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‘Groundbreaking’: scientists develop patch that can repair damaged hearts
Damaged hearts can literally be patched up to help them work, say researchers, in what has been hailed as a groundbreaking development for people with advanced heart failure.
, heart failure affects more than 64 million people worldwide, with causes including heart attacks, …Kumbh Mela: what is the Hindu ‘festival of festivals’?
WH Smith UK high street sales fall as stores put on the market
WH Smith has reported falling sales in its UK high street stores, while revenues rose at its more successful travel arm, as the retail group attempts to
offload its ailing town centres division
.The retailer’s up-for-sale high street division – where it sells newspapers, books, stationery, cards …
‘It will devastate people’: Palestinians despair at looming Unrwa closure
Pressing her face to the blue bars of a pharmacy window, Fatmeh Jahaleen pleaded for just a few extra boxes of medication. She relies on the pharmacy inside an East Jerusalem clinic run by the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, for a monthly supply of blood pressure and kidney …
Vets urged to cut back on flea treatments amid UK biodiversity fears
Vets need to stop “profiteering” by giving dogs and cats preventive flea treatments that are wiping out insects and songbirds, according to a well-known scientist.
The standard practice in the UK at present is to advise that customers take a preventative approach, treating their pets every couple of months even …
Dozens feared dead in India at Kumbh Mela religious festival
Dozens of people are feared to have died in multiple crowd crushes at India’s Kumbh Mela festival, local officials at the scene have said, as vast crowds of people went to bathe at one of the holiest sites of the Hindu gathering.
People were crushed at about 4am on Wednesday …
Climate triple whammy boosted risk of LA fires, study shows
A triple whammy of climate impacts boosted the risk of the ferocious fires that recently ravaged Los Angeles, a scientific study has shown.
Firstly, the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the fires were made 35% more likely by the global heating caused by fossil fuel burning. Secondly, the …
Fighting between DRC army and M23 rebels rages in eastern city of Goma
Dead bodies lay on the streets and explosions and gunfire echoed across the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Tuesday, as fighting continued to rage between the army and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels.
Residents reported continuing gun and mortar fire in Goma, the capital of North …
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants over accusations of Darfur atrocities
The prosecutor for the international criminal court has said he is seeking arrest warrants for people accused of atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region, where the US and others have determined that a paramilitary group and its allies have perpetrated genocide.
Karim Khan told the UN security council in New York: …
Tuesday briefing: How an unknown Chinese startup wiped $593bn from the value of an AI giant
Good morning. Since the emergence of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s groundbreaking artificial intelligence tool, American companies have appeared to have a huge head start in the development of the most significant technology of its generation.
But now a small Chinese rival has emerged that appears to match what OpenAI and the other …