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NEW YORK (news agencies) — For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air.If their injuries aren’t too severe, victims can survive for a week or more, assuming the weather isn’t too hot or cold, experts say.In Venezuela, rescue teams have been racing against the clock to pull survivors from the rubble after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira last Wednesday. More than 770 buildings were totally or partially collapsed from the earthquakes, and aftershocks continued to shake the region. Most rescues happen in…
AFP via Getty Images”True to the motto of this city, I am going to do things differently,” Andy Burnham declared, a reference to the film 24 Hour Party People.His speech in Manchester did indeed show a rather different way of seeing and running the UK.The departing Greater Manchester mayor presented a diagnosis of what has caused economic malaise, rooted in his own experiences running the city and when he was previously in Cabinet.At its heart it is a critique of an unresponsive British state, adept at arguing with itself, rather than achieving real change and rebuilding the country.Burnham tells a…
ReutersTwo things stand out watching Andy Burnham, as I’ve done during the recent by-election campaign and in the ten or so days since.The first is that he is a politician who revels in being on the public stage: comfortable in his own skin, comfortable in front of a microphone and cameras, and confident in venturing off script and ad-libbing to respond to things as they unfold.The second thing is he revels in doing the vision thing: setting out, with passion, the route he believes could lead to a better society and why he reckons he could lead us there.”A leader…
Watch: Trump reacts to expanded presidential power in Supreme Court rulingOn the second-to-last day of Supreme Court decisions for this term, the justices delivered a big win for Donald Trump. But beneath the headline-generating ruling on expansive presidential power, the court gave some indications that this particular president may not always get what he wants – and the three liberal justices may have a few unexpected allies amongst the six conservative justices on the high court.Here’s a look at the three biggest takeaways from an eventful Monday morning for America’s judicial branch.1. Sweeping presidential authority over ‘independent’ regulatorsOn Monday, facing…
Osaka ‘pays love and respect to Japan’ in Wimbledon kimonoNaomi Osaka has long been renowned for dazzling crowds with her on-court outfits – but making that compatible with Wimbledon’s all-white dress code required special inspiration.1 hr agoTennis
BBCZuly Marín does not believe she will find her niece and brother-in-law aliveOn a large and unstable mountain of concrete, iron and dust, dozens of people remove debris, hoping to find survivors or bodies.Suddenly everything stops. There are shouts, people running, embracing each other. A rescuer thinks he can hear a voice under the rubble. “Oh my God, thank you,” cries a woman. “Really?” asks another, incredulous.The hopeful news spreads quickly around the Mariola and Maribel Residences, near a beach in La Guaira that prior to Wednesday’s earthquakes had been full of people enjoying the sun.Several rescuers run to the…
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NEW YORK (news agencies) — Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer.The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur. Scientists haven’t yet identified the species it belongs to. It was discovered in 1985 during an expedition to Antarctica’s James Ross Island and collected by geologist Mike Thomson. Working with the British Antarctic Survey, Thomson was mapping the area’s rock layers and collected marine reptile fossils to help with future dating efforts. He recorded the find as a large reptile.Decades later, paleontologist Mark Evans spotted…
EPAPutin told Russian state TV that the fuel shortage faced by his country was not “critical”In Russia, the impact of Ukraine’s missile and drone strikes on energy infrastructure from Moscow to the Black Sea and beyond has long been evident.Queues at petrol stations. Fuel rationing widespread. Refineries hit. Drivers in the Russia-annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea banned from filling their tanks so priority can be given to military vehicles.But such is the gravity of the situation it has now been explicitly acknowledged by President Vladimir Putin for the first time.Over the weekend, Russia’s president discussed the crisis with senior officials…
WASHINGTON (news agencies) — When U.S. health officials meet next month to reconsider a list of controversial peptide drugs, they will hear from a new set of voices: doctors and pharmacists with deep financial ties to the burgeoning industry of unproven chemicals.The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released its list of participants for an upcoming meeting to reconsider the safety and effectiveness of several popular peptide injections, including some that have been praised by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Previous FDA panels on the topic have been composed of academics and researchers. The agency’s new group mainly includes health…