Legendary Queen guitarist Brian May has said the band will not tour in the US any time soon, saying it has become “a dangerous place”. The band has not played a show since February 2014, but it appears that if they were to announce new gigs they would not be stateside. In comments to the […]
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The genes you inherit play a bigger role in determining your lifespan than previously thought, according to a new study. Previous studies have concluded genetics plays a 6% to 33% role in how long a person lives – but new research published in the journal, Science, has boosted that figure to as high as 55%.
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Two British Army officers are to face a court martial after being charged over the handling of a case of sexual assault on 19-year-old soldier Jaysley Beck. In 2021, Royal Artillery Gunner Beck took her own life in her barracks at Larkhill Camp, Wiltshire, after her allegations of sexual assault against a former sergeant were
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Sir Keir Starmer is visiting China to improve the UK’s economy, Harriet Harman has said. The former Labour cabinet minister told Beth Rigby on the Electoral Dysfunction podcast that the prime minister’s trip to the world’s second-largest economy was intended to improve the financial situation of voters in the UK. However, she said the government
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Donald Trump has endorsed a spending deal negotiated by US Senate Republicans and Democrats that would stave off a government shutdown and temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security. The move comes as the US reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis. “Republicans and Democrats have come
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The broken banks of the Limpopo River are now faint snaking lines in a vast sea of brown, stagnant water that stretches out in every direction. Our view, from a Mercy Air helicopter delivering food aid to starving communities surrounded by submerged farms in southern Mozambique‘s Gaza province, is devastating. “This island is too big
Northeast Syria is rapidly changing hands, and with it the country’s fragile balance of power. For more than a decade, Kurdish authorities governed this region with a high degree of autonomy. Now, Kurdish leaders warn that their way of life – and their political future – is under serious threat. Clashes between government forces and
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Eleanor Dalley didn’t think she’d live to see 50 after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2019. There is no cure, and most people die within a few years as they lose their ability to move, eat, talk and breathe. But for Eleanor, there was a lifeline – a breakthrough drug that has
AI-supported mammography results in fewer aggressive and advanced breast cancers, according to a study. It detected more women with clinically relevant cancers and the authors say there’s a case for implementing it in screening programmes. The randomised control trial involved more than 100,000 Swedish women. Cancer diagnoses after AI-supported mammography were 12% lower, and the
A man has been charged with impersonating an FBI agent after he turned up to a New York jail claiming to have a court order to release Luigi Mangione, authorities have said. Mark Anderson, 36, from Minnesota, was arrested at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn where Mangione, 27, is being held while awaiting trial