Lancet commission’s report calls for global shake-up and suggests looking at measures such as waist-to-height ratios and ill-health symptoms Reframing obesity may end the diagnosis debate, but the health challenges remain Doctors are proposing a “radical overhaul” of how obesity is diagnosed worldwide amid concerns that a reliance on body […]
Siddiq was under pressure over her occupancy of properties linked to her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s ousted leader Tulip Siddiq has resigned as a Treasury minister after accepting the government was being harmed by the furore over her close ties to her aunt, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh now […]
Impeached president detained over failed December martial law bid a month after a first attempt ended in stalemate South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been arrested and is to undergo questioning over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, anti-corruption investigators said on Wednesday, bringing to an […]
US president says agreement that could pause more than 14 months of fighting matches a proposal he made months ago Joe Biden has said his administration is on the brink of sealing a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that could pause the war after more than 14 months of […]
Francis recalls receiving a ‘large white box’ related to ‘difficult and painful situations’ in his autobiography, Hope Pope Francis has said he inherited a “large white box” full of documents related to various scandals faced by the Catholic Church when he took over from his predecessor. The pontiff makes the […]
Documents indicate monarch was informed Anthony Blunt was Soviet agent in 1973, though he confessed in 1964 The late Queen Elizabeth II was not told for almost 10 years that Anthony Blunt, a surveyor of the queen’s pictures and a member of the royal household, had confessed to being a […]
Keir Starmer offers support to underfire chancellor after bruising start to new year Rachel Reeves will remain as chancellor until the next general election, Keir Starmer has insisted, as he warned the Treasury would be “ruthless” over public spending cuts to help meet the government’s fiscal rules. The Treasury is […]
Anonymised data could help develop treatments, drugs and diagnostic tools but potential misuse worries experts What does AI plan mean for NHS patient data and is there cause for concern? Ministers are considering allowing private companies to make profits from NHS data as part of a push to revolutionise the […]
Exclusive: Voters overall are downbeat about politics and almost two-thirds think ‘the UK’s best years are behind us’ One in five generation Z and millennial Britons prefer strong leaders without elections to democracy, and voters overall are feeling downbeat about politics, a report has found. The polling, due to be […]
Cash profit on a sale falls for second year in a row, to below £100,000, finds Hamptons Sellers in England and Wales made less than £100,000 profit on the sale of their home last year, or just over 40% – the lowest return in a decade – according to the […]
