US lawsuit accuses Apple and Microsoft of profiting from child labour
The suit is filed on behalf of 13 anonymous plaintiffs, all families with children who died or suffered serious injury while mining cobalt.
Hospital private contractor to be sued after infection scandal and unexplained child deaths
“At the heart of this scandal is not a contractual arrangement, but a catalogue of failings and a cover-up by hospital managers which led to a child losing their life.”
Whirlpool recalls half a million Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines over fire-risk. Full list:
Whirlpool advised consumers to unplug affected washing machines and not use them.
Democrats lay out Trump impeachment case as Republicans warned it could finish them
The president “betrayed the Nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections,” according to the 650-page report from the House Judiciary Committee.
AC Milan and Roma join outrage as Serie A uses monkey images in anti-racism campaign
The Italian league’s poster campaign was branded ‘a sick joke' by the Fare anti-discrimination network.
Outrage at report over growing gap between number of rape reports and number of convictions
The Attorney General ordered the inspection to investigate why successful prosecutions had dropped by 52 per cent even though the number of rape allegations reported to police rose by 43 per cent.
Boris Johnson amends Brexit Withdrawal Bill to make extension of transition cliff-edge illegal
Johnson may also ditch the Brexit protection for workers’ rights and environment he promised.
Boris Johnson accused of showing “two fingers to democracy” over Nicky Morgan affair
Nicky Morgan joked that leaving the Cabinet is ‘harder than leaving the EU’.
Study reveals just how unequal access to dignified healthcare is at the end of people’s lives
Just 14% of people around the world have access to top level palliative care services that allow them to die with dignity, a new study has found.