Doctor Yves de Locht practices euthanasia in Belgium. He receives requests from patients who want to die almost every day, but for personal and emotional reasons he says he can only do a maximum of one euthanasia per month. Active euthanasia or mercy killing is only legal in a handful of countries in the world. […]
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A Trump administration national security official has sought help from advisers to a think tank that disavows climate change to challenge widely accepted scientific findings on global warming, according to his emails. The request from William Happer, a member of the National Security Council, is included in emails from 2018 and 2019 that were obtained
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Klay Thompson sustained a torn ACL in his left knee during Game 6 of the NBA Finals, more heartbreaking injury news for the Golden State Warriors after Kevin Durant ruptured his right Achilles tendon and had surgery. Thompson injured the knee late in the third quarter of Golden State’s 114-110 loss to the Raptors on
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• Twenty Democratic presidential candidates will take the debate stage later this month. Steve Bullock, Seth Moulton and Wayne Messam will be left out. • Those candidates didn’t make the cut, in part, because they failed to reach 1 percent in three qualifying polls. The exclusions illustrate the challenge of using polls at this early
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Asian shares were mixed Friday as investors weighed a variety of factors, including alleged attacks on two tankers in the strategic Strait of Hormuz and lingering worries about trade conflict between the U.S. and China. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up 0.3% to 21,097.21. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.2% to 6,553.40. South Korea’s Kospi lost
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Image copyright Ashleigh White Image caption Ashleigh White, from Barnsley, and her son, Noah. Ashleigh White’s son Noah became seriously ill with neonatal herpes after being infected with HSV-1, the highly contagious “herpes simplex virus” that causes cold sores in adults. It is sometimes known as the “kiss of death” because of the way it
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Last year 370 million toys were sold in the UK alone. And while unwanted toys do get passed on to younger children, their component parts, often containing plastic, make them difficult to recycle. So how do we get children to think about the amount of plastic in toys, without spoiling their fun? Actor and Greenpeace
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The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in a nail-biter Game 6 to win the NBA championship Thursday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. Despite a strong opening Warriors lineup, the Raptors eked out a three-point lead by the end of the first half, and the Warriors couldn’t manage to pull out a
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Plans for a fiercely contested coal mine in northeastern Australia received a long-awaited government green light on Thursday, less than a month after conservative politicians who champion coal triumphed in national elections. An environmental permit issued by the Queensland State government cleared the way for an Indian company, the Adani Group, to start work on
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Image copyright PA The infection of up to 30,000 people with contaminated blood has been called the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history. Thousands have died. A public inquiry is now under way – but what is already known about the scandal? Who was affected? People with haemophilia and other bleeding disorders were given blood
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