Bola Tinubu is Nigeria’s new president. Now what?

Read More Last Wednesday, the ruling All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was declared winner of the Nigerian presidential election.  He beat opposition leader Atiku Abubakar, of the People’s Democratic Party, and youth favourite Peter Obi, of the Labour Party. Regarded by local and international media as 2023’s most important election in the world, […]

Uefa to refund Liverpool fans for tickets after Champions League final chaos

Read More Uefa has confirmed that all 19,618 Liverpool fans who bought tickets from the club’s allocation for last May’s Champions League final are eligible for a refund after the chaos that marred the match in Paris. On 13 February Uefa promised to open a “special refund scheme for fans” who attended the final, in […]

Ukraine names PoW allegedly filmed being shot dead by Russian soldiers

Read More Ukraine has named the unarmed prisoner of war who appeared to have been shot dead by Russian soldiers, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy delivered an overnight message resolving to “find the murderers”. In the graphic 12-second clip that first circulated on Telegram on Monday and was widely shared on Twitter, a detained combatant, named by […]

Snow blankets parts of UK as Britons brace for coldest night of 2023

Read More From Tyneside to Buckinghamshire, snow fell across the much of the country on Tuesday as forecasters warned temperatures could plunge to a 2023 record low of -15C in some parts. The Met Office says the mercury could dip to the lowest of the year so far in some sheltered Scottish glens, especially where […]

Nurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, UK study concludes

Read More Nurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, MPs have been told, in what would be one of the biggest shake-ups of regulations in more than 55 years. If adopted, the “two-doctor rule”, which stipulates that abortions have to be authorised by two GPs, would be scrapped. More than 20 researchers from […]

Stick-On Sensor Relays Heart Failure Changes to Doctor

A stick-on sensor may help keep people with heart failure out of the hospital, new research suggests. Investigators found that when doctors had actionable information about patients’ conditions, delivered remotely through this noninvasive device, it prompted them to adjust…

The plane truth: Anti-global warmers Buttigieg, Biden, Kerry all questioned about jet use

President Joe Biden and his top officials are increasingly coming under fire for their private plane use, even as the administration is determined to limit greenhouse emissions of the kind those jets produce in abundance. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and even Biden himself have all faced […]