32 m. ago Mystery hepatitis outbreak linked to 'contaminated' supermarket product: 95 sickened and 58 hospitalised, officials reveal

Health officials have declared an outbreak of a highly contagious liver infection, that is striking people who ate a contaminated supermarket food item.

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48 m. ago As big tech grows more involved in Gaza, Muslim workers are wrestling with a spiritual crisis

Is working in big tech halal? Muslim workers are reckoning with the possibility that their jobs go against their religious obligationsBefore Ibtihal Aboussad was fired by Microsoft for protesting the company’s work with the Israeli military during a celebration of the firm’s 50th anniversary, she sent two emails.The first went to all of her colleagues. She appealed to their universal humanity and urged them to stand against Microsoft’s contracts to provide cloud computing software and artificial intelligence products to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Continue reading...

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54 m. ago La Roche Posay's 'superb' dark spot serum that 'works wonders' is reduced by almost 50%

When it comes to skincare, finding products that actually work can be a challenge. However, the La Roche Posay Mela B3 Serum has been praised by shoppers for providing genuine results

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85 m. ago Jordan’s long road to World Cup qualification took a strange diversion | John Duerden

Improvement of side has been slow and steady since Harry Redknapp and Ray Wilkins had short spells in chargeWould Harry Redknapp have taken Jordan to the World Cup had the 2018 tournament featured 48 teams instead of 32 and Asia had eight spots instead of four? It is an interesting question but the former West Ham manager’s short time in charge in 2016, not long after Ray Wilkins had the job, is not a subject anyone in the capital, Amman, is much focused on at the moment.“Redknapp and Wilkins? Now is not the time to talk about that,” said a smiling Jordan Football Association official on Monday. The reaction given the country has just qualified for a first World Cup and is in serious party mode is understandable. Continue reading...

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85 m. ago Jordan’s long road to World Cup qualification took a strange diversion

Improvement of side has been slow and steady since Harry Redknapp and Ray Wilkins had short spells in chargeWould Harry Redknapp have taken Jordan to the World Cup had the 2018 tournament featured 48 teams instead of 32 and Asia had eight spots instead of four? It is an interesting question but the former West Ham manager’s short time in charge in 2016, not long after Ray Wilkins had the job, is not a subject anyone in the capital, Amman, is much focused on at the moment.“Redknapp and Wilkins? Now is not the time to talk about that,” said a smiling Jordan Football Association official on Monday. The reaction given the country has just qualified for a first World Cup and is in serious party mode is understandable. Continue reading...

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94 m. ago Marks & Spencer updates shoppers on viral £35 Summer Beauty Bag as online ordering resumes after cyber attack

Shoppers are desperate to get their hands on the product, which includes £210 worth of beauty goodies

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1 hour ago My beauty secrets to looking this good at 41...and why using this £18 skincare product from a young age is better than Botox

Here 41-year-old former Australian TV news anchor Samantha Brett shares her beauty secrets and reveals exactly how she looks so good

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2 h. ago Yellow heat health alert issued as Brits warned 'take precautions' to stay safe

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2 h. ago We've spotted Beauty of Joseon's viral tinted sunscreen in the Love Island villa

The hit ITV show us back on our TV and the Love Island girls have been treated to a plethora of beauty products this year, including the Beauty of Joseon's viral tinted suncscreen

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2 h. ago Look at the head on that! Bottoms up to a pint of 28 Years Later beer

Much as I’m looking forward to the next instalment of the horror franchise I’m really not thirsty for a branded apocalypse-infused IPA to wash it down withWith ticket sales no longer a sure thing, additional income streams have become more important than ever to the movie business. If you want to know how much faith a studio has in a property, your best bet is to look out for licensed merchandise. This is why Wicked partnered with 400 corporate brands ahead of its release last year and why every shop on the high street is heaving with Lilo & Stitch merch. It’s why the last bag of Doritos you ate had Jack Black’s face on it.But this strategy isn’t failsafe. Yes, if you’re promoting a big four-quadrant blockbuster, it’s easy to team up with companies who’ll paste their products with adverts for your film. However, if your film is too small, or too sad, or too weird, then any sort of brand collaboration is going to seem an extremely odd fit. In other words, can I interest anyone in...

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3 h. ago Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidificationPhotographs by Greta RybusMore on this story: A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?On a glimmering May morning, Tom Briggs pilots a 45ft aluminium barge through the waters of Casco Bay for one of the final days of the annual kelp harvest. Motoring past Clapboard Island, he points to a floating wooden platform where mussels have been seeded alongside ribbons of edible seaweed.“This is our most productive mussel site,” says Briggs, the farm manager for Bangs Island Mussels, a Portland sea farm that grows, harvests and sells hundreds of thousands of pounds of shellfish and seaweed each year. “When we come here, we get the biggest, fastest-growing mussels with the thickest shells and the best quality. To my mind, unscientifically, it’s because of the kelp.”Zoe Benisek, oyster l...

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5 h. ago Kylie Jenner's £4.40 brow gel is worth the hype but beware of one thing

Kylie Jenner's go-to brow gel costs less than a fiver and has been a staple in my makeup routine for a while now - but there's one slight downside to the product

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5 h. ago Carol McGiffin admits part of Loose Women she 'hated' years after exit

The 65-year-old broadcaster was a panellist on the ITV1 talk-show on-and-off for nearly 20 years

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6 h. ago Humpback whales could be secretly trying to talk to humans, scientists say

Researchers say findings can potentially help refine methods for detecting extraterrestrial life

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15 h. ago He was trapped in hospitals for a decade because he’s autistic – now Nicholas is finally free

Special Report: For more than 10 years, Nicholas Thornton was detained in dementia care homes, psychiatric units and A&E wards because he couldn’t get the help he needed for his autism. It took a huge toll on his health, leaving the 29-year-old unable to speak. Now, one year after The Independent told his story, Nicholas is in his own home – and even able to talk again. Rebecca Thomas reports

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16 h. ago Federal immigration raid at Omaha meat production plant sparks protests

Immigration authorities have raided at least one Omaha meat production plant

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19 h. ago England v West Indies: third men’s T20 cricket international – live

T20 updates from Southampton; start 6.30pm BSTWTC final news | Sign up for The Spin | Email James We’ll be underway in less than ten minutes. Just enough time to dig into Don McRae’s wide reaching interview with Pat Cummins on the eve of the WTC Final. Some topics were still off-limits though But the ball-tampering saga remains an awkward topic. He listens quietly while I tell him about my 2021 interview with Cameron Bancroft who, as a callow opening batter trying to find his way in Test cricket, followed instructions to use sandpaper to rough up the ball. His captain, Steve Smith, David Warner and Bancroft were banned and the batter, when pressed on whether any of the bowlers had known of the plan, told me that “it’s probably self-explanatory”.Cummins took seven wickets in that Test, which Australia lost heavily, and I ask if he really had no idea what was being done to the ball. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he says bluntly.” Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Discount supermarket locking products in GPS tracked security boxes as shoplifting offences soar

The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has risen to the highest level on record

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20 h. ago Chocolate fans divided over new Cadburys product spotted in B&M as shoppers say 'I just don’t get how'

Opinions are split

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22 h. ago Amazon's new salmon DNA face serum praised for improving skin 'immediately'

The ANUA PDRN Hyaluronic Acid Serum has been branded a 'wonder product' by Amazon shoppers,

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