Seven out of 10 UK family doctors are worn out and suffering from “compassion fatigue”, finding it hard to empathise with their patients, a poll published on Friday said. The survey of 1,855 doctors across the UK carried out by the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland showed a
Greece on Monday announced a campaign to protect teens from “website addiction” after a similar move by Australia targeting social media companies last month. Conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said his government would introduce a “step-by-step” national strategy to inform parents and children, and encourage social media firms to “show
SEOUL: South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol refused a summons to appear for questioning yesterday, the third time he has defied investigators’ demands in two weeks. Investigators probing Yoon had ordered him to appear for questioning at 10 am (GMT 0100) yesterday, a demand he rejected. Yoon, a former
MUAN (SOUTH KOREA): A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea crashed on arrival yesterday, smashing into a barrier and bursting into flames, leaving all but two feared dead. A bird strike and adverse weather conditions were cited by authorities as likely causes of the crash
LONDON: The UK will end a tax exemption for private schools on Wednesday, the centre-left Labour government has announced, in a move set to raise over £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) for public education. After years of worsening educational inequalities, from January 1, private schools will have to pay 20 per
LONDON (United Kingdom): Amad Diallo is determined to make history with Manchester United despite the club’s struggles under new manager Ruben Amorim. United’s poor form has left them 14th in the Premier League, but Diallo, with two goals and six assists, has been a standout player. Along with the other
BRISBANE (Australia) Nick Kyrgios criticized the handling of doping cases in tennis, particularly the lenient treatment of world number one Jannik Sinner, who failed two drug tests for clostebol but avoided suspension. Kyrgios called tennis’ integrity “awful” and condemned the sport’s image, citing the involvement of two number ones in
To build his giant Lego structures which usually take hundreds of thousands of bricks, Hungarian artist Balazs Doczy first must solve major “engineering challenges”. “Every structure has an Achilles’ heel. Once it is solved, the rest of the work is easy,” the 48-year-old told AFP. He needed 90 helpers for
SANAA (Yemen): Israeli air strikes pummelled Sanaa’s international airport and other targets in Yemen on Thursday, with Huthi rebel media reporting six deaths. World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on social media he was at the airport during the strike, adding that “one of our plane’s crew members
SYDNEY (Australia): Australian firefighters said yesterday they were fighting to control a bushfire racing through a national park that has consumed an area the size of Singapore. The eastern state of Victoria has faced extreme fire conditions in the past week, with numerous blazes forcing evacuations in dozens of rural communities.