Image copyright Getty Images Strobe lighting at music festivals can increase the risk of epileptic seizures, researchers have warned. The Dutch team said even people who have not been diagnosed with epilepsy might be affected. Their study was prompted by the case of a 20-year-old, with no history of epilepsy, who suddenly collapsed and had […]
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Image copyright Getty Images “Working on a zero-hours contract made me feel exhausted and negatively affected my mental health.” This statement comes from a former theme park worker, but is a typical view of the estimated five million UK people with no job security. Now some zero-hours contract workers are set to be offered greater
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Sixteen-year-old Peter should be preparing for his future by taking his final exams. However, he is one of the 700,000 stateless citizens in Africa, which means he won’t be able to finish his schooling. Peter is part of a small Shona community in Kenya, whose Zimbabwean ancestors travelled to Nairobi as missionaries in the 60s.
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The Latest on T-Mobile-Sprint lawsuit (all times local): 12:25 p.m. A group of state attorneys general led by New York and California are filing a lawsuit to block T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion bid for Sprint, citing consumer harm. The state AGs say the merger would hurt competition and drive up prices for cellphone service. It’s an
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The questions are different now, if only because Tiger Woods no longer has to explain why he was stuck for more than a decade on 14 major championship wins. That alone had to be worth the smile on his face Tuesday as he took a break from a session on the driving range at Pebble
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WASHINGTON — The House voted on Tuesday to authorize the Judiciary Committee to go to court to enforce two subpoenas related to Robert S. Mueller III’s inquiry — threatening to open a new legal front in the Democrats’ efforts to investigate President Trump and his administration. The resolution, which passed along party lines, 229 to
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Image copyright Ian Rice When Ian Rice bought his new home two years ago, he didn’t really think about the leasehold. Now he’s angry that he was “mis-sold” an unfair contract. “We feel we’ve been caught in a leasehold trap. The developers weren’t honest with us. They told us we had to use their solicitors,
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SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks ago, Facebook declined to remove a doctored video in which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seemed to drunkenly slur her speech. Over the weekend, two British artists released a doctored video of Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, as a sly comment on the spread of false information online. Posted to the
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Zdeno Chara didn’t say much to his teammates when he showed up, as usual, one game after a puck bloodied his face and knocked him out of the Stanley Cup Final. And it wasn’t just because it was difficult for him to talk. “He doesn’t need to say anything, really,” forward Charlie Coyle said on
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Pete Buttigieg lashed into President Trump on Tuesday for conducting foreign policy by tantrum and by tweet, as he called for the United States to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal, cease the “endless war” in Afghanistan and meet “the clear and present threat” of climate change. Outlining his foreign policy views as a 2020 Democratic
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