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Fitzpatrick says call with Ukrainian ex-girlfriend changed his life views
Brit golfer Matt Fitzpatrick has revealed a harrowing phonecall with his Ukrainian ex-girlfriend gave him a different take on life. The 27-year-old, currently starring at the US Open, got in touch with his former partner Deniz Khazaniuk, who lives in the war-torn country and whose family still live in Lviv.Continue Reading
This is Not Who I Am at the Royal Court
Review at a glance T his slick, conspiratorial thriller drove theatre nerds into a frenzy before it even opened. A drama about identity theft, it was billed as the first play by “Dave Davidson”, who’d worked “in the security industry” for 38 years. The script was lauded by leading playwrightsContinue Reading
World Health Organisation chief ‘believes Covid DID leak from Wuhan lab’ after a ‘catastrophic accident’ in 2019
THE head of the World Health Organisation believes Covid DID leak from a lab in Wuhan after a “catastrophic accident” in 2019, it’s claimed. A senior Government source told the Mail on Sunday that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus privately confided in a European politician that he fears the virus escaped fromContinue Reading
Children as young as 6 months eligible for Covid shots in U.S., vaccinations to begin Tuesday
A child is administered a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine. Mayela Lopez | Reuters The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday backed Pfizer‘s and Moderna‘s Covid-19 shots for children as young as 6 months, with vaccinations expected to begin in earnest after the holidayContinue Reading
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2022: The end is nigh, so why not buy art?
Review at a glance C limate apocalypse is nearly upon us. Practically everyone in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition says so. I’ve never seen such consensus at this famously competitive show. With a whopping 1,462 works this year’s edition, restored to its traditional summer slot at last, is even biggerContinue Reading
Transfer news LIVE – all the latest from around the market
Transfer round-up Tottenham have completed the signing of Yves Bissouma, according to transfer guru Fabrizio Romano. Romano wrote on Twitter: “Official, confirmed. Yves Bissouma joins Tottenham on a permanent deal from Brighon. “€29m fee plus add-ons and long-term contract signed.” Bissouma has penned a four-year contract with Tottenham. The formerContinue Reading
An Alleged Russian Spy Was Busted Trying to Intern at The Hague
Plus: Firefox adds new privacy protections, a big Intel and AMD chip flaw, and more of the week’s top security news.Continue Reading
We don’t know whether most medical treatments work, and we know even less about whether they cause harm – new study
'I have no idea if this will work.' Josep Suria/Shutterstock Only one in 20 medical treatments have high-quality evidence to support their benefits, according to a recent study. The study also found that harms of treatments are measured much more rarely (a third as much) as benefits. Patients and doctorsContinue Reading
Cricket: what happens when an elite player like England’s Jonny Bairstow is ‘in the zone’
Jonny Bairstow in full flow. Nic Redhead via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Jonny Bairstow played the “innings of a lifetime” when he scored the second fastest century by an England cricketer in a Test match to help his team beat New Zealand, currently the world’s top-rated Test team. To findContinue Reading
Pacific islands: an unexpected new dimension to power struggles between US and China
Low lying islands in the Pacific are threatened by climate change. Shutterstock The island states of the Pacific – from large Papua New Guinea to the smaller island state of Tuvalu – find themselves in a newly influential position as the west and China battle for their strategic backing. TheirContinue Reading