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'My wife died because the NHS used cheap labour'

Roy Pollitt's wife died after a physician associate mistakenly left a drain in her body for 21 hours.




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Cheap fix floated for plane vapour's climate damage

The warming impact of the vapour trails that emerge from airplanes is being discussed at climate gathering.




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The abuse scandal that led to the archbishop's resignation

Justin Welby said he had to take responsibility for failures since he was notified about abuse committed by John Smyth.




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Listen: Hotel makes 911 call before Liam Payne's death

The former One Direction star has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina.




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Former Bolivian president shares 'assassination attempt' video

Evo Morales said he survived an attempt on his life on Sunday, blaming the current government.




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'He could be the next great' - meet the 14-year-old international keeper

"He could be the next great" - meet the 14-year-old international goalkeeper hoping to one day make it in the Premier League.




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Mexico drug tsar's spectacular fall from grace culminates in NY court

Genaro García Luna is the highest-ranking Mexican official ever to be convicted in the US.




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'Nothing can bring a life back': Brazil dam collapse survivors speak as UK trial begins

A lawsuit against mining company BHP starts in London on Monday over the 2015 dam collapse.




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World's most indebted oil firm is headache for new Mexico leader

Claudia Sheinbaum inherits a buoyant manufacturing sector, but also a troubled state-owned oil firm.




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Divided Arizona contends with Trump's sweeping border plan

The state is likely to be on the frontline of the president-elect's immigration policies.




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Ecuador's Angulo, 22, dies a month after car crash

Ecuador midfielder Marco Angulo dies just over a month after being seriously injured in a car crash.




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Haiti's prime minister ousted after six months

The former UN official was brought in to lead Haiti through an ongoing, gang-led security crisis.




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Young England face 'baptism of fire'

England's hockey squad is going "in at the deep end" at the Champions Trophy in Australia, says coach Jason Lee




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'Olympic funding needs to change'

The funding of British Olympians makes it impossible for emerging sports to develop, says the chief executive of British Handball.




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Ravens, Texans, Pack & 'Hawks win

Baltimore beat Indianapolis, Houston see off Cincinnati, Green Bay too good for Minnesota and Seattle win in Washington.




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Funding boosts Hunt's Rio hopes

Nicky Hunt expects to challenge for a medal at Rio 2016 after learning she will receive full Olympic funding from Archery GB.




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UK 'bikes results

British bikes - all the details.




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World 'bikes results

The latest bike results from around the world.




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Chris Hoy learned on girl's bike

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy's first bicycle was a girl's bike the Olympic gold medallist's mother reveals.




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Mayweather & Pacquiao irk Leonard

Boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard implores Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao to fight, for the sake of their own legacies.




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Radcliffe backs 'Plastic Brits'

Paula Radcliffe insists Britain should get behind their Olympic athletes, even if they were born elsewhere.




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GB team 'can hit medal target'

UK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee insists his squad can hit his target of eight medals at the London Olympics.




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India Nature Watch - <h1> <font color = blue> Blister Beetle <h1/p>

Thanks to Sivakumar ji for the ID

Hycleus zigzagus

Gear: Sony A7 III

Blister beetles are beetles of the family Meloidae, so called for their defensive secretion of a blistering agent,

cantharidin. About 7,500 species are known worldwide. Many are conspicuous and some are

aposematically colored, announcing their toxicity to would-be predators.




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India Nature Watch - <h1> <font color = blue> Hummingbird moth <h1/p>

The flowers of the snakeweed plant are popular with many butterflies, including the

South Asian crimson rose, Malabar banded swallowtail, grass yellow, and hummingbirds.

Smaller species of butterflies, like the Common Palmfly and the Bush Browns,

are often seen feeding on the flowers. Larger butterflies, like the Polyura and Lexias,

have not been seen feeding on the plant.




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India Nature Watch - <h1> <font color = blue> Blue mud dauber wasp <h1/p>

Thanks to Sivakumar ji for correcting the ID.

Family: Scoliidae




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£1m offered for Frankel v Caviar

A prize fund of £1m is being used as bait in an attempt to secure a clash between Frankel and Black Caviar in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood.




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Aintree fences 'should be bigger'

Trainer Malcolm Jefferson believes bigger fences at the Grand National could have saved his horse According to Pete.




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India Nature Watch - An umbrella of light &amp; clouds atop Trishul peak - an evening shot

Shot from village Timila in Ranikhet Tehsil of Uttarakhand




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Tax-News.com: Few Tax Changes In Guernsey's 2021 Budget

Guernsey announced no major tax changes to its tax regime in its 2021 Budget, released on November 17, 2020.




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Tax-News.com: Russia's Cabinet Approves Maltese DTA Amendments

Russia's Government has approved wording for a draft Protocol that it will seek to conclude with Malta, to revise their double tax agreement to increase withholding tax rates at source for cross-border dividends and interest income.




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Tax-News.com: EFTA States' Tax Rulings Receive The All-Clear

The EFTA Surveillance Authority has closed its investigations into the tax ruling practices of Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, without finding any evidence of state aid infringements.




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Tax-News.com: Hong Kong Sets Out Response To Int'l Tax Reform Plans

Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Christopher Hui Ching-yu, has set out how the territory intends to respond to the OECD's proposed new international tax framework.




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Tax-News.com: Australia To Shutter 'Harmful' Offshore Banking Unit Regime

The Australian Government has confirmed that it will amend its offshore banking unit regime after it was designated a harmful tax regime by the OECD and the European Union.




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Tax-News.com: Switzerland Relaxes Rules For Tourists' VAT Refunds

Switzerland's Federal Department of Finance is extending the time limit within which tourists can export goods purchased in the country tax free.




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Tax-News.com: Russia's Cabinet Approves Maltese DTA Amendments

Russia's Government has approved wording for a draft Protocol that it will seek to conclude with Malta, to revise their double tax agreement to increase withholding tax rates at source for cross-border dividends and interest income.




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Genetically Modified Mosquito's Fly in US

bAedes aegypti mosquitoes/b, a small percentage of all the mosquitoes species in the Florida Keys causes diseases including dengue and Zika. iScience




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Tax-News.com: Asia-Pac's Tax Take Dropped, Even Before COVID-19: Report

Tax revenues fell in 2019 in two-thirds of economies across Asia and the Pacific as a result of an economic slowdown prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new OECD report.




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Tax-News.com: ECJ AG Urges Ruling Against Belgian 'Excess Profit' Ruling System

European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Juliane Kokott has opined that the Commission was right to consider that the Belgian practice of making downward adjustments to profits of undertakings forming part of multinational groups, under the "excess profit" ruling scheme, constituted an aid scheme.




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Tax-News.com: Digital VAT Regimes Vital To Buoy Countries' Tax Takes: Report

The OECD has released its annual Consumption Tax Trends report, which highlights that with VAT rates at an all-time high, governments should ensure they have effective VAT frameworks in place to tax e-commerce.




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Tax-News.com: Digital VAT Regimes Vital To Buoy Countries' Tax Takes: Report

The OECD has released its annual Consumption Tax Trends report, which highlights that with VAT rates at an all-time high, governments should ensure they have effective VAT frameworks in place to tax e-commerce.




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Biological E's Oral Polio Vaccine Gets WHO Approval

Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Biological E has secured World Health Organization (WHO) pre-qualification for its medlinknovel oral polio vaccine type 2/medlink (nOPV2).




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MIT's Novel Method for Plant Based Drug Synthesis

MIT chemists have devised a novel method for synthesizing complex compounds that were initially extracted from plants and have the potential as medlinkantibiotics/medlink,




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Donepezil: Alzheimer's Drug May Induce 'Suspended Animation' to Save Lives

Researchers have successfully induced a hibernation-like torpor state in Xenopus laevis tadpoles using donepezil (DNP), a drug FDA-approved for medlinkAlzheimer's/medlink treatment.




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Kidney Function Doesn't Derail Semaglutide's Cardiovascular Benefits

The anti-obesity medication semaglutide may help to prevent medlinkheart attacks/medlink, medlinkstrokes/medlink, and other major adverse cardiovascular




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India's Pharma and Meditech Exports Soar to 4th Largest Globally

India's pharmaceutical (!--ref1--) and medical technology exports are poised for continued growth, even amid global economic challenges, according to




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Shattering Notions of Infant Health: Rethinking RSV's Impact on Healthy Newborns

Highlights: Newborns seem safe from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), but healthy infants can get severely sick




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Tax-News.com: US Businesses Urge Against Starting A Digital Tax 'Trade War'

The United States Council for International Business has called on US authorities to focus its efforts on working with other countries to arrive at an international tax solution to the digitalized economy, rather than tackling countries' unilateral responses.




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Tax-News.com: ECJ AG Urges Ruling Against Belgian 'Excess Profit' Ruling System

European Court of Justice (ECJ) Advocate General Juliane Kokott has opined that the Commission was right to consider that the Belgian practice of making downward adjustments to profits of undertakings forming part of multinational groups, under the "excess profit" ruling scheme, constituted an aid scheme.




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Tax-News.com: China's New Urban Maintenance And Construction Tax Law In Force

China's Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation have issued a statement announcing tax relief from the Urban Maintenance and Construction Tax.




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New Era in Endoscopy: Fujifilm's EN-840T DBE Endoscope Debuts in Europe

Highlights: The EN-840T DBE endoscope, created by Fujifilm with Prof. Hironori Yamamoto, prioritizes safety and