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1+ min ago (271+ words) Last update on December 4, 2025, 9:21 am Health December 4, 2025 | 9:21 am Santo Domingo.- A new survey by the Ministry of Public Health shows that although the Dominican Republic meets international benchmarks for the overall availability of doctors and nurses, the country faces a severe shortage of nursing personnel, requiring more than 48,000 additional nurses to reach global standards. The study confirms that the nation surpasses the WHO/PAHO target of 44.5 doctors and nurses per 10,000 inhabitants, reaching 56.3 health professionals. However, when examining nurses alone, the density drops to 26 per 10,000 people, far below the recommended 70.6. The census highlights that 81.1% of the health workforce is female, and 58.3% are between 25 and 44 years old, indicating a young professional base. Nearly all staff members99.7%are Dominican. In terms of academic preparation, 48.9% of personnel hold a university degree, 20.3% have postgraduate studies, and 30.8% are technical staff, reflecting a balanced mix of advanced and…...

1+ min ago (492+ words) Taxpayers funded "12.6m in facial recognition last year, with more yet to come, under government plans. Thursday 4 December 2025 11:00, UK The use of controversial facial recognition technology will be ramped up by police under government plans. Ministers are launching a 10-week consultation asking for views on how the tech should be regulated to protect people's privacy. The government also plans to create a new regulator overseeing facial recognition, as well as biometrics and other tools. The Home Office spent "12.6m on facial recognition last year, and policing minister Sarah Jones said its capabilities offer the "biggest breakthrough for catching criminals since DNA matching". But civil liberties campaigners say its use is "out of control", and turning Britain "into an open prison with surveillance of the general population". The Metropolitan Police used the technology to make 1,300 arrests over the last two years, and found…...

1+ min ago (240+ words) An Australian kids sunscreen has been recalled over safety fears the products separates and does not provide protection from the sun. Cancer Council Clear Zinc Kids SPF50+ has been pulled from shelves by the product manufacturer Vitality Brands Worldwide. The Therapeutic Goods Administration issued an alert, warning the product may appear to have an uneven texture and visible water separating out of the product. "If this happens, the ingredients are no longer properly mixed," the alert read. "If the product is separated, it will be more difficult to spread evenly on skin, and could reduce the overall performance of the product. "This could affect the SPF of the sunscreen and may cause inadequate sun protection." The products are the latest in a growing list of Australian-made sunscreens recalled since consumer advocacy group Choice conducted an investigation that uncovered some of the…...

1+ min ago (406+ words) General Catalyst and Jump Crypto co-lead funding round as platform reaches $25 billion in cumulative trading volume Ostium Labs has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round co-led by General Catalyst and Jump Crypto, the company announced today. Combined with a previously undisclosed $4 million strategic round, Ostium's total funding now stands at $27.8 million. Built on Arbitrum, an Ethereum layer-2 network, Ostium has processed $25 billion in cumulative trading volume since launch, including $5 billion in metals trading alone. The protocol distinguishes itself by concentrating primarily on real-world assets, with over 95% of its open interest tied to traditional markets rather than cryptocurrency assets. "Our thesis has been that the global CFD broker market will be disrupted by DeFi," said Kiernan-Linn, Ostium's CEO. "Our first clear product-market fit came from crypto-native traders who wanted exposure to traditional assets without moving their capital into custodial…...

1+ min ago (712+ words) Long Covid patients say they are being "thrown under the bus" after the decision to close Mid and South Essex's only specialist service. The long Covid clinics and outreach bus run by Provide CIC will shut in February after the NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board withdrew funding. The board told councillors that referrals had fallen and "most patients" recovered within four to nine months. But campaigners, and those with long Covid, said the move set a "dangerous precedent" and risked leaving vulnerable people without expert help. Antony Loveless, 58, from Southend, said he caught Covid in January 2021 while working at London Gateway port. Since then, he has lost four stone, walks with a stick, and uses a disabled badge. He said the long Covid team was "essential", despite limited provision. "The clinics were the one place we could…...

2+ min ago (136+ words) Holly Patrick | Thursday 04 December 2025 09:19 GMT Kate Winslet hopes her new film Goodbye June allows audiences to have difficult conversations about loss and grief. The Oscar-winning actor's directorial debut follows four siblings (Winslet, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, and Johnny Flynn) when their mother's (Dame Helen Mirren) health takes an unexpected turn just before Christmas, forcing them to confront messy family dynamics in the face of possible loss. "It is hard to talk about loss and grief, whether it's happened to you or not. It is something that ultimately does happen to us all. What I hope is that it opens up a conversation that people might otherwise struggle with," Winslet told The Independent. Goodbye June is in select UK and US theatres from 12 December and on Netflix from 24 December....

2+ min ago (592+ words) Harding Loevner, an asset management company, released its "Global Equity Strategy" third-quarter 2025 investor letter. "A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund returned 2.62% gross (2.52% net) in the third quarter of 2025, compared to a 7.74% return for the MSCI All Country World Index and 7.36% gain for the MSCI [] Harding Loevner, an asset management company, released its "Global Equity Strategy" third-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. The fund returned 2.62% gross (2.52% net) in the third quarter of 2025, compared to a 7.74% return for the MSCI All Country World Index and 7.36% gain for the MSCI World Index. YTD, the strategy rose 10.61% (net) compared to 18.86% and 17.83% for the indexes. The firm highlighted in the letter that the last six months represented one of the strongest momentum phases in over 70 years. Since the beginning of the year, high-momentum stocks…...

3+ min ago (359+ words) ISLAMABAD: The inaugural session of the 11th National Finance Commission (NFC) was held on Thursday, during which it was decided to form working groups to move forward on key fiscal matters. The meeting was chaired by Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb. The chief ministers of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa attended in their capacity as provincial finance ministers, while the finance ministers of Punjab and Balochistan, along with private members, were also present. The Ministry of Finance briefed the participants on the federal fiscal situation, while all four provinces presented their respective financial positions. Minister Aurangzeb thanked the chief ministers, provincial finance ministers, secretaries and commission members for their participation. He said the session marked an important constitutional responsibility and an opportunity for cooperative dialogue. "The federal government was committed to convening the opening session of the 11th NFC without delay, and the…...

3+ min ago (662+ words) New footage and images released by Democrats as lawmakers ask for update on Epstein files from the Justice Department Among the trove of unearthed images is what appears to be a dentist chair in a room adorned with decorative masks of bald men's faces hanging on the walls, as well as another room featuring a chalkboard with the words "power," "deception," and "music." Another features a large shower room stacked with bins of towels and blankets. The House released them on the same day members of Congress demanded answers from Attorney General Pam Bondi on when the Trump administration will release the full Epstein files. Congress passed " and President Donald Trump signed into law " a bill that required the full files to be released in 30 days, which would be on Friday. In a letter to Bondi, obtained by NBC News,…...

3+ min ago (767+ words) Groundwater is one of Earth's most important natural resources'it's the world's biggest source of accessible freshwater, and in dry parts of the world, it supplies most of the water humans consume. In Australia, for example, where more than 70% of the landmass is semiarid or arid, groundwater is the only reliable source of freshwater, supplemented by limited seasonal or episodic rainfall. Groundwater is replenished, or recharged, when water'usually from precipitation'percolates into bedrock from the surface, raising the water table. However, scientists have relatively little knowledge of when this replenishment occurs and how much precipitation is needed to refill underground reservoirs known as aquifers. The lack of understanding of when and how water goes from the surface to a reservoir makes it difficult to predict how groundwater recharge will change as the climate changes. This difficulty will be increasingly problematic as our…...