60 h. ago The shockingly easy way nasty Victorian disease can tear silently through families, revealed – as cases surge

A HIGHLY contagious Victorian disease that has seen UK cases soar is silently spreading because of a lack of understanding over what it is, experts have warned. Leading dermatologists said people are likely to dismiss the condition - which can cause nightmare attacks of itching - due to "misinformation". GPs have reported just under 900...

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66 h. ago He left Myanmar to study in Michigan. Trump’s travel ban cut short that dream

The ban was one of several ways the Trump administration made life harder for international students

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69 h. ago He left Myanmar for Michigan. Trump's travel ban cut off his US college studies midway

The Trump administration has thrown up new obstacles for international students, from travel bans to a pause in visa appointments and new layers of vetting

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4 d. ago Snow, sleet and power outages: 140m Americans under warnings for major winter storm

Dangerous weather engulfing large area of country as 16 states plus DC declare states of emergencyA powerful winter storm with more than 140 million Americans in its crosshairs started sweeping across much of the US on Saturday, packing heavy snow and sleet as well as freezing rain and causing widespread power outages.Snowfall was already being reported on Saturday morning across parts of the plains, the south and the midwest, including in areas of Oklahoma, Iowa, Tennessee, Kansas, Texas and Missouri. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Nearly half of countries on Trump’s Board of Peace banned from entering US

The Board of Peace is expected to try and mediate global conflict and has been accused of trying to replace the UN

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5 d. ago Preliminary report reveals likely cause of deadly Spanish train crash

Investigators have combed the area around the crash site for several days

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5 d. ago Córdoba train crash cause revealed after 42 killed and 150 injured as 'fracture' reported

A major train crash in Spain that saw 42 people killed and 150 injured has seen a preliminary report from the Railway Accident Investigation Commission (CIAF) reveal a 'fracture' in the rail

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6 d. ago NIH ends funding of research that uses human fetal tissue from abortions

Fetal tissue has been used to advance research into diabetes, Alzheimer’s, infertility and vaccinesThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from “elective” abortions, the world’s biggest public funder of biomedical research announced on Thursday.The ban marks the latest, and most dramatic, effort by the Trump administration to end research that uses fetal tissue from abortions – a goal that anti-abortion advocates, who oppose the research, have sought for years. In 2019, during Donald Trump’s first term in office, the NIH stopped funding internal research that involved the tissue and implemented a review committee to evaluate research proposals from scientists outside the government. Joe Biden ended that policy in 2021. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago US chess star Daniel Naroditsky’s death was accidental, medical examiner says

Report cites cardiac arrhythmia tied to sarcoidosisDrug use contributory but not fatal, examiner saysAmerican chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died last year after suffering a sudden heart rhythm disturbance, with an underlying heart condition identified as the primary cause, according to a report released by North Carolina medical authorities.The 29-year-old was found dead at his townhome in Charlotte in October 2025. At the time, police said his death was being investigated as a possible overdose or suicide, and no cause had been made public. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Barron Trump Saves Woman in London Attack | Court Reveals Incident Details

Barron Trump Saves Woman in London Attack | Court Reveals Incident Details  WION

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7 d. ago Trump pushes for lower rates and ban on investor home purchases in bid to make homes more affordable

President Donald Trump’s plans for bringing homeownership within reach of more Americans involve pushing for lower interest rates on home loans and credit cards, and banning large institutional investors from buying single-family homes

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7 d. ago US officials tried to lobby against Marine Le Pen election ban, French judge says

Magali Lafourcade says the two envoys were convinced the far-right leader’s corruption trial had been politicalEurope live – latest updatesA French magistrate has said two Trump administration emissaries approached her seeking to lobby against an election ban on the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen.Magali Lafourcade, the secretary general of France’s human rights commission (CNCDH), an independent body that advises the government, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) she had reported the content of the meeting to the French foreign ministry immediately, fearing a potential “manipulation of the public debate in France”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Trump’s newest order bans Wall Street from snapping up homes

The move is the latest push from the administration to make buying a home easier for Americans

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7 d. ago Heathrow fire LIVE: Blaze rips through car outside major UK airport sparking chaos

A huge fire can be seen ripping through a car with many people on social media reporting the incident at Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport this morning causing chaos

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8 d. ago Ella Baron on Keir Starmer, Donald Trump and social media bans – cartoon

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9 d. ago The FBI is digging for dirt on the people who once investigated Trump: report

Justice Department has released batches of disclosures to members of Congress regarding ‘Arctic Frost’

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9 d. ago America’s new food pyramid hopes to change how the country eats

The US’s new food pyramid is causing a stir reports Cathal O'Hara and Gráinne Kent

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1 week ago Response to 2024 summer riots failed to address root causes and links to racism, report says

Institute of Race Relations says violence in Southport and elsewhere often reduced to ‘mindless’ thuggeryThe response to the 2024 riots in England and Northern Ireland failed to address its root causes and delinked the violence from racism, a thinktank has claimed.A paper by the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) reported that an obfuscation of the causes and consequences of the riots risks legitimising further far-right mobilisation and vigilante violence. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Iran 'killed 16,500 protesters and injured more than 300,000' in brutal crackdown, report claims

The findings contradict the first public admission by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who yesterday acknowledged that 'several thousands' had died since the demonstrations erupted.

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1 week ago Incident reports provide details of emergency response after fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

Transcripts of 911 calls and police communications after ICE agent killed Renee Good reveal chaotic scenePeople in Minneapolis and St Paul: what is life like in the Twin Cities right now?New incident reports from the Minneapolis police and fire departments, along with transcripts of 911 calls, provide new details about the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good last week in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer.According to a Minneapolis fire department incident report obtained by the Guardian, along with police records and 911 transcripts, paramedics arrived at the scene at about 9.42am on 7 January and found Good “unresponsive” in the driver’s seat of her car, “with blood on her face and torso”. Continue reading...

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