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NEW YORK (news agencies) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, placing her in charge of a public health agency beleaguered by political meddling and low morale.Schwartz was confirmed in a 51-44 vote. The 54-year-old becomes the 22nd leader of the Atlanta-based CDC, which is charged with protecting Americans from preventable health threats, and the agency’s first confirmed director in nearly a year. Her resume includes medical and law degrees, a stint as deputy surgeon general, and a leadership position at the U.S. Coast Guard.Schwartz’s nomination appeared to…
Jack TranAtefeh Ramezanisadeh (left) and Fatemeh Pasandideh said they were proud to be Australian nationalsTwo Iranian female footballers who publicly defied their government have become Australian citizens.Atefeh Ramezanisadeh, 34, and Fatemeh Pasandideh, 22, were naturalised in Brisbane, Queensland, on Wednesday.Ramezanisadeh said it was a “truly special and unforgettable day”, while her teammate said “this moment means more than words can express”.They were among seven members of Iran’s national team to be granted humanitarian visas while in Australia for the Women’s Asian Cup in March – but the other five changed their minds and returned home.Under pressure from the Iranian community…
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Getty ImagesMany will have experienced it – that feeling at 3pm when all you want to do is go to bed and sleep like a log.Or, finding yourself wide awake at 3am, brain whirring and no prospect of sleep.Jet lag – the world’s most annoying holiday souvenir – is the price we pay for flying off around the globe on travels or holidays.So how does it work, and what can you do about it?Jet lag is what you feel when local time changes abruptly, but your body clock is playing catch up, says Dr Nina Rzechorzek, who leads research at…
AFP via Getty ImagesWith US beef prices soaring to record highs, you might think that South Dakota cattle rancher Eric Gropper would be celebrating.Yet while the cost of the meat in US supermarkets is now 12% higher than it was a year ago, a rise more than three times the rate of general inflation, Gropper says that he and all the other beef farmers aren’t making any more profit than usual.The BBC World Service’s Follow the Money series spent a week tracing the American beef supply chain to find out what has caused the price jump and discover where all…
Theo Wargo/FilmMagicRihanna and A$AP Rocky have three children togetherRihanna could be set to break a decade-long album hiatus, according to her partner A$AP Rocky.”She in the studio right now,” the rapper said on the The Jason Lee podcast on Wednesday. Few details about the project were revealed, apart from a denial that the pair would collaborate on a double album. However, in response to questioning about about a potential new album, he added “she cooking.”The singer and beauty mogul from Barbados, whose real name is Robyn Fenty, has not released a full album since 2016’s Anti.The rapper denied this, instead…
Getty ImagesRussian missiles and drones are hammering Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, like Odesa”My crane operator, my partner, died five metres from me… The driver remained in the cabin. He also died.”Svitlana Halchenko winces as she remembers the Russian ballistic missile which exploded at work in Odesa, killing her colleagues. Svitlana works as a warehouse shift manager at the city’s main port.Despite her injuries – she walks with a limp, pieces of shrapnel still embedded in her leg and back – Svitlana is determined to keep working.Russia is ramping up its efforts to strangle Ukraine’s commercial links to the outside world,…
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Parasitic illness cases in 15 states have been linked to iceberg lettuce, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of states tied to the deadly outbreak had grown from nine to 15. Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina were added to a list that previously included Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.Investigators initially…
Watch: “It went on for hours, I felt like a piece of meat” – female Harrogate recruits speak to BBCWarning: This article contains sexual language and details of sexual assaultFour young women have told the BBC they were sexually assaulted and harassed at an army training college for teenagers – with one saying she was raped by several fellow junior soldiers in an attack that lasted hours.The women all attended the Army Foundation College (AFC) at Harrogate, North Yorkshire, over the past five years and say the incidents happened when they were aged 17.These reports are “extremely distressing and serious”,…
Phil Walter/Getty ImagesThe Afghan women’s football team gathered for the first time since Fifa ruled they could represent their country in official matchesThe changing room is busy with footballers going through their pre-match routines. Some stretch and tighten their boots, others embrace.”Be strong as always because we are representing Afghan women,” says midfielder Fatima Haidari to fellow members of Afghan Women United.Applause erupts in the room where an Afghan flag hangs and a patriotic song is played. As the women sing along some struggle to hold back tears.There’s a final team huddle with words of encouragement from their coach before…