48 h. ago After 14 devastating miscarriages, I found a surrogate couple who promised to change my life

Gold Coast photographer Kirby Hood, 36, says she was 'blindsided' when the woman she trusted to be her surrogate booted her from the hospital after deciding to keep the baby.

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3 d. ago RFK Jr. promises change to health insurance prior authorization policies

Pledge from insurers to cut red tape could impact 257 million Americans

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5 d. ago Kirsty Coventry takes over as Olympic president and promises to change lives

First woman in the role replaces Thomas Bach‘We are guardians of the Olympic movement’Kirsty Coventry has promised to change lives and inspire hope during an official ceremony to mark her taking over from Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee.The 41-year-old from Zimbabwe, who in March became the first woman and the first African to be elected to the most powerful job in sports politics, also paid tribute to the strong women in her life as she was given the golden key to the IOC by Bach. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Interactive quiz that reveals colour of your soul's aura and helps you find your true purpose: Don't scoff

Have you ever wondered, 'Who am I?', 'Why am I here?' and 'How can I be happy?' I think we've all asked ourselves these questions at some point in our lives.

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8 d. ago SNP vow to 'not ask the impossible' of Scots after watered down climate targets revealed

SNP ministers will publish its new climate change plan by the end of 2025 - two years later than promised.

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1 week ago SNP Government promises not to cut Adult Disability Payment after UK benefit changes

Social Justice Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said the Scottish Government "will not let disabled people down or cast them aside".

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1 week ago Your messages are about to look completely different as ads are rolled out on all devices

The addition of ads is a stunning reversal of one of its founding principles. The tech giant looks to wring more revenue from one of its most widely used products.

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2 w. ago Inside the ‘forgotten’ estate where £20m of Labour funding promises to bring a change in fortune

Families living in the deprived housing estate of Hartcliffe in Bristol say they’ve been let down by years of broken promises. But now there is fresh hope for much-needed investment with up to £20m of Labour funding announced, Alex Ross visited to get locals’ reaction

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2 w. ago Chancellor Rachel Reeves promises to 'change the future' in Wales visit

Ms Reeves was visiting Wales in the wake of her decision to allocate Wales £445m for rail projects in her multi-year spending review this week

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2 w. ago Trump reacts to criticism of mass deportations from business leaders – live

US president promises changes after industry chiefs complain about losing farm and hospitality workers but is cryptic about details A woman defiantly dances near police officers as protesters continue to march and chant in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids.Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting immigration enforcement officials after thousands of people hit the streets to protest deportation raids. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?

Investment is pouring into companies promising to geoengineer a rapid change in the pH of our waters – but critics are concerned at the speed at which unproven methods are being adoptedIn October 2024, a US company called Ebb Carbon announced the world’s largest marine carbon removal deal to date, signing a multimillion-dollar agreement with Microsoft to try to help fix a very real problem in the world’s seas: ocean acidification.Ebb plans to use a method called electrochemical ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE) to mimic the natural process of ocean alkalisation – in other words, it wants to add huge amounts of alkaline materials to ocean waters that scientists now know are acidifying at an alarming rate. Continue reading...

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last month Elderly couple, 72, welcome baby by surrogate after adult son died of cancer

The judge's poignant 12-page ruling brought to the light how the 72-year-olds tragically lost their son in 1993 after he sadly passed away from cancer just shy of his 27th birthday

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