65 h. ago Trello down as hundreds of people worldwide unable to access vital system

Trello is essentially a digital whiteboard for organising and millions of tech-reliant workers are struggling this morning due to a major outage of the software

Politics

5 d. ago Edinburgh's Hogmanay fireworks watched by four billion people worldwide

Edinburgh’s Hogmanay was watched by people in 200 countries and territories

Economics

7 d. ago Millions celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7, following ancient traditions

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday

Politics

2 w. ago Just one in 10 Brits aware of world's most neglected displacement crises

More than 117 million people are currently displaced worldwide – yet fewer than one in 10 UK adults are aware of some of the world’s most neglected crises driving families from their homes.

Events

2 w. ago Visitors warned of 'danger' in London as New Year's Eve events cancelled in major cities

New Year's revellers London have been given a warning after events were cancelled worldwide, with a popular park closed off to stop people gathering to see the capital's fireworks

Events

2 w. ago Just 1 in 10 Brits know about world’s worst crises forcing families to flee from homes

MORE than 117 million people are currently displaced worldwide – yet fewer than one in 10 UK adults are aware of some of the world’s most neglected crises driving families from their homes. Across Somalia, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Mozambique, families are fleeing from conflict, climate disasters and deepening poverty – often more than...

Society

2 w. ago Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition

Exclusive: Scientists find a way to forecast hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which affects millions worldwideScientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition.Millions of people worldwide have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a disease of the heart muscle where the wall of the heart becomes thickened. It is caused by a change in one or more genes and mostly passed on through families. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The Guardian view on gene editing: breakthroughs need a new social contract | Editorial

Cutting-edge therapies exist, but the market cannot deliver them cheaply. Britain must build NHS capacity so that cures become collective goods, not expensive productsJust a small fraction of our 20,000 genes can cause disease when disrupted – yet that sliver accounts for thousands of rare disorders. The difficulty is: what can a doctor do to treat them? In a common condition such as type 2 diabetes, the underlying biology is similar for millions of patients. The doctor can prescribe metformin. But with a genetic disorder, the mutation might only affect a small number of people worldwide. In many cases, doctors won’t even know which mutation is responsible, let alone how to fix it.Novel gene-editing breakthroughs are making headlines. But therapies are expensive and complex to develop. The cost of bringing any new drug to patients is now around $2bn, in part because, as Brian David Smith notes in New Drugs, Fair Prices, the “success rate, from discovery to market, is ...

Politics

3 w. ago Sergio Aguero, Anthony Joshua and Andy Murray helping propel padel towards Olympic Games

The racket sport that is hugely popular in Spain and Argentina, is currently played by more than 30 million people worldwide

Sport

3 w. ago Padel continues rapid growth towards Olympics with launch of landmark new event

The launch of the Hexagon World Series could end up being looked back on as the watershed moment for the racket sport that is played by more than 30 million people worldwide.

Events

3 w. ago Sergio Aguero, Anthony Joshua and Andy Murray help launch trailblazing new padel tournament

The racket sport that is hugely popular in Spain and Argentina, is currently played by more than 30 million people worldwide

Politics