92 minutes ago Voices: Is assisted dying a compassionate step forward or a dangerous precedent? Join The Independent Debate

The debate on assisted dying pits advocates of compassionate choice for the terminally ill against concerns over ethical risks and potential misuse of the proposed law. Where do you stand?

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2 hours ago The Hollywood star given a hero's welcome by a community 'ready to fight'

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2 hours ago Don’t listen to opponents of assisted dying: a Labour government’s legacy must be freedom | Polly Toynbee

I have campaigned for the right to avoid a needlessly agonising death all my life. After this vote, I hope I will no longer have toThe time has come for a defining moment early in a Labour era that has so far lacked definition. This is the week a Labour parliament can make its mark in the long campaign for personal freedoms over birth, sex, life and death. If not, if MPs prove pusillanimous in the face of loud but thinly supported objections backed by organised religion, they will ignore the opinion of a public that is strongly in favour: the British social attitudes survey’s first polling in 1983 found 77% of people in favour of assisted dying, and that figure has hardly varied since then. After campaigning all my life on this, I feel: if not now, then probably not in my lifetime.Every...

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3 hours ago Hong Kong's top court rules in favor of equal inheritance and housing benefits for same

Hong Kong’s top court has upheld earlier rulings that favored the granting of subsidized housing benefits and equal inheritance rights to same-sex couples, in a landmark victory for the city’s LGBTQ+ community

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3 hours ago Doctor shares exercise everyone over 30 should do to reduce heart disease risk

The expert shared how the exercise can greatly benefit your health, explaining the connection between muscle loss and ageing

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5 hours ago Risky Russell Wilson move has paid off for Denver Broncos as Bo Nix launches Rookie of the Year bid

The Denver Broncos parted ways with Russell Wilson after the 2023 season, incurring $85 million in dead cap to move on from the veteran QB

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6 hours ago ‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year

The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast“We’re all living through the enshittocene, a great enshittening, in which the services that matter to us, that we rely on, are turning into giant piles of shit,” author Cory Doctorow wrote earlier this year.In 2023, Doctorow coined the word “enshittification”, which has just been crowned Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year. The dictionary defined the word as follows.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Weight loss and diabetes drugs could reduce the risk of kidney deterioration and failure, researchers suggest

The likes of Wegovy and Ozempic could reduce the risk of kidney deterioration and failure by a fifth, a major study found.

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