13 h. ago Why Australia's worst flu outbreak in a decade could be a warning sign of what's to come in the UK this winter

Record numbers of flu cases in Australia could suggest a similarly severe flu season across the UK this winter 🤧

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3 d. ago Llangollen Eisteddfod festival 'incident' as multiple kids rushed to hospital

Organisers of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod confirmed the incident was a 'flu-like outbreak' which involved several people reporting the same symptoms

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3 d. ago A decade of missed opportunities: Texas couldn't find $1M for flood warning system near camps

Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County, Texas

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9 d. ago ‘Legal bullying’: global protest rights on line in Dutch court case, say activists

After US jury said it should pay oil pipeline firm $660m, Greenpeace is hoping to reclaim funds via EU anti-Slapp lawThe outcome of a court case in the Netherlands could shape the right to protest around the globe for decades to come, campaigners have warned, as figures show a dramatic rise in legal action taken by fossil fuel companies against activists and journalists.Greenpeace International is using a recently introduced EU directive to try to reclaim costs and damages it incurred when a US jury decided it should pay the oil pipeline corporation Energy Transfer more than $660m in damages earlier this year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Warning as infections with grim symptoms at a 'decade high' in England

These illnesses can prove especially nasty in young children and the elderly.

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2 w. ago ‘We are perilously close to the point of no return’: climate scientist on Amazon rainforest’s future

Carlos Nobre, who has fought for decades to save the rainforest, says up to 70% of it could be lost if a tipping point is reachedFor more than three decades, Brazilian climate scientist Carlos Nobre has warned that deforestation of the Amazon could push this globally important ecosystem past the point of no return. Working first at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research and more recently at the University of São Paulo, he is a global authority on tropical forests and how they could be restored. In this interview, he explains the triple threat posed by the climate crisis, agribusiness and organised crime. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago New salmonella warning as infections hit highest level in a decade

Children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to the bug.

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2 w. ago ‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs

David Obura believes humans have been using nature for free, and tipping points at some reefs have already passedThe Kenyan marine ecologist David Obura is chair of a panel of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the world’s leading natural scientists. For many decades, his speciality has been corals, but he has warned that the next generation may not see their glory because so many reefs are now “flickering out across the world”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Lions vs Argentina LIVE: 1888 Cup result, match stream and latest updates

Andy Farrell’s side make worst possible start to summer as warm-up for Australia tour ends in defeat

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3 w. ago MPs led by Keir Starmer vote to LEGALISE assisted dying in the most seismic change to suicide law in decades despite warnings law is unsafe

Medics will be allowed to help the terminally ill end their own lives after a bitterly contested vote in the Commons this afternoon.

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3 w. ago Back my assisted dying bill or face another decade of death without dignity, Kim Leadbeater warns MPs

Kim Leadbeater said she is confident the assisted dying bill will pass on Friday

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3 w. ago Long Island's last duck farm is quacking again after losing its entire flock to the bird flu

Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January

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3 w. ago Top MAGA pollster warns Republicans will lose the majority for ‘the next decade’ if Trump gets involved in Israel

‘Starting new foreign wars never helps a presidency. But it sure as Hell can end one,’ Rich Baris says

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