The suppression of Indigenous fire management after British colonisation probably transformed large areas of southeastern Australia into dense forests containing more combustible vegetation, contributing to the larger and more intense bushfires experienced
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A common human gut bacterium can produce a molecule that lowers cholesterol and reduces the build-up of arterial plaque, according to a study published in Nature. Experiments in mice found that Bacteroides
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Henri Kagan of the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a century-old question about how chemical
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Airlines and airports could play a significant role in detecting and containing a potential outbreak of pneumonic plague linked to a lab technician’s death in Russia, drawing on public-health measures developed during
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President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that US officials did not believe the reported death of a Russian laboratory worker was connected to a bioweapon, while calling for more information from Moscow
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has delivered a forceful criticism of open borders, globalism and what he described as the erosion of national sovereignty in Europe, warning that the West risks
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Elon Musk has accused unnamed “oligarchs” of obstructing Starlink’s commercial launch in India, claiming the satellite internet service is being prevented from operating to preserve a “monopolistic chokehold” over the country’s internet
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Hezbollah has received $200 million from Iran to help Lebanese displaced by this year’s war with Israel, according to two people with direct knowledge of the transfer. If confirmed, the payment would
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North Korea has rejected South Korea’s preparations to provide medical equipment, with Kim Yo Jong describing the proposed aid as a political provocation and a violation of Pyongyang’s sovereignty. In a statement
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Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old Spanish woman whose eviction from her Madrid home last month triggered mass housing protests and contributed to the calling of an early election, has died, the Madrid tenants’
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The Flydubai co-pilot accused of trying to hijack a flight to Tel Aviv had spent years expressing misogynistic views online, engaging with the so-called “manosphere” and, according to people familiar with the
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Nearly 900 secondary schools across France were fully or partly closed this week as student protests over staff shortages and poor school conditions escalated into violence, leaving at least 215 pupils, almost
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At 6.29am on October 7, 2026, three years after Hamas launched its surprise attack from Gaza, families of those killed at the Nova music festival gathered at the site where their relatives
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Latin America is undergoing a sharp political shift to the right as US influence expands and Venezuela faces unprecedented pressure following the removal of Nicolás Maduro and the rise of Delcy Rodríguez.
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Three years after October 7, 2023, Israel is still confronting the political and strategic consequences of the Hamas attack and the war that followed. Netanyahu faces an election shaped by questions over
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