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Czech spa town lives down past
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/02/2023
» James Bond, poisoned by a villain in the film Casino Royale, almost died in the forecourt of the Grandhotel Pupp, a majestic reinvention of what, under communism, was called the Grand Hotel Moskva, a shabby lodge popular with members of the Czech and Soviet nomenklatura.
'No toilets': Hygiene nightmare in Turkey's quake ruins
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» ANTAKYA (TURKEY) - Sedef's relief at surviving Turkey's deadly earthquake is quickly giving way to fears she could succumb to diseases that threaten to take hold across shattered regions now devoid of basics including toilets.
'No beds, not enough doctors': UK healthcare in crisis
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» LONDON: Five-year-old Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died from pneumonia after being sent home, despite a doctor describing his tonsillitis as the worst he had ever seen.
Robbie Knievel, a daredevil like his father, dies
New York Times, Published on 14/01/2023
» NEW YORK: Robbie Knievel, a daredevil performer who soared into the sky on motorcycles, pulling off a series of spectacular airborne stunts like his father, Evel Knievel, died Friday at his home in Reno, Nevada, the United States. He was 60.
Last Ukraine doctors offer lifeline in shell-ridden Bakhmut
AFP, Published on 13/01/2023
» BAKHMUT (UKRAINE) - At a health centre in the frontline Ukraine city of Bakhmut, doctor Elena Molchanova ushers patients into a narrow office warmed by a wood-burning stove, where she hands out medication and fills in death certificates.
'Total mess' in China's rural east as Covid wave hits hard
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» BENGBU (CHINA): Exhausted doctors working overtime, tests and treatments nowhere to be found, and under-resourced clinics inundated with patients -- in Anhui, one of east China's poorest provinces, Covid-19 hit hard.
Psychedelic firms go to market
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/11/2022
» One patent application for psilocybin therapy claimed its treatment rooms were unique because they featured "muted colours", high-fidelity sound systems and cozy furniture.
Twitter prank spurs unexpected scrutiny of insulin prices
AFP, Published on 15/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: A Twitter imposter cost a US pharmaceutical giant billions of dollars, but the viral prank triggered another unexpected crisis -- a new wave of scrutiny of the high cost of its insulin.
At least 15,000 killed by hot weather in Europe in 2022: WHO
AFP, Published on 08/11/2022
» COPENHAGEN - At least 15,000 people have died in Europe because of hot weather in 2022 so far, the World Health Organization said Monday, with Spain and Germany among the worst-affected countries.
Mega party for coronation of new Zulu king
AFP, Published on 29/10/2022
» DURBAN, South Africa: Tens of thousands of people in colourful regalia gathered at a huge soccer stadium in the coastal city of Durban on Saturday to celebrate the official coronation of South Africa's Zulu king.