Killings hit record high in 2021 as post-lockdown stress grew - UN
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by…
Death of Israeli minister's son 'turns arrows on a map into arrows in the heart'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Israeli war cabinet minister Gadi Eizenkot learned of the death of his son in Gaza combat while conferring about operational plans at…
India unveils flatpack field hospital that can be airdropped to disaster zones
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Reading Time: < 1 minute India has designed and built a “flatpack” field hospital that can be flown to a disaster area by helicopter and assembled faster…
Antiretroviral therapy within hours of birth beneficial for newborns with HIV
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Reading Time: < 1 minute NEW YORK: Giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) to newborns with HIV within 48 hours of life — rather than within weeks or months…
Mystery of Mexico's missing 43 students who 'disappeared' - and the families who demand answers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Nine years ago, a group of 43 Mexican students headed out to a protest – only for a deadly confrontation with police to…
Deaths from tainted cantaloupe increase to 3 in U.S. and 5 in Canada
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people — three in the U.S. and five in Canada, health officials…
Ulez camera damaged by improvised explosive device hours after it was installed
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An ultra low emission zone camera in south-east London was damaged by an explosive device just hours after it had been installed,…
Exclusive-50 days in Hamas captivity: Thai man recalls beatings and bleakness
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Reading Time: < 1 minute When Thai farm labourer Anucha Angkaew scrambled out of the bunker where he had been sheltering from rockets on Israel’s border with…
Two babies infected with dangerous bacteria sometimes found in powdered infant formula
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The dangerous bacteria that sparked powdered formula recalls and shortages last year has infected two babies this year, killing a Kentucky child and causing brain…
Troubling rise of the 'silver snorters': Treatment for over 60s cocaine users has shot up in the last year
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The number of pensioners being treated for cocaine use has shot up in the past year, shocking new figures have revealed. Read…