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Trans athletes on Trump’s executive order: ‘Stripping us of sports is devastating’
On 5 February 2025 – coinciding with Women and Girls in Sports Day – Donald Trump signed an
barring trans athletes from competing in women’s sports. The move marked yet anotheraggressive shift
of his legislative agenda, as he doubled down on anti-trans rhetoric, …Pope Francis ‘slept well’ through night but remains in critical condition
Pope Francis, who remains in a critical condition in hospital with pneumonia and mild kidney failure, rested well during the night, the Vatican said.
The pontiff, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on 14 February after struggling to breathe and was subsequently diagnosed with a respiratory tract infection, pneumonia …
Tuesday briefing: Farmers prepare to give minister chilly reception as Labour seeks to mend fences over inheritance tax
Good morning. It’s a time-honoured tradition: the minister arriving to speak to a conference hall full of people who absolutely hate him, and getting roundly pilloried as he sticks to the government line. Today, it might be the environment secretary Steve Reed’s turn. His adversaries: a large number of implacably …
Forgotten by the west, Syria’s IS prisons are under threat as militant group mobilises
With each gust of wind came a wave of body odour, the stench of two-dozen men wafting through the small hatch of the prison cell’s heavy iron door. Inside, gaunt prisoners clad in brown jumpsuits sat on thin gray mattresses.
Six years have passed since the end of the so-called …
M23 militia’s advance in eastern DRC has killed 7,000 since January, UN told
About 7,000 people have died in fighting in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since Rwanda-backed M23 rebels started renewed advances in January, the DRC’s prime minister has said.
At a high-level meeting of the UN’s human rights council in Geneva on Monday, Judith Suminwa Tuluka also …
Pope Francis battling mild kidney failure but eating and resting well, say doctors
Pope Francis, who is battling pneumonia and “mild” kidney failure, had a good night, slept and is resting, the Vatican said in a brief statement on Monday morning.
Vatican sources said later on Monday that the pope was awake and continuing with the therapy, and was eating normally and in …
Pope Francis had ‘restful night’, Vatican says, morning after respiratory crisis
Pope Francis, who is in a critical condition with pneumonia and a complex lung infection, had a “restful night” in hospital, the Vatican said on Sunday.
Spokesperson Matteo Bruni’s one-line statement on Sunday morning did not mention whether Francis was up or eating breakfast.
The 88-year-old pope has received …
A train through Germany: is Europe’s powerhouse going off the rails?
Creaking, overcrowded, neglected, Germany’s railways, once a source of national pride, have taken a battering to their image in recent years. Amid wider concerns about the health of Europe’s stagnating largest economy, the state of its trains has become something of a metaphor for a more general sense of malaise.
…‘We have a rule when we hear the sirens: if you’ve started operating, you don’t stop’: 24 hours with doctors on the Ukrainian frontline
“The frontline here is cold, hard, true war. My comrades and I had more than 40 bombs dropped on us by drones over two hours. You can’t hide from drones in a trench, but you can’t outrun them either. Your only hope to live is to zigzag, to be cleverer …
Filter trouble? Why audiologists worry noise-cancelling tech may impair hearing skills
They are prized for making the commute more bearable and shielding against the din of daily life. But noise-cancelling headphones have come under scrutiny after audiologists raised concerns that overuse might impair people’s hearing skills.
While the technology has clear benefits, not least in helping people listen to music at …