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City's anti-rat crusade has never been this normal
News, Stephen Mihm, Published on 13/08/2024
» New York City's mayor, Eric Adams, has opened up a new front of his war on rats. Mr Adams, who already made headlines for appointing a "rat czar" last year, has escalated his campaign against the city's ubiquitous rodents. Last week, he announced the creation of the "Rat Pack", which he billed as an "elite squad of anti-rat activists" who will take the fight to the enemy.
Digitally connected care for safety
Oped, Raphael Itah, Published on 19/09/2023
» Patient safety, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is one of the fundamental components in delivering quality healthcare and an important goal towards achieving Universal Health Care (UHC) across the world. Therefore, quality health services should be effective, safe, and patient-centric. To realise the benefits of quality health care, health services must be timely, equitable, integrated, and efficient.
Brexit: Sovereignty means free will, not a free lunch
Therese Raphael, Bloomberg Opinion columnist, Published on 16/12/2020
» LONDON: Only a handful of people are privy to what is going on inside the “tunnel” of European Union-UK trade talks.
Theresa May's humbling offers glimmer of hope
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 17/01/2019
» It was both a historic vote and decisive defeat for the government. But while it was called a "meaningful vote", parliament's verdict on Theresa May's Brexit deal on Tuesday was actually anything but.
May's Brexit vote delay reveals a govt in name only
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 12/12/2018
» It always seemed ludicrous for Theresa May to hold a vote she was set to lose by a large margin. And yet her decision to delay it brought not relief, but confusion and dismay.
Hey, UK! You'll need EU workers
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 02/11/2018
» It's been an unsettling couple of years for an estimated over 3.5 million European Union (EU) nationals who live and work in the UK. They've been victims of attacks, pawns in the Brexit negotiations and, more recently, an afterthought as an army of civil servants and consultants map out contingency plans for various Brexit scenarios.
A no-deal Brexit is crazy, but it might just happen
News, Therese Raphael, Published on 25/07/2018
» The prospect that the UK would leave the European Union without a deal setting out the terms of the withdrawal once seemed laughably remote. When it was mentioned at all, it was mainly as a negotiating tactic aimed at securing favourable trade and tariff agreements between the UK and the EU.
Time's up for Prawit
News, Postbag, Published on 02/02/2018
» I truly admire Khun Arnond Sakworawich who resigned as director of Nida Poll in protest after his boss (Nida President) put a hold on the release of a political poll (BP, Jan 31).