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Candida auris: what you need to know about the deadly fungus spreading through US hospitals
A fungal superbug called Candida auris is spreading rapidly through hospitals and nursing homes in the US. The first case was identified in 2016. Since then, it has spread to half the country’s 50 states. And, according to a new report, infections tripled between 2019 and 2021. This is hugelyContinue Reading
‘QBism’: quantum mechanics is not a description of objective reality – it reveals a world of genuine free will
In a cubist painting, reality is more than a single perspective can capture. wikipedia, CC BY-SA What does quantum mechanics, the most successful theory ever proposed by physics, teach us about reality? The starting point for most philosophers of physics is that quantum mechanics must somehow provide a description ofContinue Reading
Man, 40, dies after ‘falling from horse’ while working at a Newmarket stable
A MAN working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable has died after he was said to have fallen from a horse. Emergency services raced to the Cambridgeshire farm but the man was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. 1 A man has died while working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable HeContinue Reading
Tragedy as man, 40, dies after ‘falling from horse’ while working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable
A MAN working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable has died after he was said to have fallen from a horse. Emergency services raced to the Cambridgeshire farm but the man was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. 1 A man has died while working at Robert Cowell’s Newmarket stable HeContinue Reading
Dueling court cases in Washington state and Texas could determine legality of abortion pill
Two federal judges are poised to issue rulings soon in dueling cases that could dramatically affect access to the abortion pill mifepristone. In Washington state, U.S. District Judge Thomas Rice is weighing whether to scrap federal regulations on mifepristone that complicate access even where abortion is legal. He is alsoContinue Reading
Israel protests: Netanyahu delays judicial reforms over fears of ‘civil war’ – but deep fault-lines threaten future of democracy
Despite Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to delay the planned judicial reforms that have so destabilised Israeli society, the country’s crisis of democracy is far from over. Protests at Netanyahu’s plan, which have rocked Israel for weeks, redoubled in intensity last weekend after Netanyahu sacked his Likud colleague and defence minister, YoavContinue Reading
Father and son allegedly ejected tenants by force from Cork property
A father and son who allegedly changed the locks on a property they owned on Glasheen Road in Cork and ejected the tenants by force will appear before Cork District Court in May having both been charged with four offences. Daniel and Donal Lynch, aged 62 and 32 respectively, ofContinue Reading
Succession season 4 characters: who is who, for those just joining the show now
S uccession is back: the fourth and final season premiered in the early hours of Monday morning, and ever since, it’s been the talk of the town. It was all go go go, with the young Roys and Logan still at war, Shiv and Tom still on the rocks, andContinue Reading
How UK broadcasting’s key principle of impartiality has been eroded over the years
A word that was bandied about freely in the wake of the Gary Lineker-BBC affair was “impartiality”. Apparently the gold standard of UK broadcasting, it was something that certain critics judged the BBC sports presenter to have breached in his personal social media posts. Following Lineker’s suspension and subsequent reinstatement,Continue Reading
How is the UK stopping Channel crossings and what are the legal routes to the UK?
Image source, Getty Images New ex-military sites will accommodate thousands of migrants, the government has announced. It is part of plans to tackle small boat crossings after record numbers came to the UK this way in 2022. What is the government’s main plan to tackle migrants? Under the Illegal MigrationContinue Reading