18 h. ago Pioneering trial to tackle ‘silent burden’ of mental illness in new mothers axed over US aid cuts

The first-of-its-kind pilot in India was just beginning to bear fruit, according to those involved with the project

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19 h. ago Pioneering trial to tackle ‘silent burden’ of mental illness in new mothers axed in US aid cuts

The first-of-its-kind pilot in India was just beginning to bear fruit, according to those involved with the project

Politics

21 h. ago Here’s how much you could save if mortgage rates drop under 6 percent

A drop in mortgage rates in the coming months could save homebuyers tens of thousands of dollars in interest payments

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21 h. ago ‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach

The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change livesSeven-year-old Grant Leitch had an important question for his mother. He asked if his little brother, Brett, who has cystic fibrosis (CF), was going to die.The South African family, like tens of thousands around the world, have been priced out of access to modern cystic fibrosis therapies, and if Grant had asked at the start of 2025, he might have received a less optimistic answer. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Major inquiry launched into Channel Tunnel chaos which caused misery for tens of thousands of Eurostar passengers

Huge disruption was caused between the UK and the continent by a power supply fault last week

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35 h. ago How to turn YOUR house into a zero bills home. Experts reveal exactly what you need, how much it'll cost... and how long it'll take for you to recoup the investment

As temperatures plummet, energy bills are set to rise for households trying to keep warm - but not for tens of thousands who live in so-called zero bills homes.

Economics

36 h. ago West Ham 1 Nottingham Forest 2: Areola’s mad moment leaves Hammers seven points adrift and staring relegation in face

WEST HAM have reached rock bottom and there was hardly anyone there to watch. Tens of thousands stayed away as Morgan Gibbs-White’s late winner pushed the Hammers closer to the Championship. Nuno Espirito Santo, who started the season in charge of Nottingham Forest, has now led West Ham on their worst Premier League run -...

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38 h. ago Inquiry launched into Channel Tunnel chaos which caused misery for tens of thousands of Eurostar passengers

Huge disruption was caused between the UK and the continent by a power supply fault last week

Events

43 h. ago Buckingham Palace issues explanation after true use of royal helicopters emerges

Buckingham Palace has defended the Royal Family and one of their modes of transport after reports emerged that their helicopter fleet racked up tens of thousands of miles in less than a year

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45 h. ago We can safely experiment on reflecting sunlight away from Earth. Here’s how | Dakota Gruener and Daniele Visioni

Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experimentThe world is warming fast – and our options to avoid catastrophic harm are narrowing. 2024 was the first full year more than 1.5C hotter than the 19th-century average. Emissions are still rising, with fossil fuel use expected to hit a new high in 2025. Permanent carbon removal technologies – often cited as a fix – are removing just tens of thousands of tonnes annually, almost nothing relative to the 5-10bn tonnes needed. Cutting emissions and scaling carbon removal remain essential. But they may not be enough.As suffering grows and ecosystems unravel, more people will ask: is there anything we can do to prevent these harms? The idea of reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce warming is not a new idea. In 1965, Lyndon B Johnson’s science advisers proposed it as the only way to cool the planet. Earth already reflects about 30% of incoming sunli...

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46 h. ago Tens of thousands more families will pay BACK child benefit due to stealth tax freeze

Many more families will be pulled in to what is known as the 'high income child benefit charge' over the next three years, according to new findings.

Society

48 h. ago Farmer made tens of thousands of pounds breeding puppies in poor conditions

The dogs were being kept in makeshift runs with little access to water or exercise

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2 d. ago Deaths set to outnumber births in the UK: 'Hard questions for the future'

Experts have worryingly predicted that the death rate in the UK will surpass the birth rate.

Events

3 d. ago LA residents are still battling toxic hazards a year after historic wildfires

It’s been a year of heartbreak and chronic worry since the most destructive wildfires in the Los Angeles area’s history scorched neighborhoods and displaced tens of thousands of people

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3 d. ago Leftwing militants claim responsibility for arson attack on Berlin power grid

Protest over climate crisis and AI has cut power to tens of thousands of homes which may take days to fully restoreGerman leftwing militants protesting over the climate crisis and AI have claimed responsibility for an arson attack that cut power to tens of thousands of households in Berlin.The fire that broke out on a bridge across the Teltow canal in the south-west of the capital early on Saturday could deprive up to 35,000 homes and 1,900 businesses of electricity – and in many cases heat – until 8 January, the grid company Stromnetz Berlin said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The climate crisis, aid cuts and deepening poverty are combining to drive a crisis in Madagascar

The humanitarian crisis in the south of the country has worsened in recent months, with the head of the country’s UN humanitarian operation telling Nick Ferris there is currently little hope for improvement

Society

3 d. ago ‘Once whispered, now discussed’: the rise of dubious claims of civil war in the UK

Dystopian warnings once reserved for the far right have found a wider audience – but there are good reasons for scepticismIt is a darkly dystopian vision of Britain’s future, in which tens of thousands die in a bitter civil war in just a few years time.Yet such forecasts are no longer limited to niche corners of the internet or the X feed of Elon Musk, condemned by Downing Street for claiming that war in Britain was inevitable after the post-Southport rioting. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Tens of thousands of mothers are bleeding to death giving birth. Aid cuts are denying them a solution

A breakthrough to stop life-threatening bleeding in childbirth was only just starting to reach the mothers most at risk when Donald Trump’s aid cuts hit. Rachel Schraer speaks to health workers about the dire consequences

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4 d. ago Berlin power outage hits 45,000 homes after suspected arson attack

Damage to cables means tens of thousands will be without electricity until Thursday amid freezing temperaturesTens of thousands of homes in Berlin will be without electricity until Thursday as authorities struggle to repair power cables seriously damaged in a suspected arson attack, officials have said.Some households may also be without heating as the outage has affected local systems at a time when the German capital is blanketed in snow and temperatures are hovering around freezing. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago At Zohran Mamdani’s block party, I observed a simple truth: people want more politics, not less | Samuel Earle

Years of scandal and disappointment have left a void in our politics. But New York’s new mayor offers an alternative to more apathy: hope On 1 January, to mark his inauguration as mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani threw a block party. As he was sworn in outside city hall in front of a crowd of a few thousand of us, a nearby street in Manhattan was closed to traffic so that tens of thousands more could gather to watch the historic moment live on enormous screens. The weather – a cloudless blue sky and arctic winds – felt somehow fitting: a licence to dream and a warning against complacency.Mayors don’t usually take office amid such a festival atmosphere. A smaller, more exclusive event is normally adequate. But a key feature of Mamdani’s rise has been the desire for mass participation in politics. There was no chance this day was going to pass without an open-invitation party. Continue reading...

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