Daniil Medvedev failed to take the chance to come out of the Sunshine Swing with the title of best male tennis player in the world after defeat to Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals of the Miami Open. The Russian lost in straight sets to the defending champion, pointing to “garbage” […]
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Russian troops have left the nuclear power plant Chernobyl after occupying it over a month ago, Ukrainian officials have claimed. It is believed troops abandoned the heavily contaminated site after being treated for radiation poisoning. Ukraine’s state agency in charge of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Energoatom, announced the news on Facebook: “There are no longer […]
The number of fentanyl-laced pills seized by law enforcement has increased nearly 50-fold between 2018 and 2021, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. The rise in seizures comes amid a period of record-high overdose deaths, researchers said. “An increase in illicit pills containing […]
They have weathered the storm of Brexit and Covid, and are fighting the tide of rising inflation. But thousands of Britain’s fish and chip shops could be sunk by the war in Ukraine. At Captain’s, in the seaside resort of Brighton, on England’s south coast, owner Pam Sandhu is normally […]
Naomi Osaka’s eyes welled with tears when her match ended, an all-too-familiar scene for her in recent years. These were of the happy variety. For the former world No 1, that’s major progress. The unseeded Osaka defeated No 22 Belinda Bencic 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Thursday in the Miami Open […]
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal Liverpool, Carissa Wong, Alex Wilkins and Alexandra Thompson A person at a covid-19 test centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK, on 21 December Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 1pm […]
It’s decided. President Joe Biden’s new biomedical research agency for high-risk, cutting-edge research won’t have the full autonomy many backers had sought. Instead, it will sit within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). But to give the agency a measure of independence, its director will report to the NIH director’s […]
6. Beyoncé Inspired Queen Charlotte’s Look Produced by Shonda Rhimes, the multitalented mastermind behind shows like Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, Bridgerton has been celebrated for its diverse casting. For instance, on the show, Guyanese-British actress Golda Rosheuvel plays Queen Charlotte of England, who was a real person. Some historians […]