The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, D.C., on July 16. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump’s push for Texas Republicans to redraw congressional lines ahead of next year’s midterm elections has triggered a redistricting arms race. Democrats in California have already moved to counter […]
Some patients who have been red flagged for breast cancer assessments are waiting up to seven weeks to be seen in Northern Ireland. The target set by Northern Ireland’s devolved Department of Health – which oversees five health and social care trusts – is 14 days. BBC News NI understands that several breast cancer consultants […]
One of three skulls returned to Madagascar is believed to belong to King Toera, who was slain by French colonial forces. France has returned to Madagascar three human skulls kept at a Paris museum for 128 years, after they were looted during the colonial period, including one believed to be that of a Madagascan king […]
Japanese authorities bowed and offered flowers at the grave of a businessman to apologise for wrongfully charging him with exporting potentially sensitive industrial machines. Shizuo Aishima and three other executives were arrested for illegal exports in March 2020. He died of stomach cancer in February 2021, five months before the indictments were dropped. His family […]
The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite infestation has been confirmed in the US, authorities say. New World screwworm (NWS) myiasis was found in a patient who returned to the US from El Salvador, the Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday. The case was confirmed on 4 August. NWS myiasis is […]
Botswana has declared a public health emergency as it faces a shortage of essential medicines and medical equipment. President Duma Boko made the announcement in a televised address on Monday, setting out a multimillion-dollar plan to rectify the supply chain involving military oversight. Managing the shortages would be “highly price sensitive due to our limited […]
Getty Images Posture is all about regular movement, exercise and positive mindsets “Sit up straight!” – we’ve all heard that command barked at us many times. For years we’ve been told that good posture means standing tall, shoulders back and your spine straight as a rod. But that might not actually be true. According to […]
Israel has struck Nasser Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 21 people, including five journalists, as well as medics and rescue workers, in the latest deliberate attack on civilians and the besieged enclave’s decimated health system. Monday’s attack, which killed journalists who worked for Al Jazeera, the Reuters and Associated […]
Zahra Fatima & Ruth Comerford BBC News Matt Taylor Lead weather presenter PA Media Sun and sunflowers in Becketts Farm, south of Birmingham The August bank holiday has brought record temperatures for parts of the UK, with the hottest recorded in Wales. Hawarden, on the border near Chester, hit 29.6C – the highest recorded in […]
Ffynhonnell y llun, Hari Emlyn DaviesDisgrifiad o’r llun, Prif leisydd grŵp newydd sbon o’r enw Y Ddelwedd yw Hari Emlyn Davies. Fe ffurfiodd Y Ddelwedd pan wnaeth Hari, sy’n dod o Bwllheli, gyfarfod Owen a Cian o ardal Blaenau Ffestiniog tra’n astudio yng Ngholeg Meirion-Dwyfor. A hwythau’n megis dechrau eu siwrna cerddorol, maent wedi profi […]