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Gaza’s humanitarian crisis won’t end with the ceasefire | Letters
The relentless anguish of Palestinians, the colossal magnitude of the calamity in Gaza, is beyond anything seen in human history. Living conditions are deplorable. Hospitals are destroyed. Food is scant. Clean drinking water is nonexistent. Public health is shattered to pieces. Malnutrition, vaccine-preventable diseases and infections are rampant.
Children, …
Psychedelic drug DMT trialled on patients to treat alcohol addiction
A powerful psychedelic that is used in healing ceremonies by Indigenous groups in the Amazon is being trialled as a pioneering approach to reduce problematic alcohol consumption.
Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is the active ingredient in ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic brew that has been used for thousands of years by shamans in South …
Djokovic overcomes sickness in brutal defeat of Machac at Australian Open
What doesn’t kill Novak Djokovic makes him stronger. On Friday night at Melbourne Park it was not only a dangerous opponent but also a stomach bug that left him green and calling for the doctor midway through the second set. The Serb even felt the electronic line calling system was …
Friday briefing: What new research about the limits of the body mass index might tell us about obesity
Good morning.
found that obesity among adults had more than doubled since 1990, and quadrupled among children and adolescents. As these figures continue to rise, experts are increasingly questioning how to better identify, manage and prevent obesity.This week, an …
‘We will be betrayed’: cold, fearful and still under fire, Gaza’s people wait
Amid continuing airstrikes, bitter cold and news of delays, millions in Gaza were waiting anxiously on Thursday for confirmation that the ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Hamas and Israel was going ahead.
Many spoke of their fear that hopes of a new beginning after a 15-month conflict might be dashed. The war …
Badenoch says UK is getting poorer and failing to compete on world stage
Kemi Badenoch has said the UK is getting poorer and people should be honest that it is failing to compete with the rest of the world.
In a speech billed as the Conservative leader confronting the party’s mistakes in government, Badenoch failed to offer a specific apology but said that …
‘TARIFFS all the way!!!’: EU prepares carrot and stick policy for Donald Trump presidency
If there is one thing the EU knows about Donald Trump, it is that he loves tariffs. The incoming president has said “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary” and has threatened to impose them on US allies around the world.
On the campaign trail he proposed tariffs …
Syrians in Germany ask to be allowed to visit home and keep protected status
Syrians in Germany have called on the government to allow them to travel to their home country for short visits without risking their protection status, as questions mount over how the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime will affect the millions of Syrians who live in Europe.
More than a month …
Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan recovering after being stabbed by intruder at his home
Saif Ali Khan, one of Bollywood’s most popular actors, is recovering in hospital after a knife became lodged in his spine during an attack by an intruder in his Mumbai home.
Medical officials said Khan sustained six stab wounds in the attack, which took place during a 2am altercation with …
British woman dies after ‘violent’ skiing collision in French Alps
An investigation is under way after a British woman died after a “violent collision” on a ski slope in south-east France.
The woman, 62, experienced traumatic shock and died shortly after the collision, according to the French news outlet Le Dauphiné Liberé. Ski patrollers, an emergency doctor and teams from …