The House plenum unanimously rejected a law that would give the chief of police the power to appoint specialist members of the force without following normal hiring procedures.
Nurses in Cyprus are often treated with contempt despite being the cornerstone of the health system. There are significant shortages of nurses and midwives in the country, and efforts are being made to attract, recruit, and retain them. The government has expressed support for nurses, but there are concerns about reducing the number of training hours for nurses, which could endanger patient safety and infringe upon their human rights. Cypriot nurses’ EU freedom of movement may be jeopardized if the directive is discarded.
Fact: British construction companies experienced their fastest expansion in over a year in April, with the S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index rising to 53.0 from 50.2 in March.
OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, raising the stakes in its competition with Google.
The death toll from historic floods in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul reached 113, with 146 people still unaccounted for.
The fact described in the text is that President Biden and congressional Democrats want to raise the federal corporate income tax rate to 28% from the current Trump rate of 21%.
Fact: Lael Brainard, director of the White House National Economic Council, stated that President Biden is considering raising the corporate tax rate and increasing the federal tax on stock buybacks if he wins a second term.
Fact: The World Health Organization (WHO) projects a 10 million shortfall of healthcare workers by 2030 globally.
Fact: A woman, aged 56, was scammed out of €19,000 after being told to open a digital wallet at a cryptocurrency exchange and buy and sell products with cryptocurrencies.
Italy’s Health Ministry has updated its guidelines on medically assisted reproduction, allowing women who have separated from their male partner or become widowed to proceed with the implantation of an embryo if the partner had previously agreed to the procedure.