Jude Pare and his partner, Diane Tix, live in rural Minnesota until temperatures dip below freezing, when they take refuge in Arizona for the winter. While away, their mail is forwarded. But Pare, 77, said he didn’t receive any warning from his Medicare prescription drug plan that his $0 monthly premium was about to increase.
Protesters in London gathered in support of the Move One Million movement. A mass demonstration, organised by Move One Million, took place in towns and cities across South Africa.Thousands of South Africans, as well as residents overseas, took part in the call for unity.The movement has demanded the government address issues like corruption and gender-based…
An estimated 17 000 people gathered in Berlin to protest coronavirus restrictions.The demonstration followed a rallying call from Michael Ballweg, an entrepreneur and political outsider who is running to become mayor of Stuttgart.Police ended the main demonstration after determining that organisers were not able to ensure health and safety regulations were being followed.Thousands of people have marched…
A new Oxfam report has warned that South Africa is joining the list of global hunger epicentres. The organisation estimates that by the end of the year, 12 000 people across the globe could die each day from hunger linked to Covid-19.The report painted a grim picture of SA's rapidly rising food insecurity, flagging a spike…
Schools such as Wynberg Girls High have to turn away hundreds of hopeful pupils and parents. (Steve Kretzmann, GroundUp) There doesn't appear to be space for at least 2 504 hopefuls looking for a place in Grade 8 at high schools in Cape Town.There are 59 761 Grade 7 pupils currently finishing their last year of…
11 min read AS A BRIGHT light flashes against a mustard yellow backdrop, 33-year-old actor Chase Stokes plays with the edges of a chunky sweater. First, he pulls on a sleeve, like he’s simply at home getting dressed, not on the last day of a long-ass press tour for the fifth and final season of
Published: August 25, 2026, 9:44 pm Indus Foods LLC, doing business as Gangothri Foods, an Austin, TX, firm, is recalling 1,626 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pickled goat and chicken products that were produced without the benefit of inspection, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The RTE pickled goat and chicken products were produced between
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
