Grace Wood BBC News, Yorkshire Handout Yusuf Nazir died eight days after he was sent home from hospital with antibiotics A new report into the death of a five-year-old boy who died days after being sent home from a hospital emergency department has found the NHS failed to listen to a “mother’s instinct”. Yusuf Nazir…
Happy 60th Birthday to J.K. Rowling, the author and humanitarian who, before writing the first of seven books in the Harry Potter series, was a single mom supported by welfare—but she transformed herself into the world’s first female billionaire novelist. Her artful wizarding fantasies became the best-selling book series in history, translated into 73 languages,…
Prime Minister Mark Carney has said Canada will recognise a Palestinian state in September, making it the third G7 country to do so in recent days. Carney said such a move would depend on certain conditions, including commitments by the Palestinian Authority to fundamentally reform its governance and to hold general elections in 2026 without…
Late blight symptoms on a potato leaf – credit, Howard F. Schwartz, Insect Images – CC 3.0. BY-SA A team of Welsh scientists are developing an early-warning system for late potato blight, a water mold that causes nearly $4 billion in agricultural losses every year. Powered by AI, the smartphone-based application can detect signs of…
Reuters A massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia’s far eastern coast has triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific. The earthquake, which hit near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at about 11:25am local time on Wednesday (00:25 BST), is believed to be one of the most powerful ever recorded. More than two million people have been ordered to…
Happy 78th Birthday to Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor, bodybuilder, and former 2-term governor of California who is now fighting to bring redistricting reform to the American political system. “Born in Austria and Made in America”, the ‘Governator’ became the youngest man ever to win the Mr. Universe contest at age 20, then pursued a film career,…
Becky Morton Political reporter PM: UK will recognise Palestinian state unless conditions met The UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The PM said Israel must also meet other conditions, including agreeing to a ceasefire, committing to…
Men of the 9th Marines take cover at Con Thien, public domain In the trenches of Con Thien, Vietnam, a Marine Corps corporal used to quietly sit and dream about a carousel in a mountain meadow. His logic was simple: find the complete opposite of his surroundings of death, screaming hot shrapnel, and chaos. Sitting…
At least 30 people have died in Beijing and more than 80,000 were evacuated to safety, Chinese authorities said, as heavy rains and floods ravage roads and houses in northern China. Eight other people died after a landslide on Monday in Chengde city, about three hours northeast of Beijing. China is dealing with a summer…
60 years ago today, The Beatles’ film Help! had its world premiere in London with Princess Margaret in attendance at the London Pavilion. The band’s second feature film, it stars The Fab Four engaged in delightful banter while trying to protect Ringo Starr from an Eastern cult and a pair of mad scientists, who all…
