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Wales is famed as the land of song, the music of the valleys and mountains providing a source of pride, joy and a sense of belonging. But a pioneering project led by Welsh National Opera has suggested music can also help people suffering with persistent pain. Participants in a pain management programme run by WNO … Read more
British MPs believe they may have been targeted by a “disinformation” campaign aimed at discrediting the man leading efforts to trace funds allegedly laundered from Bangladesh into the UK. MPs raised the alarm after receiving emails about Ahsan Mansur, who was installed as the central bank governor of Bangladesh last year, after a student-led revolution … Read more
A young German citizen has told how his life has been destroyed after a London criminal used his ID to rack up a string of convictions that now appear on the German database against his name. The phantom record has left the 24-year-old in despair, effectively blacklisted and unable to get a job for the … Read more
There were no warning signs when teenager Austin Blight went into cardiac arrest. The 17-year-old collapsed unconscious at the gym, where staff rushed to his aid and quickly realised he didn’t have a pulse. He survived because staff performed CPR and used an automated external defibrillator to shock his heart before paramedics arrived. Since his … Read more
Usha Vance, the wife of US vice-president JD Vance, will travel to Greenland this week as President Donald Trump clings to the idea of a US annexation of the strategic, semi-autonomous Danish territory. Vance will visit Greenland on Thursday with a US delegation to tour historical sites, learn about the territory’s heritage and attend the … Read more
Friendships that bridge economic divides are good for social mobility, a major study has found, with low-income children growing up where there is more mixing among income groups likely to earn an extra £5,100 a year as adults. The research, combining anonymised Facebook data covering 20 million adults in the UK with official data, points … Read more
An Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza has killed five people, including a Hamas political leader and Palestinian medics, Hamas has said, in an attack that Israel said had targeted a key figure in the militant group. The Gaza health ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. … Read more
South Korea’s constitutional court has ruled against the impeachment of the country’s prime minister, Han Duck-soo, and to restore his position as acting president, marking the latest political twist in months of political turmoil. Han took over as acting president after the country’s leader, Yoon Suk Yeol, was himself impeached over his short-lived declaration of … Read more
The contributions from advanced economies towards India’s inward remittances have increased | Photo Credit: PTI The latest data indicate a decline in the Gulf countries’ share of India’s inward remittances, while contributions from advanced economies have increased. The data also reveal that States with a declining share of migrants to the Gulf countries are seeing … Read more
US and Ukrainian officials have met for further talks aimed at hammering out a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine, with Washington signalling its hope for “real progress” even as Moscow warned that “difficult negotiations” lie ahead. The gulf in expectations marked the start of the latest round of negotiations in Saudi Arabia, which was … Read more