13 h. ago Trump White House replaces Covid website with treatise on ‘lab leak’ theory

Site that once provided health information now includes criticism of Anthony Fauci, who led response to pandemicUS politics live – latest updatesThe Trump administration has replaced Covid.gov – a website that once provided Americans with access to information about free tests, vaccines, treatment and secondary conditions such as long Covid – with a treatise on the “lab leak” theory.The site includes intense criticism of Dr Anthony Fauci, who helmed national Covid policies under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the World Health Organization (WHO) and state leadership in New York. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Serena Williams says she’d ‘have gotten 20 years’ if caught like Jannik Sinner

Serena Williams calls out hypocrisy of Sinner banWilliams says ‘I would have gotten 20 years’ if caughtWorld No 1 Sinner twice tested positive for clostebolSerena Williams says she would have been hit with a 20-year ban if she had failed drug tests like men’s world No 1 Jannik Sinner, who received a three-month suspension in February.“I love the guy, love this game,” Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam winner, told Time magazine this week after being named one of its 100 most influential people. “He’s great for the sport. I’ve been put down so much, I don’t want to bring anyone down. Men’s tennis needs him. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Childhood sweethearts Race Across the World duo say 'it will make or break' relationship

Sioned and Fin are a 17-year-old couple from Carmarthen who are about to embark on the ultimate test, a race across the world, and think their relationship could also be at stake

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3 d. ago WHO tests the world’s pandemic response with fictional ‘mammothpox’ outbreak

The WHO simulation exercise looked at how countries reacted in the wake of another pandemic, five years on from Covid

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7 d. ago ICC set to delay controversial decision over creation of two

Cricket Australia’s radical proposal will not be voted onEngland seek to soften punishment for slow playThe International Cricket Council is set to delay controversial plans to divide Test cricket into two divisions, with the next edition of the World Test Championship starting this summer to continue in a single-league format.The issue of two-tier Test cricket will be discussed at a series of ICC meetings in Zimbabwe this weekend but the Observer has been told that a proposal from Cricket Australia to move to two divisions will not be put to a vote. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ‘I got every one right’: Trump took cognitive test in annual physical. He says full report coming Sunday

‘Was it: Man, Woman, Person, Camera, TV?’

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7 d. ago ‘I got every answer right’: Trump took cognitive test in annual physical, he tells reporters. Full report coming Sunday

‘Was it: Man, Woman, Person, Camera, TV?’

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9 d. ago Facebook whistleblower testifies that company undermined national security by working with China

Meta executives ‘lied about what they were doing with the‬ ‭Chinese Communist Party to employees, shareholders, Congress and the‬‭ American public,’ Sarah Wynn-Williams told a Congressional subcommittee

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9 d. ago Facebook whistleblower to testify that company undermined national security by working with China

Meta executives ‘lied about what they were doing with the‬ ‭Chinese Communist Party to employees, shareholders, Congress and the‬‭ American public,’ Sarah Wynn-Williams plans to tell a Congressional subcommittee

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1 week ago 'I had to give testimony in court at 7 to jail my mother for life for my sister's murder'

AJ Hutto gave a heartbreaking testimony against his mother in February 2008, telling the court she drowned his sister.

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1 week ago Nintendo Switch 2 games are set to be more expensive than you may expect

Nintendo is testing the waters with Mario Kart World sporting an eye-watering price tag at launch

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2 w. ago Nominee for South Carolina's top doctor toppled by lingering COVID anger

A South Carolina Senate committee has rejected the Republican governor's nominee to be the state’s top doctor after hearings dominated by the state's response to the COVID pandemic

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2 w. ago Driving test waiting times soar to record high as backlog continues

Shocking new figures have revealed the number of test centres with learners waiting the maximum possible period.

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3 w. ago NHS announces 'world leading' DIY smear tests plan to eradicate cervical cancer by 2040

First female leader of NHS England Amanda Pritchard announces plan to eliminate cervical cancer vowing to 'save many more women the pain and trauma of cancer'

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3 w. ago Dementia could be detected in early stages with five 'simple' tests

Dementia is a prevalent syndrome affecting more than 55 million people worldwide. Here, a neurologist has shared five simple tests that could help diagnose the condition.

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3 w. ago World Athletics to require chromosome testing of athletes in women's track and field

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female athletes in order to maintain “the integrity of competition.”

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3 w. ago Seb Coe confirms controversial gender swab tests in athletics: 'Absolutely the right thing to do'

Seb Coe has confirmed that World Athletics will carry out one-off swab tests to determine eligibility for female category as president says he in confident plans can stand up to any legal challenges

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3 w. ago World Athletics approves new test to determine athletes’ gender

Lord Coe has announced the move from the World Athletics Council in what he describes at the latest step to protect female category

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3 w. ago World Athletics mandates cheek swabs to ‘doggedly protect female category’

Coe seeks to ensure ‘integrity of female women’s sport’Aim is to be ready for September world championshipsWorld Athletics has approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is biologically female. The global body’s president, Sebastian Coe, said the decision taken by the World Athletics council was further evidence his organisation would “doggedly” protect the female category.No timeline for the introduction of pre-clearance testing has been officially set out, but the PA news agency understands World Athletics’ intention is to have the testing in place for athletes wanting to compete in the female category at the outdoor world championships in Tokyo in September. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated

Supporters of the UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons gathered this month in New York to call for wider ratificationGrowing up in the Pacific nation of Kiribati, Oemwa Johnson heard her grandfather’s stories about nuclear explosions he witnessed in the 1950s. The blasts gave off ferocious heat and blinding light. He told her people were not consulted or given protective gear against bombs detonated by the US and UK at Kiritimati Island, now part of Kiribati, decades ago.People in Kiribati suffered grave health consequences as a result of exposure to radiation from the tests in the late 1950s and early 1960s, a legacy they say continues to this day. Johnson says there’s a lack of accountability and awareness of how nuclear testing by foreign countries has harmed her people and homeland. Continue reading...

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