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Pakistan cuts off phone and internet services on election day
Pakistan has temporarily suspended mobile phone network and internet services across the country to combat any “possible threats,” a top ministry said, as the South Asian nation commences its national election. In a statement, Pakistan’s interior ministry said the move was prompted by recent incidents of terrorism in the country. The internet was accessible through …
LinkedIn cuts over 700 jobs, exits China app as demand wavers
May 8 (Reuters) – LinkedIn, the social media network owned by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) that focuses on business professionals, said on Monday it would cut 716 jobs as demand wavers, while also shutting down its China-focused job application. LinkedIn, which has 20,000 employees, has grown revenue each quarter during the last year, but it joins …
UnitedHealth lifts profit outlook as slow elective-care recovery cuts costs
July 15 (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) on Friday raised its annual profit forecast for a second straight quarter, as a slow recovery in non-urgent medical procedures and lower COVID-care costs help it rein in medical expenses. Shares of the largest U.S. healthcare company by market value rose 4.5% in morning trade, providing the …
Russia cuts off gas exports to Finland in symbolic move
HELSINKI (AP) — Russia halted gas exports to neighboring Finland on Saturday, a highly symbolic move that came just days after the Nordic country announced it wanted to join NATO and marked a likely end to Finland’s nearly 50 years of importing natural gas from Russia. The measure taken by the Russian energy giant Gazprom …
Farmers can get interest rate cuts if they protect the environment
Tom Lee/Stuff If farmers met their environmental and social performance targets across the term of their loan, they would pay less to borrow the money. Bank of New Zealand has launched the country’s first sustainability linked loan that will reward even small-scale farmers for meeting environmental and social goals. Dana Muir, BNZ’s head of natural …
How funding cuts for COVID-19 tests and treatments could worsen health disparities – 89.3 WFPL News Louisville
At the start of the pandemic, many wished there was a pill people could swallow to make a COVID-19 infection go away. Two years later, we have not just one, but two of those pills, in addition to other outpatient and inpatient treatments. The federal government established programs in 2020 to ensure access to COVID …
Haaland, Reyna back as Dortmund cuts Bayern’s lead at top
BERLIN — Erling Haaland and Gio Reyna returned from injury Sunday as Borussia Dortmund cut Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga lead to seven points with a 1-0 win over coronavirus-hit Arminia Bielefeld. Marius Wolf’s first-half goal was enough for Dortmund to re-inject a measure of excitement into the title race with eight rounds left. Dortmund still has a …
CSEA Blasts Mental Health Service Cuts
The state’s largest public workers union on Tuesday knocked a provision in the agreed-to $212 billion state budget that will cut 200 beds used for inpatient mental health treatment services at the Office of Mental Health. The cut is part of a broader trend in the last seven years as 20% of inpatient beds have …
Wright State trustees vote to move forward with faculty cuts
In November, university administration triggered articles in the existing Collective Bargaining Agreement between the union that represents Wright State faculty, the AAUP-WSU, and Wright State University, to begin the process of retrenchment. According to a press release from Wright State, Articles T17 and N17 of the CBA between the AAUP-WSU and Wright State University acknowledge …
Kim Kardashian Jokes Son Saint West “Still Looks Cute” After He Cuts His Hair
Saint West is heading into 2021 with a brand new ‘do! The 5-year-old son of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West decided to give himself a New Year’s haircut and chopped off some of his own hair on Thursday, Dec. 31, much to his mom’s chagrin. On her Instagram Story, Kim shared some smiling photos of …
