6 h. ago Harvard showed foreign student ban would cause ‘immediate and irreparable injury’, says judge – live

Allison Burroughs temporarily blocks halt on enrollment of international students after Harvard sued over ‘blatant violation’ of US constitutionJudge blocks bar on Harvard accepting international studentsUS scholars and international students: are you considering a change?Harvard University has sued the Trump administration over its decision to revoke the Ivy League school’s ability to enrol international students, a move the school called unconstitutional and retaliatory.Reuters reports that in a complaint filed in Boston federal court, Harvard called the revocation a “blatant violation” of the US constitution’s first amendment and other federal laws. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Main train line closure latest after level crossing crash with tractor in Herefordshire

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of endangering safety on the railway following the incident in which two passengers suffered minor injuries

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22 h. ago Detail in how young people walk that predicts if they'll suffer a deadly health problem in your 60s, experts reveal

Official data suggests a third of the over 65s suffer from this problem in Britain each year and it is also the most common cause of death from an injury among this group.

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22 h. ago ‘When power can define madness’: China accused of using mental health law to lock up critics

More than a decade after China passed a groundbreaking mental health law, victims and activists say that involuntary hospitalisation remains commonZhang Po was barely one year out of school when an out of control mine-cart barrelled into him deep in a pit in Anhui province, causing injuries that ended his brief career as a coalminer. Since the accident in 1999, he has been living off disability allowances provided by his former employer in Huainan, Anhui’s coal city. But in 2024 Zhang was sent to hospital once again – this time to a psychiatric ward.Zhang was sectioned for 22 days in June after he protested outside the office of his former employer, demanding an increase in his disability allowance. “I endured more than 20 days of humiliation in there. There was no phone, and my belt and shoelaces were taken away,” Zhang said in a recent interview with Chinese media. Zhang said that he was forced to take medicines and tied to his bed for several hours a day. After the three weeks in...

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31 h. ago Train smashes into tractor on level crossing leaving 17 people hurt

Emergency services including ambulances and the air ambulance were scrambled to the scene near Leominster, Herefordshire, shortly after 10:45am.

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33 h. ago LIVE: Train from Manchester crashes into tractor with passengers injured

Ambulance crews are at the scene in Leominster where the train hit a tractor at a level crossing

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34 h. ago Train smashes into tractor on level crossing leaving six people hurt

Emergency services including ambulances and the air ambulance were scrambled to the scene near Leominster, Herefordshire, shortly after 10:45am.

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34 h. ago Train hits tractor and trailer on level crossing causing injuring multiple passengers

Manchester-to-Cardiff passenger train with 56 people on board hits tractor in Herefordshire

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34 h. ago Leominster train crash LIVE: Tractor smash injures multiple passengers

Ambulance crews rushed to the scene outside Leominster in Herefordshire while travel on the line was brought to a complete stop - 66 passengers were onboard the train from Manchester to Cardiff

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34 h. ago Train hits tractor leaving multiple people injured at Leominster level crossing

British Transport Police have reported that a number of people onboard the Manchester-to-Cardiff train sustained minor injuries and have been assessed by medics

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3 d. ago Gérard Depardieu faces Rome trial after alleged incident with paparazzo

Italian photographer Rino Barillari accuses French actor of punching and injuring him last May at a bar in the capitalGérard Depardieu is facing a trial in Rome after allegedly punching a legendary paparazzo outside a bar in the Italian capital.The French actor, who earlier this month was found guilty by a Paris court of sexually assaulting two women during a film shoot in 2021, is charged with causing personal injury to the Italian photographer Rino Barillari. The case is due to begin at a court in Rome on 17 June. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago CCTV of trespassers lying across train tracks leads rail company to issue immediate closure

An emergency closure order has been issued for a level crossing in Barnsley following repeated misuse of the path used for crossing by pedestrians.

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4 d. ago 2 killed, at least 1 missing after train hits pedestrians in northern Ohio, officials say

Officials say two people have been killed and at least one person is missing after multiple pedestrians were struck by a train in northern Ohio

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6 d. ago Explosion outside fertility clinic that left one dead and several injured was caused by bomb, Palm Springs mayor says

FBI on scene to investigate if it was an ‘intentional act’ as windows of local businesses were blown out following blast

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9 d. ago Awoniyi’s injury should lead to a rethink over flawed offside protocol | Jacob Steinberg

Assistant referees need more scope to use their common sense as opposed to simply relying on VARIt was an accident waiting to happen. Anyone with an ounce of common sense could see the potential for the International Football Association Board’s offside protocols in the era of VAR to cause serious injury. Needless collisions are inexcusable. It should not have been allowed to reach the point where we are wondering whether Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi being placed in an induced coma will act as a red flag for the authorities.Injuries happen. What is not acceptable is the safety of players being compromised as a result of technology warping the game and officials being instructed not to flag for offside if a goalscoring opportunity is on the cards. Continue reading...

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1 week ago No 10 hits out at ‘desperate’ Russia after claims about drugs on leaders’ train

False claims about cocaine being on the table as Sir Keir Starmer met the French and German leaders were dismissed as ‘fake news’.

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1 week ago London Underground delays LIVE: Major outage affects multiples lines as passengers evacuated

Passengers have been evacuated from Elizabeth Line trains and platforms at Embankment and along the affected route, with reports of delays mounting across several lines in central London

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1 week ago London Underground thrown into chaos as train stations evacuated while capital hit with power failure

London Underground thrown into chaos as train stations evacuated while capital hit with power failure  GB News

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2 w. ago Rugby Union star, 30, who won Olympic silver medal, dies after being hit by train

Olympic silver medallist Josaia Raisuqe, a well known rugby union star who played for Stade Francais and Castres, has died at the age of 30, it has been announced

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2 w. ago BREAKING Paris 2024 Olympic medallist dies aged 30 after being hit by train

Paris 2024 silver medallist Josaia Raisuqe has died at the age of 30 after being hit by a train as the rugby world mourns the tragic loss of the Fiji star

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