‘Starmer accused of Mandelson cover up’ and ‘Time for Strait talking’

There’s more criticism levelled at the prime minister, with the Sunday Express saying Sir Keir is being accused of “betraying” Northern Ireland veterans over Labour’s plans to repeal the Legacy Act. The controversial clause, which protects former servicemen from prosecution for Troubles-era crimes, had already been found to be unlawful and was opposed by Northern…

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Former Pripyat Resident Returns Home 40 Years After Chernobyl Disaster

Forty years after the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, former residents are still living with its consequences. Klavdia Omelchenko was among those evacuated from Pripyat after the world’s worst civilian nuclear accident on April 26, 1986. She returned to the abandoned apartment she once called home, and shared personal memories with RFE/RL’s Ukrainian…

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    Health Insurers Performing Better But There’s Potential Trouble Ahead

    Close up of a medical insurance form with stethoscope getty Health insurance companies including UnitedHealthcare, CVS Health’s Aetna, Centene and Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans owned by Elevance Health are seeing lower costs from patients submitting claims. But there’s trouble ahead for plans offering government-subsidized health insurance as Americans drop coverage or can no…

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    Non-profit’s GoDaddy nightmare and the IT chaos that ensued • The Register

    GoDaddy is currently investigating claims that it handed complete control of a valid 27-year-old domain to another customer, without requiring them to pass any authentication processes or upload any supporting documents. The sensational allegations come from Lee Landis, a partner at Pennsylvania IT shop Flagstream Technologies, who claims one of his client’s domains “vanished” from…

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