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What happened Richard “Rick” Slayman, the first patient to receive a genetically modified pig kidney, has died, his family and Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital said Sunday. Slayman, 62, underwent four hours of surgery at Mass General on March 16 and …

“The girlboss era is decidedly over,” Vanity Fair said last year. And this reported demise has coincided with a growing trend of young women ditching their careers for more leisurely pursuits.  Videos of so-called stay-at-home girlfriends (SAHGs) “narrating their day while twinkly music …

“Does Hamas still exist militarily? Yes. Is it organised? No. The path to completely dismantling them goes on.” That was the view of one senior Israeli military official in March this year, but two months later – and more than …

What happened U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken “delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza” in a pair of TV interviews Sunday, The Associated Press said. Meanwhile, as Israeli …

Oat milk is now the UK’s bestselling non-dairy milk, surging past other plant-based rivals to become the nation’s go-to for a vegan cappuccino or creamy porridge.  Between 2019 and 2020, oat milk sales doubled in the UK, said the i …

TikTok may be on its last legs in the United States. The app, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, is on the brink of being banned in the U.S. after President Joe Biden signed the Protecting Americans from …

Finding a trusted adviser to help you get retirement ready just got a little bit easier. In late April, the Biden administration announced new rules “that will require more financial professionals to adhere to a higher standard when providing financial …

Madhur Jaffrey has been writing cookbooks for more than 40 years. Many of them, including 1973’s “An Invitation to Indian Cooking” and 2010’s “At Home with Madhur Jaffrey,” are deserved classics. “Vegetarian India,” published in 2015, might be her magnum …

One thing most parents will agree on is that raising children can be overwhelming. There is no shortage of advice on how best to navigate these challenges, from potty training to social-emotional learning, and a handful of professional names have …

“Last year was tough for everyone,” said a Chinese AI boss as he addressed a recent annual general meeting, and 2023 had indeed been tough for him. He died. A growing number of people in China are buying AI-generated avatars …

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In 2020, a Right to Roam campaign was founded by the writers Nick Hayes and Guy Shrubsole. Since then, it has organised a series of “mass trespasses”: on Dartmoor, in Cumbria, on the South Downs; on the 12,000-acre Berkshire estate …

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Taylor Swift has masterminded her way to another record-breaking year. The pop superstar has dominated the past few years with new music and her massively popular ‘Eras‘ Tour, both of which have allowed her to make even more history. She …

What happened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone Thursday after President Joe Biden threatened to withhold certain American offensive munitions if Israel launches a full ground invasion of Rafah, the Gaza city where 1.3 million Palestinians have …

What happened Former President Donald Trump told top oil executives and lobbyists at an April 11 Mar-a-Lago dinner they should collectively donate $1 billion to his election campaign, saying it would be a “deal” because he would immediately reverse President …

What happened The Senate voted 88-4 on Thursday to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration and enact a raft of measures aimed at improving air safety and customer service. Senators also approved a one-week extension of FAA authorization, which expires Friday …

‘Will the economy slow or fall off a cliff?’ Liz Peek at The Hill This week’s surging unemployment claims suggest the economy is “weakening,” says Liz Peek at The Hill. The White House insists “things are going great,” but in …

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Google dominates the search engine sphere to such an extent it’s hard to imagine it ever being usurped. But the battle that AI search engines are taking to the web giant is a “tantalising face-off”, a bit like “Martin Luther …

Each year tens of thousands of children, some as young as 10, are married in a handful of American states, including California, which have no lower age limit for marriage. Most of these weddings involve a young girl marrying a …

Europe is supposed to come together on Saturday to be “United in Music”, as the slogan for Eurovision 2024 would have it. But a glance at the week’s headlines – from Britain’s Tory party tearing itself apart to allegations that Russia …

As any potential homebuyer knows all too well, mortgage rates have remained stubbornly high for quite some time now. The Federal Reserve is partly to blame, as it is not planning to lower the Fed rate until inflation cools off, …

The fiery red rock formations, orange hoodoos (fantastical rock columns) and ombre canyons of Utah’s national parks are a colorful reminder that, sometimes, nature enjoys showing off. Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion — known collectively as the …

Between 1911 and 1914, an international collective of painters calling themselves Der Blaue Reiter (“The Blue Rider”) instigated “a revolution in modern art”, said Daria Hufnagel in The Independent. Although based in Munich, the movement’s leading lights hailed from all …