Ozempic, the asthma buster? Research published earlier this week suggests it’s true. Scientists in the UK examined the medical records of people with airway diseases like asthma who started taking GLP-1 medications like semaglutide (Ozempic and Wegovy). Compared to people taking other diabetes drugs, GLP-1 users were significantly less likely to report flare-ups of their … Read more
Israel is accused of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Assets from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, worth billions of dollars, are now sanctioned. Led by the United Kingdom, several European countries and Canada have announced a ban on trade with the settlements. They say Israel’s actions in the Palestinian territory undermine the possibility … Read more
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Al-Qaeda has ended. The organization that Osama bin Laden founded and led, that attacked the United States 25 years ago and killed 2,977 innocent Americans in the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and rural Pennsylvania, no longer survives—and U.S. officials should say so, instead of burnishing the group’s legacy by acting and speaking as if … Read more
‘Completely free for all’: Passengers tell BBC about disrupted travel plans published at 17:38 BST 17:38 BST Image source, David Lloyd Image caption, David Lloyd, his wife and friend Jacqui returning from a holiday in Estonia and Finland We’ve been hearing from you, some of the hundreds of thousands of people who are believed to … Read more
Apple ‘Surprise and Shine’ iPhone Event: Follow our live blog. Ahead of Apple’s annual iPhone event at 10 a.m. Pacific Time today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman leaked all the color options for the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and the first foldable iPhone called the iPhone Duo. iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro … Read more
1) Harry Kane (England/Bayern Munich) Even adjusting to a goal-drunk Bundesliga, his 61 goals in 51 games for Bayern last season understates his overall impact, considering his playmaking and holding abilities. Kane was out of England’s final matches at the World Cup, but was unstoppable until the round of 16 to close out the best … Read more
Neanderthals and Denisovans are among our closest extinct human relatives, but there is still a lot we don’t know about this ancient relative of ours, but new research may help us take the next step. Today, research teams based primarily in China published two papers in Nature detailing the discovery and analysis of Denisovan remains … Read more
Coverage of rising U.S. measles cases is often coupled with news about Americans’ declining confidence in vaccines. Scientists are quick to differentiate between correlation — when two things are related but not necessarily dependent on one another — and causation, when one thing causes another. But when it comes to vaccine trust and vaccination rates, data … Read more
Céline Dion’s long-awaited return to the stage is scheduled for this Saturday in Paris, the first of more than 16 concerts in the French capital in September and October. The shows mark a major milestone for Dion, 58, after years without touring due to a rare neurological disorder. Aurore Cloé Dupuis from FRANCE 24 tells … Read more