Driver faces retrial after woman crushed to death between two buses
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA bus driver accused of killing a woman by crushing her in a crash will face a retrial. Read More
The changing face of British mums: Fascinating charts lay bare decline of teen pregnancies, surge of over-40s conceiving and how marriage before kids has slowly gone out of fashion
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA catalogue of official data today laid bare how drastically the face of motherhood has changed over the past few decades. Read…
Government disposed of 3bn items of PPE bought in pandemic, data shows
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe government has disposed of more than 3bn items of personal protective equipment (PPE) it bought during the pandemic, figures have revealed. …
Indian man is world’s first person to contract fungal infection from a plant
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 61-year-old man has become the first person in the world to contract a plant fungal disease, amid heightened concerns about the…
Sudden myalgia could be a symptom of Marburg virus as WHO confirms more cases
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHealth authorities have confirmed new cases of the deadly Marburg virus in parts of Africa. Read More
North Korea publicly executed six-months pregnant mother, carried out human experiments and forced women from 'list of dwarfs' to undergo hysterectomies, human rights report claims
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNorth Korea has committed horrific human rights violations including executing children and pregnant women, carrying out human experiments and forcibly sterilising disabled…
British drugmaker GSK has signed deals with three companies allowing them to make inexpensive generic versions of its long-acting HIV preventive medicine for use in lower-income countries, where the majority of new cases occur.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBritish drugmaker GSK has signed deals with three companies allowing them to make inexpensive generic versions of its long-acting HIV preventive medicine…
Baby boom in second year of Covid pandemic as lockdown restrictions eased
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA mini Covid baby boom happened in the second year of the pandemic, figures suggest. Read More
Five killed in stampedes at flour distribution sites in Pakistan
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt least five people have been killed in recent weeks and more injured in Pakistan in stampedes at sites distributing free flour…
‘Migration capital of the Med’: hope and fear on unwelcoming streets of Tunisia
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn a recent afternoon in the coastal city of Sfax, as Tunisian shoppers hurried around the historical district’s market stalls buying food…