Category: News
UK weather: summer ends with intense thunderstorms and rain
A damp squib of a summer has abruptly ended in an appropriately biblical fashion, after intense thunderstorms swept the UK over the weekend with severe [more…]
Risk of lung cancer from radiotherapy doubles for breast cancer patients who smoke
Breast cancer patients who continue to smoke after having radiotherapy are at much higher risk of their treatment causing them lung cancer in the future, [more…]
No 10 braced for potential defeat in Labour conference winter fuel vote
No 10 is braced for a potential defeat in a Labour conference vote to condemn cuts to the winter fuel allowance, as major trade unions [more…]
Polish man living in UK since childhood granted 11th-hour deportation reprieve
A Polish man who has lived in the UK since he was seven has been granted a last-minute reprieve after facing deportation because officials said [more…]
Rewrite ‘victim-blaming’ drink-spiking campaign, UK civil servants told
Civil servants were told to rewrite a proposed social media campaign to combat drink-spiking after the original appeared to blame victims, a minister has told [more…]
UN chief calls on Sudanese paramilitary leader to end siege of North Darfur city
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, is “gravely alarmed” at reports of a full-scale assault on the Sudanese city of al-Fashir by the paramilitary Rapid [more…]
Football-mad Morocco dreams of a World Cup final in its own ark
The rendering is dramatic, a vast white stadium inspired by the design of a Maghrebi communal tent, known as a moussem. The language used to [more…]
China ‘testing us’ across the region, Biden tells leaders at Quad summit
Joe Biden has been recorded on a hot mic telling the leaders of Australia, India and Japan that an aggressive China is “testing us”, in [more…]
Elon Musk backs down in his fight with Brazilian judges to restore X
Elon Musk fought the law. The law appears to have won. X, Musk’s social media platform, has backed down in its fight with the Brazilian [more…]
Heavy rain triggers landslides and floods in northern Japan
Heavy rain pounded Japan’s north-central Noto region, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead and several missing, officials have said. The deluges caused [more…]
