Image copyright Getty Images People not washing their hands after going to the toilet, rather than undercooked meat, is behind the spread of a key strain of E. coli. Experts looked at thousands of blood, faecal and food samples. They found human-to-human transmission was responsible – “faecal particles from one person reaching the mouth of […]
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Musicians like Rita Ora wore a white rose to the 2018 Grammys to protest against sexual harassment in the music industry Over the last 12 months, high-profile musicians such as Ryan Adams and Placido Domingo have faced accusations of sexual harassment. Singers Lily Allen and Aluna Francis have also
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prohibition aimed to outlaw the manufacture and sale of alcohol across the US Economists have a bit of an image problem. People think we shamelessly massage statistics, overconfidently make terrible predictions, and are no fun at drinks parties. Perhaps some of the blame for this lies with the man
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SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Zuckerberg hopes that one day, in the not too distant future, billions of people will use a cryptocurrency created by Facebook to send money to friends and family around the world. Mr. Zuckerberg also recognizes that his company is a major impediment to that vision. Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of
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The Latest on the World Series (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Five-time Pro Bowl defensive end J.J. Watt from the Houston Texas wore a Jose Altuve jersey when giving an enthusiastic “Play Ball!” before the Astros opened the World Series against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night. Texans players wore Astros gear when they departed
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Ms. Hill represents parts of the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys, the most conservative district in Los Angeles County, and is expected to have a tough re-election race there. Since the RedState report, her Republican critics have been circulating the nude photo on Twitter, which has taken the posts down for violating the platform’s rules
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Image copyright Getty Images The government should investigate decriminalising the possession of all illegal drugs in a bid to prevent the rising number of related deaths, a group of MPs has said. The health and social care committee said the level of such deaths in the UK had become a public health “emergency”. It found
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Kristine Froseth first got the call to play Alaska Young in a film adaptation of John Green’s debut novel, “Looking for Alaska,” in 2015. The project ― about Miles “Pudge” Halter, a reserved Florida teen who experiences love and loss when he falls for the enigmatic Alaska while attending an Alabama boarding school in 2005
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Parker with Nike athlete Eliud Kipchoge on 12 October after he became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds. Nike has announced chief executive Mark Parker will step down from the role next year, just weeks after the company’s Oregon Project closed down. Earlier this
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Amy Webb is a renowned futurist – she looks back at the past and scours data to figure out what might be round the corner. These are the three things she thinks are most important for us to know about right now, to help make 2030 a better place. BBC 100 Women names 100 influential
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