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Starmer urged to change donation rules amid talk of Musk bankrolling Reform
Keir Starmer must strengthen the rules around political donations to protect the electoral system from foreign interference, the Electoral Commission has said, amid rising concerns about Elon Musk’s
plans to donate millions of pounds
to Reform UK.Vijay Rangarajan, chief executive of the elections watchdog, said that …
Journal retracts study that promoted hydroxychloroquine as Covid treatment
A controversial study that promoted hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, as a treatment for
has officially been withdrawn.On Tuesday, Elsevier, a Dutch academic publishing company which owns the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, issued the retraction of the March 2020 study, saying “concerns have been raised …
Nasa astronauts stuck in space since June face further delay
Ancient bones shed new light on debate over origins of syphilis
After the French king Charles VIII invaded Italy in 1494, an unknown and disfiguring disease erupted in the army camps and duly spread across Europe when the men returned to their homelands the following year.
The epidemic is regarded as the first historical account of syphilis, but where the disease …
‘You’re not planning a murder, are you?’ How student researched Bournemouth beach stabbing
Most young people who study criminology at the University of Greenwich in south London do so in the hope of getting a job in the police or perhaps probation or the Prison Service.
But when Nasen Saadi suddenly switched courses and began to study the subject in the autumn of …
Lazy Susan: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
I am Lazy Susan from Drag Race Down Under, and I have a confession: this article is the pinnacle of my career – everything I have ever aspired to. After this moment, nothing else will compare. For years, I’ve been a devoted fan of the Guardian’s 10 funniest things column: …
Fleeing Xi’s China: following the trail of migrants trying to reach Australia through Indonesia
Paul, an Indonesian fisherman, says he was working as a rideshare driver in the dusty streets of Kupang in West Timor when he came across half a dozen Chinese men on the side of the road. They were wet up to their waist, carrying a backpack each, and spoke no …
Brexit cost UK £27bn in lost trade in first two years, review finds
‘It’s a dietary niche’: researchers amazed to find squirrels hunt and eat voles
They may have twitchy noses and a quizzical expression but ground squirrels are not as cuddly as they appear: researchers have found they repeatedly hunt and eat voles, decapitating their prey and pulling flesh from the torso.
The team say the discovery was a shock: while California ground squirrels have …
‘I am hitting a wall’: heir of Jewish art collector calls for restitution from Germany
German experts have long agreed that Michael Hulton, the sole surviving heir to an illustrious Jewish art collector forced to flee the Nazis, has a strong case for restitution. But after years of waiting, he’s running out of patience – and time.
Hulton, 78, is the great-nephew of Alfred Flechtheim, …