LONDON (AP) — A Gaza baby recently paralyzed by polio was infected with a mutated strain of the virus found in the stool of vaccinated people, scientists said. The case was the result of a “gross failure” of public health policy. The first polio infection detected in the war-torn Palestinian territory in more than 25… Read More »
A minibus driver who caught migrants smuggling into a secret compartment and screaming for help as they were starving for oxygen has been found guilty. Anas Al Mustafa, 43, was found guilty of facilitating illegal immigration by smuggling seven people on a ferry from Dieppe, France, to Newhaven, East Sussex, in a specially designed van… Read More »
There is a chance that Victor Lindelof will be in the squad for his eighth-year spell at Manchester United next June – it is unlikely he will be featured on any of his social media accounts. Lindelof has barely trained since returning for pre-season and has only played two halves on the tour of the… Read More »
A woman who claims she was raped by a well-known man while she was an intern in Sydney has denied claims she “fabricated” multiple times that she had rejected his advances to make the relationship appear “non-consensual”. During cross-examination, the woman, who was 19 years old after a man in his mid-30s allegedly raped her,… Read More »
A mother has said she ‘felt sick’ after being forced to watch CCTV footage of herself drunkenly attacking a woman with her stilettos during a night out. Ellie Brown left her victim permanently blind in one eye after the ‘horrific’ attack in Liverpool city centre, the Liverpool Echo reports. Footage of the fight was played… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of an extremely unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. A now-extinct species of dugong, a sea cow-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea about 15 million… Read More »
A bride-to-be whose wedding dress was destroyed in a fire at her home in Dagenham is delighted to receive a new dress. Twenty people were rescued and more than 80 evacuated after a fire engulfed a tower block with “known” safety issues on Freshwater Road on Monday. Lukasz and Agnieszka, who were due to get… Read More »
Director Tim Burton with lead actress Monica Belluci at the Venice Film Festival – WireImage She’s an acclaimed American director, producer, writer, and illustrator with a string of blockbusters under her belt and a closet (or downstairs bathroom) full of awards to prove it. She’s a respected Italian actress, former Bond Girl, model, and muse… Read More »
An Australian scientist has claimed to have discovered the “perfect hiding place” of passenger plane MH370, which disappeared without a trace a decade ago. Vincent Lyne, an associate researcher at the University of Tasmania, believed the Malaysian plane was deliberately crashed into a 6,300-metre-deep “hole” in the Broken Ridge ocean plateau in the south-eastern Indian… Read More »
SpaceX’s upcoming Polaris Dawn mission aims to be historic in more ways than one. Not only does Polaris Dawn plan to orbit higher than any astronaut has in more than 50 years, it also plans to conduct the first private spacewalk. The mission was expected to launch on August 27, 2024, but after a helium… Read More »