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Video: Trump Ducks For Cover, Then Evacuated As Shots Heard At Press Dinner
Apr 26, 2026 - World 
President Donald Trump was reported uninjured and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner.
Patient shot with Taser after allegedly injuring nurse and others in Sydney hospital
Apr 26, 2026 - World 
Man, 51, arrested after allegedly assaulting multiple people at Prince of Wales hospital A patient has been shot with a Taserafter allegedly attacking several people at a Sydney hospital, including a nurse who was left seriously injured.Police restrained a 51-year-old patient after the Saturday night melee at Sydney’s Prince of Wales hospital, which left a nurse in hospital. Continue reading...
From syringes to stents: Iran war exposes NHS dependency on petrochemicals
Apr 26, 2026 - World 
NHS chiefs fear rising costs and healthcare shortages due to the shipping standstill in the GulfThe war in Iran has put the NHS on high alert amid fears about looming shortages and rising costs for medicines and medical products such as syringes, intravenous bags and gloves.Much of modern healthcare is dependent on the petrochemicals now held up by the Gulf shipping standstill – whether for active pharmaceutical ingredients or to produce the millions of sterile single-use items, ranging from personal protective equipment (PPE) to catheters and diagnostic-device casings. Continue reading...
The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon?
Apr 26, 2026 - World 
The rival superpowers are ramping up preparations for a crewed lunar landing nearly six decades after the first moon walkThe world watched earlier this month as Nasa sent four astronauts around the moon – but to actually land on the surface the US is once again in a space race, this time with China. And China may well win.Both countries plan to build inhabited lunar bases – the first settlement on another celestial body – as well as searching for rare resources and using the deep space environment to test technology for future crewed missions to Mars. Continue reading...
Ghost MOTs: drivers warned over fake certificates that lead to huge repair bills
Apr 26, 2026 - World 
Secondhand car buyers urged to carefully inspect vehicles, while owners told to beware tests that are suspiciously quickRise of the ‘ghost owner’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper recordsYou have just bought a secondhand car. It was older than you wanted, but were reassured because it had recently passed its MOT.Within a few days, you notice a problem with the steering and take it into a garage to be checked. As well as that issue, they find the tread depth of the tyres is so low it should not have passed the test. Continue reading...