5 days ago By Philippa Roxby, Health reporter Getty Images Mosquitoes can spread disease from person to person, and from place to place An invasive species of mosquito has set up home in 13 countries in the EU, including France, Spain and Greece, with experts linking their presence to a rise in dengue fever in Europe. Climate […]
18 hours ago By Tim Dodd, BBC News, England PA Media Clean air zones charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles to enter certain areas England’s clean air zones had raised more than £150m for local authorities by the end of last year, a BBC investigation has found. Clean air zones (CAZs) are designed to cut pollution […]
The incident comes hours before the German city staging a Euro 2024 match between Netherlands and Poland. The German police have fired shots at a person who allegedly threatened officers with a pickaxe and an incendiary device on the sidelines of a Euro 2024 football fan parade in central Hamburg, according to a police post […]
Tens of thousands of Malawians are taking part in a funeral service at the national stadium to pay tribute to the vice-president who was killed in a plane crash last week. Saulos Chilima, 51, was considered a breath of fresh air in Malawian politics. He was an eloquent public speaker and energetic campaigner who held […]
Since Amazon acquired the primary-care service One Medical, elderly patients have been routed to a call center — staffed partly by contractors with limited training — that failed on more than a dozen occasions to seek immediate attention for callers with urgent symptoms, according to internal documents seen by The Washington Post. When one patient […]
DETROIT — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump repeated his characterization of Black communities as dangerous and depressed on Saturday, courting voters in a city he has called “hell” and “totally corrupt” as his campaign hopes incremental gains with Black voters could be decisive in swing states. “Look, the crime is most rampant right here and […]
CHARLOTTE — D.C. United started the second half of the MLS season Saturday with a shortage of players, a deflating lapse of concentration on the final play of the first half and ultimately a 1-0 loss to Charlotte FC. Kerwin Vargas’s header off a corner kick was the difference as United’s winless rut reached six […]
1 hour ago By Paul Moseley, BBC News, Norfolk Paul Moseley/BBC Sister Catherine says she has been on “an amazing journey” Would you give up the chance to have a partner, children and a choice of career? Probably not, but some take a very different path. Just 85 women in England and Wales became nuns or religious […]
Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula One. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. What do you want to be when you grow up? An astronaut chef. A jet pilot. A dancer. A racing driver. Children’s imaginations run wild, and these dreams can sometimes seem […]
During Apple’s showcase this week for new artificial intelligence and other software, one company employee after another strode into view and assumed the position: standing with legs spread and toes pointing out. This Apple Stance — as it was dubbed by a private group chat on X, according to one participant — looked awkward when […]