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Monkeypox: what is it and how worried should we be? – video explainer
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More than 100 confirmed cases of monkeypox - a disease usually found in central and western Africa - have been detected in countries from the US to Australia and France to the UK, causing alarm after two years of a pa...
Liberal party should forgo ‘entitled’ Kooyong voters, says their own state Liberal MP
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The voters of Kooyong in Melbourne’s east have been described as “loud, entitled and privileged” – by their own state Liberal MP. Victorian Liberal Tim Smith represents the state electorate of Kew, which overlaps the ...
Biden is sending dangerous messages about Taiwan to China. The US should tread with care
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Joe Biden made a potentially dangerous statement on Monday. In Tokyo, he gave a flat “yes” to a reporter’s question of whether he was willing to “get involved militarily to defend Taiwan”. “That’s the commitment we ma...
How worried should we be about monkeypox? – podcast
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An outbreak of monkeypox in the UK is ‘significant and concerning’, but for now it poses a low risk to the public, says science editor Ian Sample How to listen to podcasts: e...
THG boss should count the blessings of life as a listed company
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Matt Moulding and the board of THG did the easy bit last week: they rejected a “highly preliminary” takeover proposal from a consortium led by one of the online retailer’s own non-executive directors. It will have bee...
Why we should all love wasps
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In The Wasp Woman, a 1959 B-movie directed by Roger Corman, the owner of a failing cosmetics company becomes the test subject for a novel anti-ageing formula manufactured from the royal jelly of wasps. Janice Starlin,...
UK should expect high fuel bills for at least 18 months, E.ON boss says
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Consumers will have to cope with extraordinarily high fuel bills for at least another 18 months, the boss of Britain’s biggest energy supplier has said. Michael Lewis, the chief executive of E.ON UK, called for “very ...
Labour should focus on policy instead of ‘tough on crime’ messaging, charity says
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The Labour party is indulging in “cheap politics” by accusing the Conservatives repeatedly of being soft on crime, the head of a leading prison reform charity has claimed. Andrea Coomber QC, the chief executive of the...
NGO group says Fifa should pay £356m reparations to Qatar migrant workers
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Fifa should pay reparations of at least $440m (£356m) to migrant workers whose human rights have been compromised by the Qatar World Cup, a group of non-governmental organisations has said. England and Gareth Southgat...
‘People should be more aware’: the business dynasties who benefited from Nazis
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Colonial and Confederate statues toppled. Looted objects returned by contrite museums. Tainted family names such as Sackler expunged from buildings. A worldwide reckoning with the past crimes of great powers is under ...
Osteoporosis patients should not be afraid to exercise regularly, say experts
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Millions of people with osteoporosis should not be afraid to exercise regularly, experts have said in guidance aimed at boosting bone health, cutting the risk of falls and improving posture. The condition, which weake...
Boris Johnson created this Brexit mess in Northern Ireland – and he should own it
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Two of Boris Johnson’s most reckless chickens are coming home to roost. To get hard Brexit into law and topple his predecessor, Theresa May, he told Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist party that he would allow no ...
‘Politics should steer clear’: rainbow flag set to fly over Wimmera
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A special meeting of West Wimmera Shire council has overturned a decision against flying the rainbow flag. The council ruling clears the way for the internationally recognised pride flag to fly above the rural Victori...
Unequal impact of Covid should be part of UK inquiry, says chair
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The chair of the UK Covid-19 public inquiry has urged the prime minister to significantly widen its scope to better examine the pandemic’s unequal impact on minority ethnic people, on children and on mental health. He...
Ohio judge hears if pharmacy chains should pay for driving opioid crisis
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A federal judge in Cleveland has begun hearing demands that three of the largest pharmacy chains in the US pay billions of dollars in restitution after a jury found they helped drive America’s opioid epidemic. The siz...
Alarm after EHRC says long Covid should not be treated as disability
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People suffering from long Covid have reacted with alarm to comments by government’s equalities watchdog that the condition should not be treated as a disability. Under the Equalities Act, anyone with a physical or me...