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The FDA is taking steps to ban red 3, which is derived from oil, amid concerns about its health effects A red food dye that is ubiquitous in American drinks, snacks, candies and cereals may finally be banned by the federal government after years of concern that it has adverse health impacts, particularly upon children. The federal…

A smiling assassin guns down one of the US’s biggest healthcare bosses in the middle of Manhattan using bullets carved with a chilling message before seemingly vanishing into thin air. The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has more than enough ingredients to set social media ablaze with armchair detectives and true crime fans scrambling to find…

ISIS targets in Syria have been hit with a barrage of US airstrikes in an attempt to wipe the terror group from the earth. US Central Command (CENTCOM) posted on X this evening that “over 75 targets” were struck in the centre of the country “using multiple US Air Force assets, including B-52s, F-15s, and A-10s”. “Battle…

At least five people have died and four others injured after explosions rocked a block of flats in The Hague in the Netherlands, authorities have said. Firefighters rushed to the three-storey building following the blasts that caused the collapse of several homes in the Tarwekamp area at around 06:15 (05:15 GMT) on Saturday. The city’s mayor, Jan…

“Daya, darwaaza tod do.” (Daya, break down the door) Most Indians will instantly recognise this dialogue from the popular detective show CID, which ran from 1998 to 2018, making it one of India’s longest-running television shows. The whodunnit featured three intrepid policemen – ACP Pradyuman, inspector Daya and inspector Abhijeet – solving case after case, as no…

Madonna and Akeem Morris further fueled romance speculation while taking a stroll around New York City on Saturday. The Queen of Pop, 66, was seen braving the bitter cold weather with an oversized jacket and scarf, while the 28-year-old soccer player wore a hooded sweatshirt and coat as they walked side by side. The “Vogue” singer and…

Rebels claim they have seized most of the south as their lightning offensive threatens to end Bashar al Assad’s 24-year rule, as Reuters news agency reports that two army officials have said the Syrian president has left Damascus. Biden keeping eye on ‘extraordinary events’ Joe Biden and his team are monitoring “extraordinary events” and are in touch…

People wept as they watched the cathedral burn, a pinnacle of human achievement consumed in flames. But in just five years, it was restored to its former glory. Some say it’s better than ever. The restored Notre-Dame Cathedral. Pic: APIt wasn’t just Notre-Dame Cathedral that burned, it was the very heart of France, they say. Parisians wept…

Police still have no idea of the gunman’s name, whereabouts, or motive, but although no weapon has been recovered from the bag, detectives did find a jacket he may have worn during the attack. Police still have no idea of the gunman’s name or whereabouts or his motive for the killing. Pic: NYPDPolice in the US hunting…

The picture shows Charles wearing a grey suit and blue tie while Camilla wears a blue wool crepe dress and private jewellery. The King and Queen’s official Christmas card. Pic: Millie Pilkington/Buckingham PalaceThe King and Queen’s Christmas card has been revealed, showing the monarch and his wife smiling in the Buckingham Palace garden. In the picture, taken…

Are we already in WWIII, even if most of us haven’t realized it yet? It is a scary thought, but one weighing heavily on a few minds. Sir Richard Dearlove, former chief of the British foreign intelligence service MI6, recently suggested in a Sky News interview there is an “actual war” underway with the Russians, albeit through…

The last time Syrian President Bashar Assad was in serious trouble was 10 years ago, at the height of the country’s civil war, when his forces lost control over parts of the largest city, Aleppo, and his opponents were closing in on the capital, Damascus. Back then, he was rescued by his chief international backer, Russia, and…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, other senior leaders and heads of churches across India have welcomed the announcement with joy and pride. In a grand consistory held in the Vatican on Saturday, 51-year-old Indian priest George Jacob Koovakad was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pope Francis. The ceremony, held at the famous St Peter’s Basilica and…

The manhunt for a suspect who gunned down a healthcare chief executive in New York is now in its third day, with police chasing several different leads. UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson, 50, was fatally shot in the back on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan. Police say Thompson was targeted in a pre-planned killing,…

The “brazen and targeted” killing of a health insurance executive outside a New York hotel this week shocked America. The reaction to the crime also exposed a simmering rage against a trillion-dollar industry. “Prior authorisation” does not seem like a phrase that would generate much passion. But on a hot day this past July, more than 100…

Ivanka Trump and Hailey Bieber helped put this proposal together. When Chainsmokers musician Drew Taggart, 34, proposed to Brazilian model Marianne Fonseca at Los Angeles celeb fave Giorgio Baldi, the unwitting bride-to-be thought she was headed to meet her buddy Trump. Instead, Taggart was waiting for his now-betrothed amid a sea of roses at the restaurant. A…

The identity of one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ earliest sexual assault accusers has been revealed. NHL star Evander Kane’s ex-wife, Anna Kane — who initially filed her lawsuit in December 2023 under the pseudonym “Ms. Doe” — amended her complaint Friday to include her name, which was first reported by TMZ. “I had hoped to use a…

TikTok has lost an appeal against plans to ban the video-sharing app in the US. The social media platform had argued the proposal was a breach of the US First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech. TikTok pushed to overturn a law that could lead to its ban in a few months. However, the petition was dismissed…

Newly formed pop group as1one flew to LA the day before the 7 October attacks. They have navigated fear, grief and complex political issues before the world even knows their names. This is how the world’s first Israeli-Palestinian boyband continued from there. It should have been a feel-good story: six young men, plucked from obscurity to become…

The Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star said that while he “could go any day now” he felt he was “going to be alright”. The actor made the comments as he duetted with Coldplay’s Chris Martin in the band’s new music video. Dick Van Dyke has said he is “not afraid” of death, as he…

People wept as they watched the cathedral burn, a pinnacle of human achievement consumed in flames. But in just five years, it was restored to its former glory. Some say it’s better than ever. It wasn’t just Notre-Dame Cathedral that burned, it was the very heart of France, they say. Parisians wept as they watched the catastrophe…

Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on his supporters to hold a rally next week and threatened to start a civil disobedience movement days after his party led a deadly protest march in Islamabad. In a post on X on Thursday, Khan asked supporters to converge on Dec. 13 in the northwestern city of…

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday apologised for his attempt to impose martial law this week but did not resign, defying intense pressure to step down even from some in his ruling party and only hours ahead of a planned impeachment vote. Yoon said he would not seek to avoid legal and political responsibility for…

Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win November’s presidential election, according to new filings, underscoring the influence one of the world’s wealthiest people had on this year’s White House race. The billionaire owner of electric car maker Tesla (TSLA.O), and SpaceX gave $259 million to groups supporting Trump’s 2024…

A “DISTURBING” self-proclaimed healer who failed to get help for a dying gran during a “slapping therapy workshop” has been jailed. Hongchi Xiao, 61, ran bizarre Paida Lajin therapy events in which patients would either be slapped or repeatedly slap themselves. But Danielle Carr-Gomm, a 71-year-old diabetic woman, died after attending one of the week-long workshops in…

President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a Cabinet and advisory team valued at a staggering $10 billion — excluding the ballooning fortune of his outside adviser, Elon Musk. Trump’s second-term Cabinet, which includes at least 11 billionaires, was found by a joint report between Axios and Americans for Tax Fairness to boast a combined wealth greater than the…

French President Emmanuel Macron said he will name a new prime minister “in the coming days”, after Michel Barnier resigned following a no-confidence vote in parliament. In a 10-minute address to the nation on Thursday, he rejected opposition pressure to stand down, vowing to stay in his post “fully, until the end of the mandate” in 2027.…

How many presidents have pardoned their relatives? It turns out this is a tricky question to answer. Following Hunter Biden’s pardon by his father, several commentators have looked to precedents — other pardons of relatives. Case in point: Ana Navarro-Cardenas, a commentator who appears on The View and CNN. On X, Navarro-Cardenas cited a pardon granted by…

For many children, the winter holidays center on a lie. They’re told that every Christmas Eve, a jolly, elderly man visits all the children in the world. He pops down the chimney, leaves gifts (at least for well-behaved children), and then disappears unseen. Meanwhile, parents everywhere raise their children to be honest and fret if they start…

The retailer, which had reacted angrily after being previously knocked back, says the new building will safeguard 2,000 jobs. Marks & Spencer has been told it can demolish and rebuild its flagship London store, 18 months after its plans were blocked by the previous government. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner ruled the scheme –…

Calin Georgescu has emerged from obscurity to top the polls in Romania’s presidential election. But the Anglophile and Trump supporter is also his country’s most divisive figure for decades. A former soil scientist, who rose to prominence on TikTok, looks set to be elected Romania’s president this weekend. Speaking to Sky News, populist candidate Calin Georgescu –…

There’s been a huge rise in sexually explicit deepfakes as software to digitally transform a clothed picture into a naked picture is easy to get hold of, according to online harm experts, but for victims, the effect can be devastating. Campaigners are warning the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to create realistic but fake nude images of…

UNESCO recognized Japan’s ancient process of sake brewing as an “intangible cultural heritage” on Wednesday, which producers hope will boost global interest in the traditional rice wine that dates back centuries but has waned in popularity at home. Naturally, Japanese representatives at a UNESCO meeting in Paraguay marked the occasion by sampling some sake. The beverage is…

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7 hit off the coast of a sparsely populated area of northern California on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later canceled. No deaths or injuries were reported. There were no reports of major damage, though authorities said they needed time to check across…

OpenAI on Thursday launched a version of its popular chatbot ChatGPT priced at $200 per month, which can be used in engineering fields and for research, as the AI firm looks to expand industry applications for its technology. The new tier, called ChatGPT Pro, will be in addition to OpenAI’s existing subscriptions of ChatGPT Plus, Team and…

A U.S. judge on Thursday rejected Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty to fraud in the wake of two fatal 737 MAX crashes, faulting a diversity and inclusion provision in the deal. Boeing did not immediately comment. The U.S. Department of Justice, which brokered the plea bargain with Boeing, is reviewing the opinion, a spokesperson said. Boeing and…

The train will fly through vacuum tunnels and allow passengers to access the internet through equally speedy 5G A FLOATING train that is faster than a plane has begun construction, marking a huge step forward for the 621mph lighting locomotive. China Railway will use magnetic levitation (maglev) technology to zip passengers through vacuum tubes faster than they…

Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, is the 10th-richest person in the United States, worth $127 billion. In theory, when he dies, his estate should pay 40 percent of his net worth to the government in taxes. But Mr. Huang, 61, is not only an engineering genius and Silicon Valley icon whose company, the world’s second-most…

Here’s who won and lost this year in entertainment. Starring Zendaya, Will Smith, Katy Perry, ‘The Penguin’ and more. This year’s Winners and Losers list might sting a bit — particularly for Hollywood progressives. You might not love some of these winners. You might not like us saying that certain names lost this year. It’s perhaps appropriate,…

The at-large suspect who gunned down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel may have left a message on the bullets he used to kill the executive Wednesday morning, according to police sources. The NYPD is investigating the possible message — which appears to include the words “deny,” “depose” and “defend” — engraved on live rounds…

Brian Thompson was shot dead outside a Hilton Hotel in New York City Wednesday. Police appear to be closing in on the identity of the man suspected of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown Manhattan, sources told ABC News. Authorities on Thursday released images of the suspect taken from a surveillance camera at the HI…

Chiung Yao, arguably the world’s most popular Chinese language romance novelist, has died in an apparent suicide. The 86-year-old’s body was found in her home in New Taipei City on Wednesday, local media report. Emergency services said she took her own life, according to Taiwan’s Central News Agency. Chiung Yao started writing at 18 and published more…

The Spotify Wrapped 2024 year-end data dive is out — and Taylor Swift is again at the top. Swift ranked as the No. 1 most-streamed artist globally in 2024 on Spotify, nabbing the crown for the second year in a row. That’s largely on the strength of her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” which was the…

This and yap. Taylor Swift and Gigi Hadid were caught up in some captivating conversation while grabbing dinner in New York City Tuesday night. Gossip account DeuxMoi shared photos of the besties dining in a hidden booth at West Village hot spot Waverly Inn, with an eyewitness saying, “[It] seemed like some gossip was being spilt.” One…

Jennifer Garner “encouraged” ex-husband Ben Affleck to work on his marriage with Jennifer Lopez before the pair headed for divorce, a source exclusively tells Page Six. “When things started getting rocky between Ben and Jennifer [Lopez], Jen was very supportive of their relationship and encouraged Ben to work on their marriage.” The “13 Going on 30” actress,…

Amazon on Tuesday unveiled a suite of artificial intelligence models in its boldest move yet to compete with tech giant rivals in the fast-growing generative AI sector. The launch of its own line of foundation models marks Amazon’s latest push to strengthen its position against forerunners Microsoft, Google, Meta and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. Until now,…

Swift was 2024’s most-streamed artiste globally, raking in more than 26.6 billion streams. She’s followed by The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish, in that order.   ‘Tis the season to unpack Spotify Wrapped. And it should come as no surprise that for a second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named its most-played…

South Korean lawmakers have submitted a Bill to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law and reversed the move hours later. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing the threat of impeachment, with opposition lawmakers accusing him of violating his constitutional duty and committing a crime akin to treason when he declared martial…

DUBAI: Hamas said it had information that Israel intended to carry out a hostage rescue operation similar to one conducted in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp in June and threatened to “neutralise” the captives if any such action took place, according to an internal statement seen by Reuters on Wednesday (Dec 4). In the statement dated Nov 22, Hamas…

French lawmakers passed a no-confidence vote against the government on Wednesday, throwing the European Union’s second-biggest economic power deeper into a crisis that threatens its capacity to legislate and tame a massive budget deficit. Far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined forces to back a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier, with a majority 331 votes in support…

President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, met with a lukewarm response from some Senate Republicans on Wednesday over allegations about his personal and professional life. Even as Hegseth made his case to Republican lawmakers whose support he’d need to be confirmed as defense secretary, Trump was considering alternates, with…

Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s (UNH.N), opens new tab insurance unit, was killed on Wednesday morning outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel in what police described as a targeted attack by a gunman lying in wait for him. Thompson, 50, was shot around 6:45 a.m. ET (1145 GMT) outside the Hilton on Sixth Avenue, just before the…

Cuba said it was generating only enough electricity to cover about 1/6th of peak demand late on Wednesday, hours after its national grid collapsed leaving millions without power. The National Electric Union (UNE) said it was producing 533 MW of electricity by evening, still just a fraction of typical dinnertime demand of between 3,000 and 3,200 megawatts,…

From Sabrina Carpenter’s hit song Espresso to a newly discovered Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf, the most mispronounced words of this year have been revealed. Sabrina Carpenter, Phryge, Josko Gvardiol, Shein pop-up store. Pics: Andy Kropa/Invision/AP/ReutersTrying to keep up with the latest trends is difficult enough, especially when you don’t know how to pronounce them. From…

The US president-elect had selected former Fox News host Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon, but there is speculation that he would fail a Senate vote. Donald Trump’s pick for defence secretary has pledged to carry on and said he still has the president-elect’s backing amid reports he could be replaced. Mr Trump was said to be…

Zayn Malik has cancelled a concert in Newcastle just moments before he was due on stage as fans were left ‘crying’ following an announcement over a tannoy Zayn Malik has cancelled his gig in Newcastle, just minutes before stage time. The singer is currently embarking on his Stairway to the Sky Tour has seen him perform in…

Nazi guard Gregor Formanek, who is now 100 years old, is accused of “continually killing prisoners” at Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Germany during World War II A 100-year-old concentration camp guard dubbed last Nazi should stand trial accused of murdering 3,300 Holocaust victims, the German high court has ruled. Gregor Formanek had successfully appealed a decision to…

The elderly man told his neighbors he was a Rothschild — a member of the prominent European family whose collective fortune is worth billions of dollars. He certainly appeared to have some of the trappings of a descendant of the esteemed bankers, including a classic car collection featuring Ferraris and Jaguars. But in the days after William…

THE WIFE of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO and police sources have claimed he was being threatened before he was fatally shot in a targeted attack. CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was shot to death by a masked man in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, was shot and killed in New York City on Wednesday morningCredit:…

South Korea’s president lifted the draconian martial law he imposed on the nation hours earlier Tuesday — after the parliament dramatically voted to reverse the order as thousands of protesters hit the streets. Embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol said he convened his cabinet to formally lift the extraordinary measure around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday local time in Seoul.…

When I ask Sharon Stone what she would tell her younger self about resilience, her reaction surprises us both. We have talked through politics, painting and Hollywood, but she suddenly puts her hand over her eyes, pauses for a long time, and then starts crying. “You’re going to make it,” the 66-year-old Hollywood actress says the message…

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted of human trafficking in Cambodia for intending to sell babies they carried through surrogacy. They were sentenced to four years in prison, but with two years suspended, the Kandal Provincial Court said. The court said it had strong evidence showing that the women intended on having the babies “to…

In a courtroom in Munich, Nora sat across from the person who had bought her as a slave, abused her and murdered her five-year old daughter. Nora and Reda were being held captive in Iraq by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) in 2015, the year after IS began what the UN says was a genocidal campaign…

The mother of the only British-Israeli hostage being held by Hamas has described her increasing fears for her daughter’s life after more than 400 days in captivity. Emily Damari, 28, was taken by Hamas from her home in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. “I fear that she’s dead,” her mother Mandy told the BBC in her…

Taylor Swift is “really happy for Beyoncé” being named the greatest pop star of the 21st century by Billboard, an insider tells Page Six. “Taylor will always support strong female artists and thinks Beyoncé is so deserving of this honor,” our source adds. The “Karma” singer is aware her fans are upset that she was not given…

Man often stayed at multiple hotels over 10 months, sometimes checking into three or four in single day A man in eastern China spent his university tuition on travel instead of enrolling and scammed multiple hotels by placing dead cockroaches and used condoms in rooms when his funds ran out. He employed this scheme to blackmail 63…

Ryan Hamilton is from Texas, where a near-total ban on abortion is in place. He gave a harrowing account of how his wife bled “non-stop” for four days before needing life-saving care following an incomplete miscarriage. “We broke Roe vs Wade”, president-elect Donald Trump said earlier this year, referring to the Supreme Court ruling in 2022 which…

The Queen attended the banquet as she recovered from pneumonia, while the Princess of Wales was not present as she had only partially returned to public duties following cancer treatment. The King has paid tribute to the “profound, personal and historic” ties between our “two great nations” as he hosted the Emir of Qatar at a state…

Tiger Woods still has the passion to compete and is working to get his body back in shape for next year, he said on Tuesday at the Hero World Challenge in Albany, Bahamas, after another injury curtailed his 2024 season. Woods has not played since July and he underwent surgery for nerve impingement on his lower back…

Almost 100,000 workers joined walkouts at Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE), German plants on Monday in protest at management plans to cut wages and even close sites at Europe’s biggest carmaker, the IG Metall union said, threatening further industrial action. With two-hour strikes by workers on morning shifts and early walkouts on evening shifts, a total of 98,650 employees at…

Ukraine declared it would not settle for anything less than NATO membership to guarantee its future security, as the alliance sidestepped Kyiv’s call for an immediate invitation at a foreign ministers’ meeting on Tuesday. In a letter to his NATO counterparts ahead of the meeting, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said an invitation would remove one of…

South Korean lawmakers on Wednesday called for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol after he declared martial law only to reverse the move hours later, triggering the biggest political crisis in decades in Asia’s fourth-largest economy. The surprise declaration late on Tuesday ignited a standoff with parliament which rejected his attempt to ban political activity and…

An ally of Vladimir Putin said that if Russia were to fire a nuclear weapon on Ukraine it would create a “radiation zone” that would end the conflict, according to the Financial Times. Russian tycoon Konstantin Malofeyev spoke to the news outlet about how the world is “on the brink of nuclear war.” He said that Putin…

In the footage posted to her IG account, the troubled pop star starts off by talking about how the paparazzi put her on a plane with a mask over her face while carrying a torch given to her by a friend. As if that wasn’t bizarre enough … Britney discussed her B-day, falsely stating that she turned…

Meta is mistakenly removing too much content across its apps, according to a top executive. Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, told reporters on Monday that the company’s moderation “error rates are still too high” and pledged to “improve the precision and accuracy with which we act on our rules.” “We know that when enforcing our…

The president of South Korea early Wednesday lifted the martial law he imposed on the country hours earlier, bending to political pressure after a tense night in which troops surrounded parliament and lawmakers voted to reject military rule. President Yoon Suk Yeol, who appeared likely to be impeached over his actions, imposed martial law late Tuesday out…

For hotelier Melita Koulmandas, what started as a mission to revive two forgotten islands in Cambodia’s Koh Rong archipelago led to the birth of Song Saa Private Island – a luxury resort that champions regenerative tourism. Two decades ago in 2004, Melita Koulmandas was exploring Cambodia’s Koh Rong archipelago with her former partner on a rented fishing…

Marie Dageville and her husband Benoit Dageville became billionaires overnight when his data cloud company, Snowflake, went public in September 2020. After that life changing moment, Marie, a former hospice nurse, then set out to learn how to urgently give away that new fortune. “We need to redistribute what we have that is too much,” she said…

Three people have died and at least 32 were hospitalised in the Philippines after eating an endangered sea turtle cooked in stew. Dozens of indigenous Teduray people reported symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal spasms since eating the dish last week in a seaside town in Maguindanao del Norte Province, officials said. While it is illegal…

The woman who flew as a stowaway from New York to Paris has been identified as 57-year-old Svetlana Dali. She remains in France after allegedly causing a disturbance on a return flight to the US. Ms Dali, whose identity was confirmed by CBS, boarded a Delta Airlines flight last week from New York’s JFK airport to Charles…

A man wanted over one of Australia’s most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, is on his way back to the country after being extradited from Italy. Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, were stabbed to death in their Melbourne house in 1977, in a case which has gripped the nation ever since. Police…

Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against her death sentence for masterminding the world’s biggest bank fraud. The 68-year-old is now in a race for her life because the law in Vietnam states that if she can pay back 75% of what she took, her sentence will be commuted to life imprisonment. In…

Kate Winslet fought through tears during an interview with “60 Minutes” while remembering a time when she stood up to the press for bullying her over her weight following the success of “Titanic.” The Oscar winner has been vocal in the past about the body shaming she endured after James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster turned her into a…

A24’s “A Different Man” won best feature at the 2024 Gotham Awards Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Meanwhile, “Sing Sing” swept the acting categories, with Colman Domingo winning for best lead performance and Clarence Maclin for best supporting performance. Each category for nominations is decided by a different jury of critics, journalists…

President-elect Donald Trump was back on the links at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday with players including South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and real estate investor Steve Witkoff, sources told Page Six. Las Vegas magnate Steve Wynn was also at Trump’s club we hear. A source has told us that…

A poll for Sky News also found that while 62% support the bill overall, the majority (70%) were concerned that disabled people could be encouraged to seek assisted dying against their will. A majority of the public think the debate on assisted dying has been rushed, a poll has found. According to a DeltaPoll survey for Sky…

In a world first, surgeons have used a technique called deep brain stimulation to “re-awaken” dormant nerve fibres in the spinal cord and re-establish control of the leg muscles. Two paralysed patients have been able to walk short distances and even climb stairs once more after being implanted with electrodes in their brains. Both had catastrophic spinal…

The prime minister has used special powers to push a social security budget through the lower house of parliament without a final vote. The French government is heading towards collapse after far-right and left-wing parties said they would vote for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Michel Barnier. It follows Mr Barnier’s decision to use special powers…