December2019

A hospital trust believes it is the first in the UK to introduce disposable sterile headscarves for staff to use in operating theatres. Junior doctor Farah Roslan, who is Muslim, had the idea during her training...

Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is preparing to give away 100 doses of the world’s most expensive drug, which treats a rare childhood disorder, but its recipient selection process has drawn criticism. The company announced this week...

Wall Street stocks again finished at records on Friday as continued optimism about trade talks and the US outlook offset another dreary session for Boeing. All three major indices ended at all-time highs, with the Dow...

Mama Cax, a groundbreaking model and activist, has died at the age of 30. The Haitian-American model, whose full name was Cacsmy Brutus, died on Monday after falling ill on a trip to London, her family...

Indonesia has become the latest Asian country to face an outbreak of African swine fever, a deadly pig virus devastating farmers across the region. On Wednesday, the country’s agriculture ministry said nearly 30,000 pigs have died...

Colombia on Friday ordered Uber to cease its ride-hailing operations in the Andean country, effective immediately after a judge ruled the company violated competition rules. Following a lawsuit filed against Uber by COTECH SA, the Superintendency...

Uber says it will make changes to avoid being banned in Germany, after a court ruled some of its processes did not respect local law. In Germany, the app connects passengers to private hire vehicle and...

Volkswagen (VW) has been slapped with a record fine by Australia’s consumer watchdog to settle lawsuits over the carmaker’s global emissions scandal. The A$125m ($86m; £66m) penalty is the highest ordered by a court for breaches...

Facebook on Friday said it took down a network of accounts using fake identities while spreading pro-Trump messages at the social network and Instagram. The campaign was one of two derailed for “engaging in foreign and...

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder and Chair Emeritus of BRAC, one of the world’s largest non-governmental organization has passed away today. He died at 8:28 PM. He was admitted to a hospital in Dhaka on...