Instagram is one step closer to becoming a good place, thanks in part to outspoken body positivity activist Jameela Jamil. The actor and Kardashian slayer has used social media as a tool for calling out the common practice of influencers and celebrities pushing unhealthy products like appetite suppressant lollipops and “flat tummy detox teas.” In […]
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Image copyright EPA Celebrities and politicians have given a mixed reaction to the departure from the airwaves of Radio 4 Today presenter John Humphrys. The longstanding Today programme host has bid farewell with his final show. He’s been praised online for “bravely” holding politicians to account on the current affairs programme, as well as being
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North America’s skies are lonelier and quieter as nearly 3 billion fewer wild birds soar in the air than in 1970, a comprehensive study shows. The new study focuses on the drop in sheer numbers of birds, not extinctions. The bird population in the United States and Canada was probably around 10.1 billion nearly half
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The defensive shutdown complete, Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey shared a hug and private words with A.J. Bouye, D.J. Hayden and a few other members of a Jacksonville defense that won the day in a 20-7 victory Thursday night over the Tennessee Titans. Hugs of celebration or hugs of farewell? Ramsey wasn’t saying. No one else
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This article was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — An F.B.I. agent testified in a pretrial hearing in the Sept. 11, 2001, conspiracy case on Thursday that he sent hundreds of questions into the secret prison network where the C.I.A. used torture to interrogate its prisoners, a
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Amazon, which delivers more than 10 billion items a year on fuel-guzzling planes, vans and trucks, vowed Thursday to cut the amount of damage it does to the environment and report its greenhouse gas emissions regularly. The online shopping giant has been facing pressure from its own employees to do more to combat climate change
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Image copyright Getty Images Children with cancer are being denied new, highly precise drugs that are available to adults, doctors warn. Medics at the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research said the rules were “too cautious”. Their study, in the European Journal of Cancer, found just 7% of suitable children were getting
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If you didn’t know that Moby is a pretty big vegan, well, now you do. The 54-year-old musician decided to get an enormous “Vegan For Life” tattoo on his neck, posting a photo of his new ink on Instagram Thursday. “I’ve been a vegan for almost 32 years, so getting this tattoo seemed like a
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Image copyright Getty Images Some of the world’s largest firms including Amazon and Google have committed to big-spending green energy plans as calls for climate action increase. Amazon has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2040 and Google said it would make record renewable energy purchases. The announcements coincide with a day of climate action
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A man who led a successful campaign to stop a mega-dam being built in Borneo’s rainforest has been awarded a top environmental prize. Peter Kallang spent years raising awareness of the plans among indigenous communities in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, and the wider world. After a five year campaign the government eventually cancelled the
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