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July 5, 2024 12:14 PM

Keir Starmer faces uphill task as Britain’s incoming prime minister

Keir Starmer enters power with one of the longest lists of problems ever to face an incoming prime minister and few resources to deal with them – a situation that could curtail any “honeymoon period” offered by the British people. It is a situation not lost on the 61-year-old Labour leade...

July 4, 2024 12:09 PM

As France votes, Europe holds its breath

When President Emmanuel Macron shocked France last month by calling a snap election, he was gambling with the future of Europe as well as his own country. While much depends on the second round of voting on Sunday, it already seems clear that Macron's role as a driver of European integration will b...

July 2, 2024 3:40 PM

Gaza’s streets flooded with sewage amid destroyed infrastructure

Palestinians were seen trying to navigate their way through the streets of Gaza’s Khan Younis, which have been flooded with sewage and dirty water, amid the on-going conflict that has reduced much of the enclave into wasteland. One resident in the area said the overflowing sewage has swept into t...

July 1, 2024 4:02 PM

Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic ‘unfolding in slow motion’

Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts. Many of them have been monitoring the new subtype of H5N1 avian flu in m...

June 30, 2024 3:24 PM

France begins voting in election that could hand power to far right

French voters began voting on Sunday in the first round of a snap parliamentary election that could usher in the country's first far-right government since World War Two, a potential sea change at the heart of the European Union. President Emmanuel Macron stunned the country when he called the vote...

June 29, 2024 10:07 AM

India and USA extend agreement on equalisation levy until June 30

India and the United States have agreed to extend their transitional agreement on the Equalisation Levy until June 30. This decision comes after both countries initially joined 134 other members of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework in October 2021 to address tax challenges from the digitalization of ...

June 27, 2024 12:56 PM

Fossil of child with Down syndrome hints at Neanderthal compassion

Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving traits in the inner ear anatomy indicative of this serious genetic condition. This fossil, unearthed at the Cova Negra archeologica...