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Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, on Sunday told American parents that they should get their children vaccinated against measles, as the surge in infections has reached numbers not seen in the past 35 years.Kennedy, a leading vaccination skeptic who has spent years amplifying misinformation about vaccines, including the shot that protects against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), made his call in the course of a contentious interview with CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday morning.His remark came as the incidence of measles crossed a milestone – the US has now officially recorded 2,371 confirmed infections so…

A smart acquisition strategy has made Bristol-Meyers, which has bought seven companies since October 2007, a big player in the cancer-treatment industry. Its purchase of Medarex in July added a key drug for metastic melanoma that’s in Phase III trials. The drug has possible multiple indications – industry jargon for its ability to treat more than one condition – for lung and prostate cancer.But BMY also sells Erbitux for colorectal, head and neck cancer, Ixempra for breast cancer, Taxol for breaU.K. pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is considering a deal to merge with its U.S. competitor Bristol Myers Squibb, in a deal…

Even for the rollercoaster world of AI, last week was particularly volatile as investors scrambled to keep up with developments that threatened the dominance of the largest western chipmakers.It began with a double whammy. On Monday, the Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT floated on the Shanghai stock market, soaring by 466% in value to 3.3tn yuan (£365bn).That same day, it was reported that China had developed its own tools to carry out deep-ultraviolet lithography, a technique essential to the computer chip supply chain over which the Dutch company ASML had held a monopoly.AI-linked shares, particularly chipmakers, dropped around the world, sending…

Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections.The ballots are “going to be sometimes longer than the table so we’re having to do double tables and we’re going to have to sort them in batches before we can verify them or even count them.”Paul Whiteley, professor of government at the University of Essex, said the previous record for the number of candidates standing for a seat in the House of Commons was the Haltemprice and Howden by-election in East Yorkshire in July 2008.”David Davis resigned his seat and stood again as…

A 26-year-old woman has been arrested in Delta State for allegedly trafficking two young Nigerian women to Côte d’Ivoire under the guise of offering them vocational training before forcing them into prostitution. The police spokesperson in the state, Bright Edafe disclosed this in a statement sent to this newspaper on Sunday, saying one of the victims, aged 25, has been rescued and reunited with her family, while efforts are underway to rescue the second victim and dismantle the trafficking network. Victim allegedly deceived Mr Edafe, a superintendent of police, identified the suspect as Ese Isiorho. He said the arrest followed…

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As the investigation into Nancy Guthrie‘s kidnapping case crosses the six-month mark, a new report from The Wall Street Journal is highlighting possible mistakes by the sheriff and lead investigators. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department, led by Chris Nanos, has been overseeing the investigation after Savannah Guthrie‘s mom was reported missing on Feb. 1. As of Aug. 2, Nancy hasn’t been found and there have been no arrests in the case. After reviewing personnel files obtained in public records requests and conducting interviews with current and former county and federal officials and people close to the case, the WSJ has found…

By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and ReutersPublished On 2 Aug 20262 Aug 2026Iran’s foreign minister says negotiations with Oman on the Strait of Hormuz are entering their “final stages”, as Tehran insists the vital waterway will never return to its pre-war status.In a post on Telegram on Sunday, Abbas Araghchi said that in a report he presented to the cabinet, he described the negotiations between Tehran and Muscat as “on the way to being finalised”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listForeign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, said that Tehran and Muscat were close to reaching a deal on a new…

Greek authorities have arrested an Afghan national in connection with the death of a Scottish woman whose body was found in a suitcase in an abandoned building in central Athens.Elisabeth-Jane Ross, 38, a charity worker described as an “angel full of innocence and goodness” by friends, had been in Greece for almost three weeks when she is believed to have died.Police sources said the suspect was a 26-year-old Afghan citizen who had allegedly confessed to the crime. He had been brought in for questioning by Greece’s homicide division last Thursday, two days after Ross’s body was publicly identified.A statement released…

Armed men killed at least 12 people and abducted women and children during a night ‌attack on a village in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state, witnesses said.   Six members of one family burned to death after the attackers set fire to their ⁠house, one resident told Reuters.   The gunmen entered the village of Lajinge around 11 p.m. on Saturday and attacked residents until about 3 a.m. on Sunday, locals said.   The region has seen frequent attacks by heavily armed gangs, known as bandits, who ‌raid ⁠villages, kidnap residents for ransom and steal livestock. “They killed at least 12…