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Commercial passenger flights have resumed on Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft for the first time in 20 months, after Brazilian airline Gol resumed operations using the plane. The aircraft was grounded globally in March 2019 after two fatal plane crashes in the space of six months, which killed a total of 346 people. The American company’s […]
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It’s not unusual for a particularly hardcore PC gamer to spend well over $1,000 on top-of-the-line PC components (or even just a single part), but as it turns out, there are those who are willing to sink even more cash into decidedly less practical items — like Prime1Studio’s new Geralt of Rivia statue (of Witcher […]
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A five-year-old boy has been given no more than eight months to live after a fast-growing brain tumour was found in his brain when he “took a funny turn” at school. Leo Middleton was in class on November 26 when he was taken to hospital by concerned parents Barry and Rebecca Middleton. The family were […]
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The Giants have had a lot of unheralded defensive players making key plays for them over the course of their current winning streak and undrafted rookie defensive end Niko Lalos has been responsible for a couple of them. Lalos got promoted from the practice squad for the Week 12 game against the Bengals and helped […]
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Compared to chimpanzees, our closest evolutionary cousins, humans are particularly prone to developing advanced carcinomas—the type of tumors that include prostate, breast, lung and colorectal cancers—even in the absence of known risk factors, such as genetic predisposition or tobacco use. A recent study led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine […]
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Mark Sedwill, the UK’s former most senior civil servant, is to join the investment bank Rothschild & Co in his first appointment after leaving Whitehall this year. Lord Sedwill quit as cabinet secretary, head of the civil service and national security adviser in June. His departure was seen as a victory for Dominic Cummings, the […]
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While some of us were locked away binge-watching our favorite TV shows on Netflix, one security researcher was figuring out how to hack an iPhone without user interaction. He came up with a way to “inject” malicious code into an iOS kernel object using peer-to-peer WiFi. It requires no action on the user’s part and […]
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A 25-year-old man has paid heartbreaking tribute to his wife who tragically died just weeks after their wedding. Georgia McCarthy, 25, was first diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer during the coronavirus crisis in April. She married childhood sweetheart Isaac on her birthday and tragically passed away just three weeks later. Isaac has paid an […]
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The Ravens’ moves at cornerback earlier in the day were a sign that Jimmy Smith and Tramon Williams weren’t going to play. Indeed, Smith (groin) and Williams (thigh) are among the team’s inactives. The Ravens activated Anthony Averett and promoted Pierre Desir for depth purposes earlier in the day. The Ravens’ other inactives besides Smith […]
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In a study of older adults admitted to the hospital with influenza and other acute respiratory illnesses during the 2011-2012 flu season, functional decline was common—and for some, this decline was persistent and catastrophic. The findings are published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Among the 925 patients included in the study, 8.4% […]
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