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Teacher shortages improve, but not everywhere

The teacher shortage that began after the COVID-19 pandemic is easing, but large gaps remain on the ground as the new school term begins. While the recovery from the pandemic-induced teacher shortages is a silver lining for the teaching industry, experts say schools, especially low-income ones, are struggling to fill positions. “We’re pretty confident that […]

Energy Shortages and Inflation The New Norm as Refinery Closures Outpace Construction

As the world has become impassioned with increasing its electricity generation from wind turbines and solar panels from breezes and sunshine, the world is silently slipping into a future of shortages and inflation as society’s demands for all the products and fuels manufactured from crude oil are exceeding the supply available from the dwindling number […]

Truckers Prepare Roadblocks, General Strike to Protest Fuel Shortages in Bolivia

Bolivian truck drivers and local transport organisations have called for an indefinite strike at large transport companies next week in protest against the government of socialist President Luis Arce and continuing shortages of diesel fuel and foreign currency. The indefinite strike, due to begin on Monday, June 17, will include country-wide road blockades and border […]

Drug shortages plague patients. There’s a solution

From 1968 to 2020, people experienced a remarkable increase in life expectancy, from 70 to 78 years. Much of that was due to advances in drugs and vaccines, many of which are now unavailable because of shortages. According to the University of Utah Drug Information Service, in the first quarter of 2024, a total of 323 drugs were […]

Russia Destroys Major Ukrainian Power Plant, Power Shortages Expected

Russia appears to be stepping up its campaign to take power away from Ukraine, launching a series of major missile and drone attacks against critical infrastructure this week, completely destroying a large power plant. The Trypilska coal and gas power plant was “completely destroyed” in an overnight missile attack on Thursday, according to Ukrainian state […]

Protests erupt in Cuba’s Santiago over power outages, food shortages

A group of protesters demonstrated in Santiago on Sunday, criticizing Cuba’s prolonged power outages and food shortages. A video showing protesters outside Santiago, about 800 miles from Havana, went viral on social media. State media confirmed the protests in Santiago and reported similar protests in other Cuban provinces, as confirmed by the US embassy in […]

Austin ‘at the brink of disaster’ as police shortages hit crisis level

Residents in Austin, Texas, are expressing anger over police understaffing and longer response times for 911 calls after the city council voted to cut the department’s budget in 2020. In February, ongoing staffing shortages left some parts of the city without a single police officer for several hours on Saturdays. Michael Block, president of the […]