34 h. ago The Trump administration has decided coal is female – here’s why | Arwa Mahdawi

What is really behind the US Department of Energy’s weird pronouncement on social media?Have you ever tossed and turned at night wondering what the correct pronouns are for a lump of coal? No, me neither. However, it seems someone at the US Department of Energy has devoted a few spare brain cells to this matter and decided that coal is a she/her.Co-opting a phrase adopted by the LGBTQ+ community, the official energy department X account tweeted on 31 July: “She’s an icon. She’s a legend. And she is the moment,” alongside a sparkling picture of coal. This comes as the Trump administration devotes considerable energy to making fossil fuels great again. The president has signed numerous executive orders aimed at “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry” and reversed Biden-era pollution regulations on coal-fired power plants. These plants, according to a 2023 report, killed at least 460,000 Americans over the past two decades. Deaths declined when the environmental regula...

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5 d. ago Powerful antidepressants taken by millions 'linked to more than 1,000 deaths

None of the fatalities, however, are proven to have been caused by SSRIs, a category of drugs including sertraline and fluoxetine.

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8 d. ago Hiscox profits fall after £128m claims hit from LA wildfires

Group chief executive Aki Hussain branded the California disaster the ‘largest wildfire insurance event in history’.

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9 d. ago Man Utd fans plan first protest against Sir Jim Ratcliffe as they slam 'devil in disguise'

Manchester United supporters are still fuming over the club's plight and have staged protests accusing the ownership of robbing its "history, dignity and integrity" after a disastrous season led to a 15th placed finish

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1 week ago Hospitals branded 'death traps' after over 250,000 falls recorded

The figures were uncovered by Scottish Labour, whose deputy leader Jackie Baillie criticised the SNP Government.

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1 week ago Worst volcano disasters in history from 92,000 deaths to haunting last photograph

As Russia's Krasheninnikov Volcano erupts for the first time in 600 years, the Mirror takes a look at some of the worst volcanic disasters in human history

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3 w. ago Defence secretary was told that blocking the press from reporting on Afghanistan airlift was unjustified MONTHS ago

The Mail fought for two years to reveal the Government's covert airlift of thousands of Afghans after it put 100,000 'at risk of death' by leaking a database of those who had applied for sanctuary.

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3 w. ago Death toll grows from torrential rains in South Korea with thousands unable to return home

Four people have died and two are missing after four days of heavy rain as authorities warn of landslides and floodingTorrential rains that lashed South Korea for a fourth day on Saturday kept nearly 3,000 people from returning to their homes, as the death toll reached four people.Rain is forecast to last until Monday in some areas, as officials urged extreme caution against the risk of landslides and flooding, with warnings issued across most of the country. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Extreme heat could lead to more than 5,000 deaths this summer, charity warns

New analysis shows this year has seen more extreme temperatures and more heat health alerts than at the same time in 2022, which was one of the deadliest heatwave years on record

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3 w. ago UK heatwaves could cause more than 5,000 deaths this summer as temperatures soar

The Centre for Ageing Better says it is extremely concerned about the significant heat health risk to older people this summer and the increasingly hotter summers of the future.

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4 w. ago Defence Secretary Healey disclosed details of secret Afghan database to Parliament

The Press were gagged by a new injunction earlier this week from revealing information sensitive to national security from the dataset of Afghans that put 100,000 'at risk of death'.

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last month Tata’s Air India crash aftermath in numbers, from record insurance claim to flight cancellations

Total liability of over £350m is expected to make the Tata-owned airline’s Ahmedabad disaster the most expensive aviation insurance claim in India’s history

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