s authors said the UK “will almost certainly need to spend more on healthcare staffing, long-term care, and other social services” in the future. The Conservatives have promised an NHS budget rise of 3.4 per cent a year on average, so that by 2023/24, £149 billion will be spent.   Health and wellbeing | Read more Labour has pledged a 4.3 percent increase in health funding annually over four years – amounting to £6 billion extra a year by 2023/24, which the Lib Dems have pledged to match. Mark Dayan, policy analyst at the Nuffield Trust, said: “Our work last year with the Institute for Fiscal Studies, King’s Fund and Health Foundation showed the UK lags behind on many areas of cancer and in overall avoidable deaths for killer diseases. “But the NHS does appear relatively efficient, and actually has perfectly normal waiting times despite the complaints we so often hear. “This report is right to point to low levels of key staff as an underlying concern.” Jonathan Ashworth, shadow health secretary, said: “It’s clear that years of tory underfunding and under staffing of our NHS has had a huge impact on patient care, with many waiting longer for appointments and treatment.  “Labour will invest in our health service with a £40bn cash boost to help deliver real change, recruit more doctors and nurses, and give patients the standard of care they deserve.”

Navy cancels review for SEALs after firing of Navy secretary

The Navy on Wednesday canceled a peer-review process that would have determined if three Navy SEAL officers who supervised an enlisted SEAL convicted of posing with a dead teenage captive in Iraq should remain on the elite force. Acting Navy Secretary…

Putin and Ukraine's Zelensky set for Paris one-on-one: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky are likely to have a one-on-one meeting during four-way summit talks in Paris next month, the Kremlin said Wednesday. Putin and Zelensky plan to join French President Emmanuel Ma…

UPDATE 1-New law to give indigenous peoples more sway in Canada's British Columbia

British Columbia passed a law that will give indigenous people more sway in matters affecting them, becoming the first Canadian province to formally adopt U.N. standards on the issue. “It is time we recognize and safeguard indigenous peoples’ human ri…

HRW charges Iran 'covering up' unrest deaths

Human Rights Watch accused Iran on Wednesday of “deliberately covering up” deaths and arrests during a crackdown on demonstrations this month. Protests broke out across sanctions-hit Iran on November 15, hours after a sharp fuel price hike was announc…

The climate crisis is here, get used to it

When teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, nominated for the Peace Nobel this year, scolded titans of industry in Davos and heads of state at the United Nations, she told them to look at the science. If economics is the “dismal science”, research on g…

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska 'stripped of Cyprus citizenship' in clampdown on cash-for-visa scheme

Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska 'stripped of Cyprus citizenship' in clampdown on cash-for-visa schemeOleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire with ties to the Kremlin, has had his Cypriot citizenship revoked as the island nation clamps down on abuse of its passport-for-investment programme, according to local media.  Cyprus has stripped 26 wealthy people of their citizenship rights as part of a review of the 2013 policy that granted a passport to anybody who invested at least $2.2 million in the local economy, the Politis newspaper reported. The Cypriot government has not confirmed the report. Mr Deripaska was once Russia’s richest man, making his fortune by consolidating Siberia’s vast aluminum resources under his control in the 1990s. His estimated net worth today is $3 billion. Cypriot citizenship, which Mr Deripaska gained in 2017, granted him the right to travel and live across the European Union without the restrictions faced by Russian passport-holders. In 2018, the US sanctioned Mr Deripaska over his alleged ties to Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, arguing that he and other Russian oligarchs directly benefited from the Putin regime’s bad behaviour abroad.  Mr Deripaska seen here with Mr Putin in 2014 Credit:  Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images Three of Mr Deripaska’s companies were also sanctioned, though those were later lifted as part of an agreement that saw him divest his controlling shares in the firms. Unidentified representatives of Mr Deripaska were quoted in the Russian press on Wednesday denying the Politis report. The RBC news outlet quoted a representative as saying “no official notice of any kind” has been issued by the Cypriot government. Asked by reporters in Moscow if the reports were true, a Kremlin spokesman said it did not concern Russia but was an “internal issue” for Cyprus and Mr Deripaska.  Earlier this month, Cyprus announced it had identified 26 recipients of Cypriot passports under the citizenship-for-investment program that were under review. The list included nine Russian citizens, Reuters reported at the time.  According to Politis, those nine Russians Deripaska, his wife and his daughter, as well as businessmen Vladimir Stolyarenko and Alexander Bondarenko and their families. The list is also reported to include Cambodians, Chinese, Kenyan, Melasian and Iranian nationals.  The citizenship-for-investment programme has come under intense scrutiny following reporting by Reuters that claimed to show the scheme has been manipulated by corrupt officials and political allies close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

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