Good morning and welcome to FirstFT. In today’s newsletter:Companies in the UK rush to fire high earnersWhat are Andy Burnham’s foreign policy priorities?Giorgia Meloni redesigns Italy’s election rules to stay in powerHow DeepMind brought the AI boom to LondonYou can listen to today’s top news stories in the FT News Briefing podcast.We begin in the UK, where high-earning employees are in the crosshairs for job cuts before the country ends a cap on unfair dismissal payouts.What to know: Finance and tech groups are rushing to fire underperforming executives, cut headcount and toughen probation processes for new hires ahead of the…
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When agricultural crops are lost to flooding, food costs rise, food systems are weakened, and our ability to meet our food security needs is threatened. Credit: ShutterstockOpinion by Esther Ngumbi, Christy Gibson (urbana, illinois, us)Thursday, June 25, 2026Inter Press Service URBANA, Illinois, US, June 25 (IPS) – Across the United States, record breaking extreme weather events have already occurred, including severe storms and Tornadoes in the State of Illinois to flooding in Texas, southern Wisconsin and the South. Throughout the summer, and the remainder of the growing season, additional severe weather events will come through including several hurricanes and tropical storms…
There are a number of prescription medications available to manage COPD. When you start a new medication, make sure you understand how and when to take it. Up to 58.7 percent of people with COPD who use inhaled medications take them incorrectly, according to research, which increases risk of hospitalization and death.[3]Medication costs prevent up to 19 percent of adults from being able to take their COPD medication reliably, which can worsen symptoms and hasten the decline of lung function.[3] Programs are available if you need help paying for COPD medications. Prescription assistance programs offer discount cards, financial aid is…
A human brain starts as a single cell. Over time, that lone cell gives rise to an extraordinarily complex organ containing roughly 170 billion cells. One of the biggest questions in developmental neuroscience is how all of those cells end up in the right places to form a functioning brain. Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory now believe the answer may be surprisingly simple. Their new work offers insights into how the brain organizes itself during development and could eventually influence research in fields ranging from biology to artificial intelligence. How Brain Cells Determine Their Identity Stan Kerstjens, a postdoctoral…
President Trump, facing a backlash from supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for allying himself with the chemical industry, issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at reducing pesticides in the food supply and studying the health risks they pose.The order does not involve new federal funding, and does not call for new regulations or legislation. Critics contended that it did little to meaningfully address the consequences of pesticide use. Two White House officials, speaking anonymously to preview the order before it was announced, said it was timed to coincide with a dinner Mr. Trump was hosting for…
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Rescue workers and desperate residents dug for survivors in the rubble of large apartment buildings and flattened homes on Thursday after back-to-back major earthquakes struck Venezuela, a country already reeling from decades of economic and political upheaval.The Venezuelan government said that at least 235 people had been killed and more than 4,300 injured in the two quakes. The first, with a magnitude of 7.2, struck west of the capital, Caracas, on Wednesday just after 6 p.m. local time. It was followed by another, much stronger one measuring 7.5 just 39 seconds later.The rare one-two punch, known as a doublet, was…
Overstimulating EnvironmentsLoud, crowded, or unfamiliar places can cause sudden confusion and agitation in people with MCI.[12] “People with early Alzheimer’s lose a critical cognitive ability: filtering,” says Etienne.“The brain’s ability to filter out irrelevant or redundant sound information in order to focus on important information may be impaired in individuals with Alzheimer’s,” says Etienne. “For someone with dementia, this could mean that everyday noises, lights, or even textures become overwhelming; causing confusion, anxiety, and agitation that make daily tasks more challenging.”This jump in confusion or behavior change can happen more often around bedtime — a phenomenon called “sundowning.”[13]This can be…
“It’s not just an incremental step,” Jay Gambetta, the director of IBM Research, said during a press conference on Tuesday. “It’s a meaningful leap forward.” Within a decade, Gambetta expects, chips with nanostacking will be widely used in data centers, where their improved efficiency could help the facilities better manage their energy consumption. “Absolutely, it’s transformational,” says Dan Hutcheson, vice chair of TechInsights, a technology analysis company. “This puts another 10, 15 years on the roadmap.” Compared with IBM’s previous state-of-the-art architecture, the company reports, chips built with this new approach can do as much as 50% more work in…
DOJ cracking down on noncitizen voters UC Berkeley Law professor John Yoo joins ‘Fox News Live’ to discuss the Justice Department’s investigation into voter rolls as it seeks to identify noncitizen voters. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Attorneys representing a French national who recently admitted to illegally casting a ballot in the 2022 federal midterm elections told Fox News Digital that he thought he was allowed to vote because he was automatically registered when he received his New Jersey driver’s license.Eliezer Kadoch, 39, of Toms River, pleaded guilty to voting by an alien in…