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Official feared child would find discarded novichok, inquiry hears
The former chief medical officer for England claimed she had a “strong recollection” of advising the public not to pick up objects they found near [more…]
Bishop calls for Justin Welby to resign over failure to pursue serial abuser
A Church of England bishop has added her voice to growing calls for the archbishop of Canterbury to resign over his failure to pursue a [more…]
British Steel to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces operating past Christmas
The owners of British Steel are to keep the blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe site running past Christmas amid talks over government support for a [more…]
Asthma linked to memory problems in children, research suggests
Children who have asthma can experience memory problems, according to research in the USthat is the first to link the two conditions. The research also [more…]
Rays’ Wander Franco arrested in DR over incident in which ‘guns were drawn’
Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco after an altercation involving firearms. ESPN reported that authorities held Franco and [more…]
Haiti appoints new prime minister as security crisis mounts
Haiti’s transitional presidential council has appointed the entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as the new prime minister, according to the official gazette [more…]
Japan’s parliament re-elects PM Shigeru Ishiba despite bruising election result
Japan’s parliament re-elected the prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba, on Monday after his governing coalition suffered the worst election loss in more than a decade. Ishiba’s [more…]
Revealed: ex-director for tobacco giant advising UK government on cancer risks
A former director at the tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) was handed a role on an influential expert committee advising the UK government on [more…]
New film unravels mystery of the Russian ‘spy whale’
When a white whale, mysteriously kitted out with covert surveillance equipment, was first spotted in icy waters around Norway five years ago it seemed like [more…]
Death in UK immigration removal centre is the first believed to be linked to the drug spice
The death of a man in an immigration removal centre a fortnight ago is believed to be linked to the drug spice, in what is [more…]
