More than 800 million people around the world have diabetes, study finds | Diabetes
The number of people with diabetes has doubled in the past 30 years to more than 800 million people worldwide, according to a landmark international study. Diabetes rates among adults doubled from about 7% to about 14% between 1990 and 2022, with the biggest increases in low- and middle-income countries, according to a global analysis […]
Cop 29: leaders speak after report finds climate pledges not kept – live updates | Cop29
my colleague Damien Carrington There's more from today's Cop29 summit, with news that one of the few G7 world leaders who attended missed out on a speaking slot. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni missed out on a spot at the Cop29 summit. Meloni and Britain's Keir Starmer were the only G7 leaders in attendance. Meanwhile, […]
Young working-class people being ‘blocked’ from creative industries, study finds | Class issues
Research shows young people from working-class backgrounds are “prevented” from entering the creative industries and remain “elitist” and inaccessible. The Sutton Trust report found that people from the most affluent backgrounds were grossly overrepresented in the arts, which the Sutton Trust characterized as people from “upper middle class backgrounds”. Defined. Around 7% of people educated […]
More Jews would have voted for Harris with Josh Shapiro on ticket: exit poll finds
Vice President Kamala Harris' first major campaign decision, choosing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz over Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as her running mate, backfired badly on Jewish voters. This was revealed in an exit poll obtained exclusively by The Post. According to a study conducted by the Honan Strategic Group of the Teach Coalition, an affiliate […]
IDF Finds Ammunition in ‘Humanitarian’ Aid Shipment in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Monday that ammunition was discovered in a shipment of humanitarian aid traveling through the Gaza Strip. The IDF said in a statement: Yesterday (Sunday), unusual movements were detected during the passage of a convoy monitored by the Israel Defense Forces in coordination with the international community. The convoy […]
Illinois woman finds $1M lotto ticket in her purse
Grocery shopping finally paid off. An Illinois woman won $1 million from a lottery ticket she bought at a supermarket, but completely forgot about it. The unidentified woman was shopping at a grocery store in Elmhurst, Illinois, on October 20 when she decided on a whim to win a lottery ticket. According to the Illinois […]
Oregon leads first College Football Playoff ranking, Alabama finds way in
A season full of surprises didn't yield many when the first rankings for college football's new 12-team playoff were released Tuesday. Undefeated Oregon State received the highest amount. The selection committee rated Ohio State slightly higher than Georgia in the top 25, the first of six weekly polls conducted by the committee. Other than that, […]
Mother Allegedly Finds Daughter’s Remains In Oven
A mother and Sikh community in Nova Scotia, Canada's east coast, are grieving after the mother found her daughter “burnt to death” in a Walmart store oven on October 19, according to a fundraiser. . Gursimran Kaur's mother, 19, found the boy dead at night in a walk-in oven at the Halifax-based Walmart bakery where […]
Election worker fired after man finds boxes of unsecured ballots in parking lot: ‘Totally unacceptable’
Minnesota election officials fired a ballot delivery worker last week after Republicans discovered unsecured ballots in the back of his van. On Oct. 18, a man walking through the Edina City Hall parking lot spotted a Hennepin County delivery van with the rear door ajar. There were about a dozen boxes of unsecured ballots in […]
Migration Crisis Fueled Rise In Tuberculosis Cases, Study Finds
A report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) found that the immigration crisis under the Biden-Harris administration has accelerated the surge in tuberculosis cases in the United States. Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the United States has steadily increased since 2021, coinciding with record levels of illegal immigration due to lax border enforcement rules. […]