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On Thursday, newly elected British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson promised that Brexit would make Britain the greatest place on earth, echoing the patriotic rhetoric of U.S. President Donald Trump in a debut speech as prime minister before parliament. Johnson has promised to strike a new Brexit...

In 2010, Emily Whitehead was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a cancer of certain cells in the immune system. This is the most common form of childhood cancer, her parents were told; and Emily had a good chance to beat it with chemotherapy. Remission rates for the most common …...

Melania Geymonat and her partner were traveling home after an evening out together May 30 when the incident occurred. On Thursday, detectives charged the four — ages 15 to 17 — with an aggravated hate crime under the Public Order Act, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. The …...

WASHINGTON — The Senate Intelligence Committee concluded Thursday that election systems in all 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by the states and federal officials at the time, but at the demand of American intelligence agencies the committee was forced to … Read...

In September, the country will switch to a new way of treating HIV that is expected to save the country billions and result in more than 600,000 fewer infections. South African researchers are changing the way we treat the virus here and abroad. But what does it mean … Read more via Daily...

Google and Facebook Inc. are facing a regulatory crackdown in Australia after an inquiry highlighted concerns about their market power and impact on the media industry, adding to a barrage of global action against the technology giants. A final report from Australia’s competition watchdog...

A Scottish rugby star’s career is in tatters after he secretly filmed a sex act with an woman before broadcasting the footage to his teammates. Patrick Dewhirst, 21 … Read more via “world cup 2018” – Google News – https://ift.tt/2Z71v2K Get more World News

President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed there are behind-the-scene efforts to find the three missing Takoradi girls. Speaking Wednesday as part of a tour of the Western Region, the president said he was confident that the girls will be found. “All efforts are being made to bring …...

A man in North Carolina died on Monday after he went swimming in a lake and was infected by Naegleria fowleri, a single-celled organism known as the “brain-eating amoeba.” The man, Eddie Gray, 59, fell ill after he visited the Fantasy Lake Water Park in Cumberland County … Read more via NYT...