Israeli forces have killed more than 70 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since dawn, medical sources have told Al Jazeera, including hungry aid seekers, as Israel continues to relentlessly bombard the besieged enclave where the United Nations says a famine threatens the entire population. Israeli troops on Tuesday again opened fire on crowds seeking meagre […]
As the Trump administration clamped down on the country’s medical research funding apparatus in recent months, scientists and administrators at the National Institutes of Health often privately wondered how much autonomy the agency’s director, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, had. After all, the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk’s signature cost-cutting project, helped drive decisions to cancel […]
Ronald Reagan and his fellow Republicans once invoked what they referred to as “welfare queens” as they made the case for reining in social spending in the 1970s and 1980s, painting a picture of unscrupulous women bilking the system to finance a sumptuous lifestyle. Now as they try to justify cuts to Medicaid, congressional Republicans […]
Women would no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales under a proposed shake-up of abortion laws. MPs are set to get a free vote next week – meaning they will not be told how to vote by their party – on a change to the law. It comes amid concern […]
Kate Stephens and Victoria Gill BBC News science team Getty Images China has built one of the world’s first small modular nuclear reactors, also dubbed ‘mini nukes’ Rolls Royce has been selected to develop and build the UK’s first small nuclear power stations. It is hoped small modular reactors (SMRs) will help meet the UK’s […]
Millions of people in the Northeast are at risk of seeing some severe thunderstorms on Tuesday afternoon and evening. FOX Weather Meteorologists Bob Van Dillen and Marissa Torres break down the forecast on June 10, 2025. NEW YORK – Millions of people living in the Plains and along the East Coast are again at risk […]
President Trump speaks at an event in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 2, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America Wall Street is getting more and more worried about the potential loss of America’s superpower status. Now its CEOs are […]
Invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test. Research shows they are at very low risk of cervical cancer and can safely wait longer to be screened again, NHS England has said. The roll out of […]
Michael Race, Simon Jack & Alice Cunningham BBC Business & BBC Suffolk Watch: PM says new nuclear plans are “statement of intent” The prime minister has said he is “not writing a blank cheque” to pay for a new UK nuclear power plant, after the government announced it would commit £14.2bn to the project. Sir […]
United States President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of Marines in Los Angeles to quell protests that have erupted against the arrests of 44 people on Friday for violating immigration laws. Trump on Monday also doubled the strength of National Guard forces that his administration has deployed in the country’s second largest city to […]