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Owen Farrell is on course to face Argentina in England’s opening autumn international after he was named in Eddie Jones’s trimmed squad for the Test on Sunday. Farrell is nearing the end of his return-to-play head injury protocols and provided Read more
A new treatment developed at Tel Aviv University may significantly enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients, reducing the risk for lung metastasis following chemo from 52% to only 6%. Conducted in an animal model, the study identified Read more
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it would extend technology support for Ukraine free of charge through 2023, as Russia’s invasion of the country drags on. Microsoft said it would provide additional technology aid of nearly $100 million, bringing its Read more
Let’s take a moment to mark the passing of another set of driving games – delisted from sale due to the expiry of in-game car licenses. The past two months have seen both Project Cars and Project Cars 2 disappear Read more
A one-eared dog named Van Gogh is channeling his namesake by using his tongue to create works of art at a Connecticut rescue. Van Gogh, a 7-year-old boxer-pit bull mix, was rescued from a North Carolina dog fighting ring and Read more
The Football Association has expressed concern in a forcefully worded statement about the rise in frequency of offensive chanting about the Hillsborough disaster, calling the latest incidents “abhorrent” and condemning “these terrible chants”. The FA considers chants about the disaster Read more
Monash University researchers have used the world’s largest multiple sclerosis (MS) registry, MSBase, to provide evidence that will help those with MS take the best medicine for them. People with MS often need to switch drugs to fully control their Read more
The community roundtable was organized as a chance for Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic to hear how a town in the heart of the western Alabama Black Belt approached chronic problems like population loss, housing, and the challenge of Read more
Take-Two has delivered its latest financial report, and revealed that Grand Theft Auto 5 only shipped around 1m units this quarter. While this may still seem an impressive figure, it is a marked decrease from previous quarters and the lowest Read more
An Iowa man broke a Guinness World Record by clapping his hands 1,140 times in one minute. Dalton Meyer, 20, of Davenport, said his interest in speed clapping began when he was in elementary school and he saw a YouTube Read more