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May 19 0400 UTC Brief
In global health
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 118 people, and the World Health Organization has declared it an international emergency. WHO is also sending health experts and supplies to help contain what it calls a complex and difficult outbreak.
In U.S. news
Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman and longtime ally of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, appeared in a Miami federal courtroom on a money laundering charge. In a separate case, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center over claims that it funded extremist groups, while a federal grand jury in Alabama has recently indicted the group on wire fraud and bank fraud charges.
In Britain
An investigation has found that repeat drug-driving offences are almost five times more common than repeat drink-driving offences, prompting calls for a national rehabilitation scheme. That points to a problem that is being punished, but not yet meaningfully broken.
Separately, Transport for London staff failed to spot suspicious packages in covert security tests 22 times out of 63 over the past year, according to an internal document. The Department for Transport inspections took place at railway stations, and Conservatives are now calling for an urgent review of TfL’s security procedures and for the full findings to be published.
In business
Standard Chartered says it plans to cut thousands of jobs as it expands its use of artificial intelligence, though some staff may be moved elsewhere in the bank.
In New York transit
The MTA and unions representing thousands of Long Island Rail Road workers have reached a tentative agreement, ending the three-day strike.
In local government and planning
A Planning Inspectorate decision to overturn Durham County Council’s rejection of a solar farm near Burnhope has angered local residents and campaigners, who say the scheme would damage green fields, curlew nesting sites and local access. The developer says the project was designed to limit harm, while the council says it will keep pressing the issue, though another legal challenge appears unlikely to work.
In brief
Pennsylvania SPCA investigators are looking into a video that appears to show a woman pouring a substance believed to be bleach onto cat food in Chester. No animals were reported harmed, and charges could follow if lab tests confirm the material was toxic.
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By IniaesIn global health
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 118 people, and the World Health Organization has declared it an international emergency. WHO is also sending health experts and supplies to help contain what it calls a complex and difficult outbreak.
In U.S. news
Alex Saab, the Colombian businessman and longtime ally of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, appeared in a Miami federal courtroom on a money laundering charge. In a separate case, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center over claims that it funded extremist groups, while a federal grand jury in Alabama has recently indicted the group on wire fraud and bank fraud charges.
In Britain
An investigation has found that repeat drug-driving offences are almost five times more common than repeat drink-driving offences, prompting calls for a national rehabilitation scheme. That points to a problem that is being punished, but not yet meaningfully broken.
Separately, Transport for London staff failed to spot suspicious packages in covert security tests 22 times out of 63 over the past year, according to an internal document. The Department for Transport inspections took place at railway stations, and Conservatives are now calling for an urgent review of TfL’s security procedures and for the full findings to be published.
In business
Standard Chartered says it plans to cut thousands of jobs as it expands its use of artificial intelligence, though some staff may be moved elsewhere in the bank.
In New York transit
The MTA and unions representing thousands of Long Island Rail Road workers have reached a tentative agreement, ending the three-day strike.
In local government and planning
A Planning Inspectorate decision to overturn Durham County Council’s rejection of a solar farm near Burnhope has angered local residents and campaigners, who say the scheme would damage green fields, curlew nesting sites and local access. The developer says the project was designed to limit harm, while the council says it will keep pressing the issue, though another legal challenge appears unlikely to work.
In brief
Pennsylvania SPCA investigators are looking into a video that appears to show a woman pouring a substance believed to be bleach onto cat food in Chester. No animals were reported harmed, and charges could follow if lab tests confirm the material was toxic.