After months of spiralling tensions the US carried out an audacious large-scale strike on Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in the dead of night and removing them from the country.
The raid has plunged the South American…

After months of spiralling tensions the US carried out an audacious large-scale strike on Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in the dead of night and removing them from the country.
The raid has plunged the South American…

In this study, we aimed to identify differences in BA profiles between RYGB and OAGB over one year of weight loss, as such differences may contribute to their respective long-term metabolic benefits. We found that RYGB primarily increased fasting…

ISLAMABAD – The year 2025 will be remembered in Pakistan’s legal history as the country’s judicial map was redrawn through creation of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC). The establishment of Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) is the…

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“The front of the Vauxhall looks like the prow of a Viking ship, savage and terrifying.” A battered, decapitated head…

A ban on junk food advertising on TV before 9pm and a total ban online has come into force as the government attempts to tackle the childhood obesity crisis.
Under the rules, which will be enforced by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) 13…

Dita Von Teese, 53, is known as the Queen of Burlesque. Born Heather Renée Sweet in Michigan, she trained as a ballet dancer but switched to burlesque in the early Nineties. A Playboy magazine cover star and a catwalk model, she has toured the…

Birdbuddy is introducing two new smart bird feeders: the flagship Birdbuddy 2 and the more compact, cheaper Birdbuddy 2 Mini aimed at first-time users and smaller outdoor spaces. Both models are designed to be faster and easier to use than…

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“What can you do with 1,000 neurons?” That’s the challenge driving a competition launched in July by computational neuroscientist Nicolas Rougier. Competitors score points by designing model brains to solve a series of simple…