A “Trojan horse” therapy that sneaks toxic drugs inside cancer cells is being made available on the NHS in England in a world first. It can halt the blood cancer myeloma for nearly three times longer than current therapies. The drug is an advanced form of chemotherapy that hits cancer with a bigger dose, while...
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‘My Kids Are The Reason I’m Alive’: Backstage With Shakira
Deep in the bowels of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, a note is taped to the door of Shakira’s production office. “Please come back later… unless you’re actually on fire.” The handwritten pink scrawl suggests a level of stress that is entirely understandable for the team putting on the biggest stadium tour of the year. With...
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China And Hong Kong National Security Authorities Launch 1st Publicly Known Joint Operation
China’s national security authorities in Hong Kong and the city’s police launched their first publicly known joint operation, raiding the homes of six people on suspicion of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security. The police’s statement on late Thursday did not disclose the identity of the six people suspected of breaking the 2020 Beijing-imposed...
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TikTok Star Khaby Lame Plays Soccer In Brazil After US Detention
Khaby Lame, the world’s most-followed TikTok personality who left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents, went to Brazil where he’s been spending some time with friends, local authorities said Thursday. Lame is staying with AC Milan player Emerson Royal, and has been enjoying time with local fans, Paulo Eduardo Dias Junior, a city councilman from Americana, about 78...
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Supreme Court Win For Girl With Epilepsy Expected To Make Disability Lawsuits Against Schools Easier
A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education. The girl’s family says that her Minnesota school district didn’t do enough to make sure she has the disability accommodations she...
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Israeli Strikes Kill Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Leader, Gen. Hossein Salami
Iranian state television confirmed the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard was killed in Israel’s strikes Friday morning. Gen. Hossein Salami was the chief of one of the country’s most powerful centers, and his death was a tough blow to Iran’s embattled leadership, which has had a series of setbacks in the past 20 months of Middle...
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Legion Of Christ Priest Arrested In Mexico City Airport On Rape Charge For Alleged Abuse Of A Minor
Authorities arrested a Roman Catholic priest at the capital’s international airport on charges of raping of a minor over a period of years, officials said Thursday. The Mexico state prosecutor’s office said that Rev. Antonio Cabrera, a member of the Legion of Christ religious order, was arrested Wednesday night on a court order for rape. Authorities cited...
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South Carolina Prepares For Its 6th Execution In Nine Months With A Man Serving 2 Death Sentences
A South Carolina man sent to death row twice for separate murders is scheduled to die Friday by lethal injection in the state’s sixth execution in nine months. Stephen Stanko, 57, is being killed for shooting a friend and then cleaning out his bank account in Horry County in 2005. Hours earlier Stanko killed his live-in girlfriend,...
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Israeli Strikes Kill Iran’s Top Military Leaders And Prompt Retaliation
Israel launched a wave of strikes across Iran on Friday that targeted its nuclear program and military sites, killing at least two top military officers and raising the prospect of an all-out war between the two bitter Middle East adversaries. It appeared to be the most significant attack Iran has faced since its 1980s war with Iraq. The strikes...
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Iranian Foreign Minister: “We have a right to respond, in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, and we will vigorously defend our country.”
Pakistan’s National Assembly passes a strong resolution condemning Israeli aggression against the Brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran. It backs Iran’s right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter and calls the June 13 strikes a grave violation of int’l law. “The aggression constitutes a flagrant violation of Article 4, Clause 2, of the...