Finland’s Down’s model Maija Mattila makes strides on catwalk
Marissa Tammisalo When a mixed-race girl with Down’s syndrome sat down to watch Finland’s Next Top Model, it might have seemed a distant world. But for Maija Mattila, it started the dream that changed her life. Maija watched in awe as the tall, dark, aspiring model walked in front of judges of the reality TV […]
Chinese man jailed for sexual assault of Alibaba employee on work trip
Reuters Alibaba, which was criticised for its handling of the case, says it opposes a forced drinking culture A client of Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for sexually assaulting one of its female employees on a work trip. The court in the eastern city of Jinan heard the […]
AI chip giant Nvidia’s shares sink despite record sales of $30bn
Shares in Nvidia have fallen despite the artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant comfortably beating expectations after more than doubling its sales. Nvidia announced record revenues of $30bn (£24.7bn) over a three-month period. The company has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom, with its stock market value soaring to more than $3 […]
Who are the candidates and what’s at stake?
AFP Ghana is due to get a new president after December’s election. The current vice-president, Mahamudu Bawumia, and a former head of state, John Mahama, are the two leading candidates in contention to win the poll. Nana Akufo-Addo, first elected in 2016, is coming to the end of his second and final four-year term. When […]
Chinese firm fined $1.3bn for illegal production of rabies vaccine
Getty Images This is not the first time substandard vaccines have been produced in China A Chinese vaccination firm has been fined $1.3bn (£988m) after it was found to have illegally produced the human rabies vaccine. The company also falsified production data for the vaccine. This is not the first major vaccine scandal to hit […]
Biden and Trump face off over China
Getty Images The US election is likely to be overshadowed by the coronavirus As the US grapples with the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump and and his likely election rival, Joe Biden, have been locking horns over the handling of the crisis. They’ve traded accusations about access to China for US health experts, and restrictions […]
I want to help keep mothers in the workplace
Susannah Dale Mum-of-two Susannah Dale wants firms to go beyond their statutory duties on maternity leave When Susannah Dale had her first child five years ago, she found herself struggling to cope. “Motherhood hit me like a ton of bricks,” she says. “I struggled with bonding, with breastfeeding, with the monotony of the early days.” […]
East Kent maternity deaths: Staff ‘committed’ to improvements
BBC Michelle Cudjoe said the Care Quality Commission had delivered a “tough” report Staff at an NHS trust where babies died due to care failings are “absolutely committed” to improvements, its new head of midwifery and nursing has said. Michelle Cudjoe told the BBC there was a “mindset of continual improvement” at East Kent Hospitals […]
Film studio launches £250,000 education fund
A Surrey film studio has launched a £250,000 fund to support film and media teaching to young people. Shepperton Studios, part of the Pinewood Group, said it wants to raise awareness of the sector and routes in to the industry for the next generation of filmmakers. The “Virtual Academy” fund of up to £50,000 per […]
UK supermarkets face tomato shortages
SWNS Supplies of some fruit and vegetables, including tomatoes, to UK supermarkets have been disrupted by poor weather in Europe and Africa. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) said that harvests had been hit by “difficult weather conditions”. Numerous pictures of empty shelves in supermarkets have been circulating on social media in recent days. Sources within […]