2 hours ago British government 'must take action to stop NHS hospitals working with firms subject to Chinese laws' amid warnings they could 'harvest patient data to manufacture bioweapons' 

China is looking to harvest health data from British patients which could be used to develop bioweapons, experts have warned.

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2 hours ago With Assad’s fall, Putin’s dream of world domination is turning into a nightmare | Peter Pomerantsev

Complaints about the president are growing among Russian military and business leaders. Now is the time for the west to turn up the heat As Bashar al-Assad fell, Russian nationalist military bloggers turned on the Kremlin. “Ten years of our presence,” fumed the “Two Majors” Telegram channel to its more than one million subscribers, “dead Russian soldiers, billions of spent roubles and thousands of tonnes of ammunition, they must be compensated somehow.” Some didn’t shy away from lambasting Vladimir Putin. “The adventure in Syria, initiated by Putin personally, seems to be coming to an end. And it ends ignominiously, like all other ‘geopolitical’ endeavours of the Kremlin strategist.” These weren’t isolated incidents. Filter Labs, a data analytics company I collaborate with, saw social media sentiment on Syria dip steeply as Assad fell.It was in stark contrast to Putin’s silly claim at his annual news conference last week that Russia had suffered no defeat in Syria. Unlike social med...

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4 hours ago Urgent warning over 'silent killer' that can strike over Christmas and New Year

The festive season can be a time when people are more likely to disregard healthful habits, particularly when it comes to alcohol consumption. "Holiday heart syndrome" (HHS) refers to cardiac arrhythmias that occur after bouts of binge drinking

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4 hours ago Mufasa: The Lion King review – technically dazzling Disney origin story lacks soul

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins’s all-action tale boasts uncanny CGI effects and songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, but the screenplay is schmaltzy and derivativeIt’s a technical marvel. Using the same photorealistic CGI techniques as John Favreau’s 2019 “live-action” remake of the classic 1994 Disney animation The Lion King, this origin story for Mufasa, father of Simba and the character whose death is the inciting incident in the original film, is a visually arresting spectacle. Directed by Barry Jenkins, the indie darling behind the triple Oscar-winning masterpiece Moonlight, and the similarly lauded If Beale Street Could Talk, Mufasa: The Lion King feels like a massive leap forward in terms of the rendering capacity of the computer animation software.It captures not just the fur, but the play of muscle and sinew beneath it; not just water and ice but the minute refractions of light through a droplet or crystal. It even solves the lack of facial expression of the somewhat taxidermied-...

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4 hours ago Rudolph’s never going to get a very shiny new role in Santa’s family firm | Torsten Bell

Workers in family-run businesses earn less on average and have fewer opportunities to progress into senior jobsSanta has a great reputation. Generous, jolly, snazzily dressed. But he’s obviously a terrible employer. The elves are entirely unpaid for their gruelling manual labour. Their fixed smiles and constant singing are evidence of a culture of fear. Does anyone believe he’s keeping the Lapland workplace temperature above the Health and Safety Executive’s 16C minimum? And the reindeer’s 24-hour shift this week will be a clear breach of the working time directive.The complete lack of progression (not to mention a highly segregated workforce) is another warning sign. Everyone has been doing the same job for centuries – which works for Santa at the top, but means few opportunities for others to move on up. Continue reading...

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5 hours ago Justin Baldoni accused of entering 'nude' Blake Lively's trailer and letting 'friends' watch her film sex scenes in bombshell lawsuit

Lively has taken legal action against Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and creating a toxic work environment on the set of their movie It Ends With Us. He has denied the allegations.

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7 hours ago Hailey Bieber story inspired Justin Baldoni's alleged plot to 'destroy' Blake Lively's reputation, according to lawsuit texts

Lively is suing Baldoni over allegations of sexual harassment and fostering a toxic work environment on the set of their movie It Ends With Us. He has furiously denied the accusations.

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7 hours ago Scots Labour received Cammy Day sexual harassment complaint years before suspension

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: The complaint from a constituent alleged Day had sent persistent and unsolicited intimate images which made the person feel uncomfortable.

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10 hours ago Beijing 'trying to harvest NHS health data from British patients to develop bioweapons', experts warn

MPs along with security and biological specialists have raised the alarm about the growth of Chinese medical technology in Britain's hospitals.

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10 hours ago Family of Wisconsin school shooting victim say they hold ‘no bitterness’ against teen killer Natalie Rupnow

Rubi Vergara’s uncle, Andrew Remus, said that Natalie Rupnow’s family ‘lost a daughter too’

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