China and Russia have expressed support for Venezuela as it confronts a US blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, while Donald Trump continues to ramp up his pressure campaign on the South American country’s president, Nicolás Maduro.
Amid reports…
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21 years and six months behind bars for woman with 85kg of Pakistani heroin in her bedroom
A woman has been jailed for 21 years and six months after National Crime Agency officers found £8.5m worth of heroin in her back bedroom.
Sidrah Nosheen, 34, was part of an organised crime group (OCG) that smuggled heroin from Pakistan…
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Supporting childhood in 2026 – Trends shaping the future of children’s media
As we head into 2026, I’ve been reflecting on the challenges and opportunities shaping the world of children’s television. It’s a sector I care deeply about, and one that continues to evolve rapidly creatively, technologically, and…
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Acquisition and Transmission of tmexCD1-toprJ1-Positive Plasmids in Cl
Introduction
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that causes a wide range of infections, including pneumonia, urinary tract infections, soft tissue infections, and septicemia.1–3 Owing to its remarkable ability to…
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Trump warships; Venezuela; Heritage Foundation : NPR
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President Trump announced…
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2025/26 Reflections & Predictions: Jana Blount, NRF – A year of onboarding new tech
Jana Blount, the newly-arrived director of client solutions and digital strategy at Norton Rose Fulbright, reflects on a year of big personal and industry change. 2025 has finally seen legal organisations onboarding new tech at scale…
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Webb Spots the ‘Smoke’ from Crashing Exocomets Around a Nearby Star
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was involved in yet another first discovery recently available in pre-print form on arXiv from Cicero Lu at the Gemini Observatory and his co-authors. This time, humanity’s most advanced space…
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Nick Bright to leave the station after 15 years
BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Nick Bright is set to leave the station after 15 years on air.
Joining as part of its production team in 2009, Nick moved into presenting the early breakfast show a year later.
He’s become a familiar voice to 1Xtra…
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Academic podcasting in an age of excess
SETU’s Rob O’Connor talks academic podcasting, disinformation and the ethics of AI.
Rob O’Connor is a computer science lecturer and researcher at South East Technological University (SETU). His current…
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4 killed, 3 injured in road accident in Pakistan’s Punjab-Xinhua
ISLAMABAD, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) — At least four people were killed and three others injured when a passenger bus collided with an ambulance in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Tuesday, rescue officials said.
The accident occurred near the…
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