Media playback is unsupported on your device Dame Julie Walters has revealed she was diagnosed with stage three bowel cancer. The actress, who has starred in Mamma Mia, Billy Elliot and Educating Rita, told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire she initially thought doctors “must have made a mistake”. Having had chemotherapy, the actress has now been […]
Issued on: 20/02/2020 – 08:37Modified: 20/02/2020 – 08:37 The Japanese government on Thursday said two people from the cruise ship Diamond Princess berthed in Japan, both in their 80s, have died from coronavirus infections and that another two government officials have tested positive for the infection. Advertising Read more More than 620 passengers aboard the […]
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Saudi Arabia’s leadership on February 20 for talks expected to focus on Iran — a bitter rival to both the United States and Saudi Arabia. State Department officials said that Pompeo, who arrived in Riyadh on February 19, is to meet with King Salman and his son, […]
Welp, this is never fun. We discovered an issue with how our primary model was making state-by-state and district-by-district forecasts. Specifically, the model was not properly calculating the demographic regressions that we use as a complement to the polls. The top-line effect of fixing the error was not very large — for instance, Sen. Bernie […]
Mikel Arteta takes charge of Arsenal in Europe for the first time on Thursday night. On the back of Sunday’s morale-boosting 4-0 thumping of Newcastle United, the Gunners face Olympiacos in the first leg of their Round 32 Europa League showdown. The North London side face a tough test in Greece however. Arsenal have won […]
By Bethan Ackerley Blue tits can learn what food to avoid from watching other birds on videoBlickwinkel/Alamy Blue tits and great tits can learn to avoid unpleasant foods without even tasting them. Seeing another bird’s disgusted response, even if it’s just on video, helps them avoid unpleasant prey by recognising their markings. Liisa Hämäläinen at […]
Is it really possible that the residents of a country envied worldwide for its “italianità,” for its vigor, elegance and culture, are actually, deep inside, unhappy? Almost every second Italian makes precisely that claim, the highest such value in Europe. Between the Brenner Pass in the far north and the island of Lampedusa in the […]
I’m in my late twenties and I’m feeling more and more constrained by rules. From the endless signs that tell me to “stand on the right” on escalators or “skateboarding forbidden” in public places to all those unwritten societal rules such as the expectation that I should settle down, buy a house and have a […]
Issued on: 20/02/2020 – 06:06Modified: 20/02/2020 – 06:26 The six Democratic candidates spent most of their time on stage in Las Vegas, Nevada ripping each other apart with one candidate in particular bearing the brunt of the attacks, debate debutant Michael Bloomberg. Advertising Read more Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren came out all guns blazing against former New […]
The U.S. military says Iran is continuing to send “advanced weapons” to Yemen’s Huthi rebels as part of their fight against the Saudi-backed government in the war-torn nation. The comments on February 19 came more than a week after the U.S. Navy seized advanced weapons and weapon components believed to be of Iranian “design and […]