Around 150,000 tablets seized in UK’s largest ever synthetic opioid haul
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePolice carried out the largest seizure of synthtic opioids in a series of raids which lead to 11 arrests. Read More
El Nino-worsened flooding has Somalia in a state of emergency. Residents of one town are desperate
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFirst, some families fled drought and violence. Now they say they have nowhere to hide from intense flooding as rainfall exacerbated by…
Three children among five in hospital after ‘serious incident’ in Dublin
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFive people, including three young children, have been taken to hospital after being injured in a serious incident in Dublin. Read More
How smoking was stubbed out by rising prices: Just one in 10 Britons now light up - down from almost half 50 years ago - with the cost of 20 cigarettes soaring five-fold to £15 in three decades
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust one in 10 Britons now light up a cigarette as the cost of a packet of 20 has soared past £15…
Al Shifa hospital director arrested, Hamas says
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr Muhammad Abu Salmiya, who heads al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, has been detained along with “some of the medical staff”,…
WHO issues urgent warning as children in China falling ill in 'increased numbers'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced it is looking into reports of an increase in respiratory illnesses in children in China. Read…
Frequent socialising ‘could help people live longer’ in old age
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrequent socialising could help people live longer – and the more often the better, a new study suggests. Read More
Niagara Falls crash: Video shows '$300,000 Bentley' flying through air before fireball explosion at US-Canada border
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA vehicle speeding toward a US-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls, killing two…
India tunnel collapse: Ambulances on standby as rescue of trapped workers enters final stretch
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe operation to free 41 Indian tunnel workers has entered the final stage, officials say, with rescuers just a few metres away from…
‘Women more at risk of HIV in pregnancy, during breastfeeding’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWomen are two to three times more at risk of getting infected with HIV, researchers involved in the Makerere University – John…