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Ukraine war briefing: Shock as Trump aid freeze hits Ukrainian causes
Donald’s Trump’s freeze on US foreign aid has left numerous Ukraine-based humanitarian projects without funding
,several sources said on Monday
. “Most of the projects have received an order to stop,” a source at the US Agency for International Development’s (USAid) mission in Ukraine told AFP. Organisations in Ukraine …
Coca-Cola recalls drinks in Europe over ‘higher levels’ of chemical chlorate
Coca-Cola has recalled its drinks in some countries across Europe after detecting “higher levels” of the chemical chlorate.
Cans and glass bottles containing elevated levels of the substance were distributed in Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands since November, the company said on Monday.
It added that five …
Badenoch tells inquiry of fake claims on WhatsApp during Covid pandemic
Family WhatsApp groups were a greater concern for spreading fake news during the pandemic than social media platforms, Kemi Badenoch has told the Covid inquiry.
The Conservative party leader, who was minister for equalities during the crisis, said experts could easily challenge false information shared on platforms such as X …
Dangerous temperatures could kill 50% more Europeans by 2100, study finds
GSK signs £50m deal with Oxford University on cancer vaccines
GSK has said it will spend £50m on a project with the University of Oxford to investigate whether vaccines could be used to prevent some cancers.
The FTSE 100 pharmaceutical company said that the GSK-Oxford Cancer Immuno-Prevention Programme will look at how pre-cancerous cells develop.
Scientists are increasingly optimistic about …
Monday briefing: What if the climate crisis makes disaster insurance unaffordable?
Good morning. If the Los Angeles wildfires are bracing evidence of the general threat posed by the climate crisis, they have also brought home a specific problem: how can you make the insurance system work when the risks are so high?
That is not a question limited to California, or …
Increase regulation of online sale of weight-loss jabs, pharmacists say
Pharmacies are demanding tougher regulation of the online sale of weight-loss jabs amid a predicted new year’s boom in demand.
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), who represent independent community pharmacies, urged the regulator to require greater consultation with patients before dispensing weight-loss jabs and other high-risk medication online.
Current rules, …
Man held on suspicion of attempted murder of police officer in Greater Manchester
Police have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder after an officer was seriously injured when a vehicle was driven “at speed” towards her in a car park in Greater Manchester on Saturday night.
The incident took place at a retail park on Wilmslow Road in Cheadle.
The …
Technology for lab-grown eggs or sperm on brink of viability, UK fertility watchdog finds
Mass-producing eggs and sperm in a laboratory in order to have a baby with yourself or three other people in a “multiplex” parenting arrangement might sound like the plot of a dystopian novel.
But these startling scenarios are under consideration by the UK’s fertility watchdog, which has concluded that the …
Elizabeth Cameron Dalman at 91: ‘In dance we are ageless’
At 91, Elizabeth Cameron Dalman dances in nature at her bushland retreat outside Canberra, Mirramu Creative Arts Centre, surrounded by writers, singers and visual artists stoking their respective muses. “So many people bring up this age thing,” she says, “and my reply is that in dance we are ageless.”
A …