COP28: UN climate talks in jeopardy in fossil fuel backlash

Scientific News BBC - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 10:21
The summit had appeared close to calling for a phase-out of fossil fuels but made last-minute changes.
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Fake: Ukraine Recognizes a Person With One Leg As Fit for Military Service

StopFake.org - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 10:18
A person with an amputated leg was never considered fit for military service. According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, a person with a diagnosis of “unilateral amputated stump of the lower limb above the level of the upper third of the lower leg” is unfit for military service. In a comment to StopFake, a territorial […]
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Whale filmed swimming with Australian beachgoers dies after stranding

Scientific News BBC - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 07:23
Experts had expressed grave concerns for the 15m-long animal after it came dangerously close to shore.
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COP28: Climate mums make themselves heard in halls of power

Scientific News BBC - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 03:07
Three mothers from different continents say their love for their children has motivated them to take climate action.
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Could there be a gold rush for buried hydrogen?

Scientific News BBC - Tue, 12/12/2023 - 03:05
Many see hydrogen as the green fuel of the future so underground deposits of the gas could be valuable.
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Covid inquiry: Eat Out To Help Out curbed devastating job losses - PM

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 22:43
Rishi Sunak defends the scheme and says advisers and ministers had "ample" chances to raise concerns.
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Decoding FIMI targeting LGBTIQ+ people

StopFake.org - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 22:10
By EUvsDisinfo Russia’s Supreme Court recently upheld a claim by the Ministry of Justice, branding the “international LGBT public movement” “extremist,” and banning its activities in the country. It is far from clear what the Russian authorities mean exactly by the ‘’international LGBT movement’’, but it is regrettably certain that this move, which has been condemned […]
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Defending Eat Out to Help Out - PM's day at Covid inquiry

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 20:36
Arriving amongst protests, Rishi Sunak defends his time as chancellor during the pandemic, as he gives evidence to the Covid inquiry.
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Swine flu: No further cases detected in people in UK

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 18:59
UK health officials said enhanced surveillance would continue over the coming weeks, as a precaution.
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Eat Out to Help Out: What was the impact of the scheme?

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 18:49
How much did the scheme help the economy and affect the spread of Covid? 
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Dangerous hopes

StopFake.org - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 18:04
By Stanislaw Żaryn, for StopFake Media around the world increasingly wonder about Vladimir Putin’s health and well-being.Commentators write about his alleged illnesses and sometimes even wonder whether theRussian despot is still alive. Indeed, many similar publications express the hope that thedictator’s demise will be followed by a democratic transition resulting in Russia no longerusing force against […]
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Government wants to regulate NHS non-doctor associate roles

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 16:30
Rules are being drawn up to improve patient safety following some concerns about the non-doctor jobs.
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Fake: Ukraine Arrests and Tortures American Blogger Gonzalo Lira “For Criticizing Zelenskyi” 

StopFake.org - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 12:46
Blogger Gonzalo Lira is in custody not for criticizing Volodymyr Zelenskyi, but for violating Article 436-2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code — justifying Russian aggression against Ukraine. In particular, Lira publicly justified Russia’s attack on Ukraine, denied Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and mass killings of civilians in Bucha and other cities, revealed the location […]
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Fake: Ukrainian Government Tried to Sell Scythian Gold at Sotheby’s – Bloomberg

StopFake.org - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:36
This news is fake, and the story of the attempted sale of Scythian gold is made up. Bloomberg did not publish such stories either on its website or in its social media. Currently, the archaeological objects known as Scythian gold from Crimea, returned to Ukraine from the Netherlands, are under close guard at the National […]
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'Cancer found in pregnancy has robbed me of seeing my baby grow'

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 09:03
There are concerns signs of cancer in pregnant women are being dismissed as pregnancy symptoms.
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Mosquito-borne disease risk looms for UK - study

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 04:14
Diseases like dengue fever could be common if little is done to tackle climate change, report warns.
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Mosquito-borne disease risk looms for UK - study

Scientific News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 04:14
Diseases like dengue fever could be common if little is done to tackle climate change, report warns.
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'The law needs to catch up on student mental health'

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 04:04
A High Court case is looking at whether universities owe a duty of care towards their students.
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New Zealand smoking ban: Māori mourn loss of hard-won smoking reform

Health News BBC - Mon, 12/11/2023 - 03:26
The model for an end to tobacco had been pushed for decades by New Zealand's Indigenous people.
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