The Government has today introduced regulations to restrict the prescribing and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones, known as ‘puberty blockers’, to children and young people under 18 in England, Wales and Scotland. The emergency ban will last from 3 June to 3 September. It will apply to prescriptions written by UK private prescribers and prescribers registered in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland. During this period no new patients under 18 will be prescribed these medicines for the purposes of puberty suppression in those experiencing gender dysphoria/incongruence under the care of these prescribers. The NHS stopped the routine prescription of puberty blocker…
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Home » Places » Colmar Charming canals and colorful medieval houses. Welcome to our comprehensive travel guide for visiting La Petite Venise, a destination known for its unique blend of cultural richness, history, and educational value in Colmar, France. Here, you will find detailed insights into what makes La Petite Venise such a unique cultural attraction. About La Petite Venise in Colmar is a gem for lovers of culinary delights, rich culture, and the arts. Wander through its narrow cobblestone streets lined with colorful, half-timbered houses that seem pulled out of a fairy tale. You’ll find cafes serving up Alsatian…
Christian Brice, aged 26, returned to Cameroon with the support of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) as part of its Protection, Return and Reintegration Programme for Migrants in Sub-Saharan Africa, funded by the European Union. Leaving for Tunisia on 9 November 2019 to study, Christian Brice was counting on the financial support of his cousin, who was living in France, who had guaranteed to pay for his stay and studies, and to help him get to France afterwards. Unfortunately, as soon as he arrived in Tunisia, he realised that these were false promises. Christian had to face alone the…
In 2023, 8% of enterprises in the EU with 10 or more employees used Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to conduct their business. This data comes from the newly updated Statistics Explained article on the use of artificial intelligence in enterprises. Artificial intelligence refers to systems that use technologies such as text mining, computer vision, speech recognition, natural language generation, machine learning and deep learning to gather and/or use data to predict, recommend or decide – with varying levels of autonomy – the best action to achieve specific goals. The highest shares of enterprises with 10 or more employees using AI…
In April 2022, Apple came under scrutiny when the Photos app was discovered to have blocked photos taken at sites related to the Holocaust. A team of journalists at the tech website 9to5Mac were analyzing an iPhone beta update, when they found a list of 12 “sensitive locations” set to be excluded from Memories. These locations included the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and the Berlin Holocaust Memorial. 9to5Mac described the block as an attempt to avoid the creation of “unwanted memories.” My recent study examined the comment section of the original 9to5Mac article to gauge how iPhone users and readers reacted…
Issues with short-notice cancellations of the 100X Dundalk to Dublin bus service were highlighted to the Minister for Transport in Leinster House today by Sinn Féin TD Ruairí Ó Murchú. The Dundalk TD has already raised the problems with the bus service, which saw some early morning 100X services from Dundalk cancelled at short notice between May 17 and 20. He raised the problems with the service at a Topical Issue debate with Transport Minister Eamon Ryan and said it was one issue that had “inundated” his office. Deputy Ó Murchú said: “This is a big deal for people. The…
WASHINGTON – The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Interagency Labor Committee for Monitoring and Enforcement today requested a review by the Mexican government of the committee’s finding workers’ rights were denied at a Volkswagen assembly plant in Puebla, Mexico. The request follows an April 25, 2024, petition filed by 10 fired workers who allege Volkswagen Mexico violated the workers’ freedom of association and collective bargaining rights at the plant, the country’s largest and longest operating auto factory.Filed under the USMCA’s Rapid Response Labor Mechanism, the petition asserts the wrongful dismissal of 10 members of the outgoing leadership committee of the Independent Union of Workers of the Automotive, Similar and Related Industries…
Strack-Zimmermann, who is the lead candidate for the German Free Democratic Party in the EU election, has often lambasted the chancellor for his hesitant approach toward sending military aid to Ukraine “You can’t get through to him because he is glaringly self-righteous,” Strack-Zimmermann said, adding that even the chancellor’s fellow party members think so. She accused Scholz of copying his predecessor Angela Merkel and basing policies on polls, only doing what is popular with the public. “He shapes policy exclusively according to polls,” Strack-Zimmermann said. It isn’t the job of a politician to tell people what they want to hear,…
Thanks to our large brains, humans and non-human primates are smarter than most mammals. But why do some species develop large brains in the first place? The leading hypothesis for how primates evolved large brains involves a feedback loop: smarter animals use their intelligence to find food more efficiently, resulting in more calories, which provides the energy to power a large brain. Support for this idea comes from studies that have found a correlation between brain size and diet – more specifically, the amount of fruit in an animal’s diet. Fruit is a high-power food, but creates a complicated puzzle…
At about 09:53 hrs on 23 April 2024, an East Midlands Railway train travelling at 104 mph (167 km/h) was involved in a near miss with a track worker on the Down Fast line about 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north of Harpenden station, in Hertfordshire. The track worker was crossing an underbridge when the train approached. This bridge did not have the required clearance between the bridge parapet and the nearest running rail for the track worker to be far enough away from the train, so that they were in a position of safety. Upon seeing the track worker…