Author: News Desk

Just Stop Oil: 16 protesters arrested outside Rishi Sunak’s London home On Wednesday, a Just Stop Oil protest was staged outside the Prime Minister’s west London home.  Sixteen people have been arrested. Just Stop Oil said about 18 people gathered at the Kensington property holding placards and “made themselves heard by beating pots and pans.” It’s not known if the PM or his family were inside at the time and No 10 have declined to comment.  The Met Police said those arrested were taken to a number of police stations and remain in custody.  A statement issued by Just Stop…

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Elon Musk says advertising boycott will kill X Elon Musk slammed advertisers who have left his social media site X (formerly known as Twitter) as he warns it will kill the company. The US billionaire was at an event in New York when he accused companies that have boycotted the site of trying to blackmail him. Big companies such as Disney and Apple pulled advertisements from X over concerns of antisemitism on the site, including a post from Musk himself.  “Go [expletive] yourself,” the billionaire said in an interview. Musk apologised for his post on the site, which many labelled…

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PrEP: Preventative HIV drug highly effective, study says A new study reveals that a drug which stops HIV from infecting the body has also proved to be a highly effective “real-world” preventative treatment.  The research took place across England, with 24,000 people studied. The results have been described as “reassuring.” Thousands of people are already taking the drug PrEP through sexual health clinics. HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Trust wants easier access to the drug, since many people, including women, do not know it exists. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which led the PrEP Impact Trial with the Chelsea…

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US foreign policy giant Henry Kissinger dies aged 100 Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100 at his home in Connecticut. He had served as America’s top diplomat and national security advisor during the Nixon and Ford administrations.  During this time he pursued the policy of détente which thawed relations with the Soviet Union and China. He was accused of – at the very least- tacit support for the bloody coup that overturned a leftist government in Chile. He was a polarising figure in the US, whilst he had been awarded the Nobel…

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