Michael Heath

1 week ago | insurancejournal.com | Michael Heath

Australia has drafted in emergency service teams from across the nation to help with clean-up operations after devastating floods in the eastern state of New South Wales. Almost 200 additional personnel will take up specialist roles including water rescue, and storm and flood damage assessment, the NSW State Emergency Service said Sunday. About 32,000 residents are still isolated by floodwaters that are only slowly starting to abate.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Michael Heath

David Littleproud(Bloomberg) -- Australia’s two center-right opposition parties appear to be on track to return to the Coalition, a longstanding alliance between the pair that suffered a surprise split last week in the wake of a disastrous election showing.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Michael Heath

Residents clean a flood-damaged house in Taree on May 24. (Bloomberg) -- Australia has drafted in emergency service teams from across the nation to help with clean-up operations after devastating floods in the eastern state of New South Wales. Almost 200 additional personnel will take up specialist roles including water rescue, and storm and flood damage assessment, the NSW State Emergency Service said Sunday.

2 weeks ago | syracuse.com | Michael Heath

The Rev. Michael Heath, of Fayetteville, is a licensed mental health counselor and a United Church of Christ minister. Former President Joe Biden is back in the news for a painful reason. A week ago, the audio recording of his interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur revealed significant mental deterioration. A new book by the journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson came out, telling how Biden’s inner circle shielded the president from scrutiny.

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Michael Heath

Sainsbury’s is stepping up surveillance on its self-checkout tills. It’s hard not to laugh out loud. Not only will shoppers in some stores be recorded close-up by a VAR-style camera as they pack their groceries, but should anything appear amiss they may be shown a replay bearing the message: ‘Looks like that last item didn’t scan. Please