London CNN — Tens of thousands of nurses and nearly 12,000 ambulance workers went on strike Monday over pay and working conditions in the biggest walkout in the 75-year history of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS). Escalating industrial action comes after years of falling wages, stretched budgets and staff shortages […]
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Rural seniors benefit from pandemic-driven remote fitness boom
MALMO, Minn. — Eight women, all 73 or older, paced the fellowship hall at Malmo Evangelical Free Church to a rendition of Daniel O’Donnell’s “Rivers of Babylon” as they warmed up for an hourlong fitness class. The women, who live near or on the eastern shore of Mille Lacs Lake, […]
‘What have they done?’ Flip side of Turkey’s dental boom
Istanbul (AFP) – Briton Rida Azeem knew her dental trip to Turkey had gone badly wrong the second she took off her mask. “My husband said, ‘What have they done to you? Your face is all sunk.’” “I had big gaps underneath my gums and you could see all the […]