BBC Dorothy Masasa is one of the thousands of women diagnosed with cervical cancer every year in Malawi Dorothy Masasa happily walks down a dirt road on a sunny afternoon, her baby securely strapped on her back. Just six months ago the 39-year-old, originally from southern Malawi’s Thyolo district, was in Kenya for life-saving radiotherapy. […]
Getty Images People waiting for an Uber should be patient enough to wait a few minutes longer for an electric car, the boss of the ride-hailing firm has said. “A couple of minutes isn’t going to kill anyone,” Dara Khosrowshahi told the BBC in an interview. Uber is rolling out new options to encourage customers […]
People color in a U.S. electoral map during a 2020 presidential election watch party at the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images The counting of ballots can take longer in some places than in others. In presidential elections, that difference can cause […]
Reuters Victor Ambros (l) and Gary Ruvkun (r) share the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2024 has been awarded to US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their work on microRNA. Their discoveries help explain how complex life emerged on Earth and how the human […]
The average UK house price came close to reaching a record high last month as falling mortgage rates helped to boost confidence among buyers, according to Halifax. The UK’s largest mortgage lender said the average price hit £293,399 in September, just short of the record £293,507 reached in June 2022. Prices have now risen for […]
Superstar Derrick White cannot wait to help another market of impassioned fans “see us up close” when the two most recent champions, his Boston Celtics and Denver Nuggets, perform in next week’s NBA Abu Dhabi Games 2024 presented by ADQ. Matches between the Celtics and Nuggets on Friday, October 4 and Sunday, October 6 are […]
RMS Titanic / Getty The Titan sub was on a trip to see the wreck of the Titanic It was the submersible that promised passengers the trip of a lifetime. A chance to descend 3,800m (12,500ft) to the Atlantic depths to visit the wreck of the Titanic. But last year, a dive by Oceangate’s Titan […]
Abortion abolitionists protest outside of an IVF clinic in Texas. Sarah McCammon for Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Sarah McCammon for Newsportu Abortion abolitionists protest outside of an IVF clinic in Texas. Sarah McCammon for Newsportu In the last few years, more than a dozen states have enacted laws that ban almost all abortions. Some […]
Consider it a high-stakes game of telephone. You may have noticed the uptick of college football quarterbacks cupping their helmets to muffle the sounds of the loudest stadiums in the country. That’s because coach-to-player helmet communication arrived this season for all 134 Football Bowl Subdivision programs. Thirty years after the NFL debuted the technology, the […]
At least four people, including a two-year-old, die in two attempts to cross the channel on crowded boats. A two-year-old has been crushed to death and three other people have been killed in two attempts to cross the English Channel using overcrowded boats, French authorities say. “A child was trampled to death,” French Interior Minister […]