A common type of bacteria has been found to make certain cancers "melt," scientists have discovered. Researchers said that they were "brutally surprised" to find that Fusobacterium – a bacteria commonly found in the mouth – appears to have the ability to kill certain cancers. People whose head and neck cancers were found to have this bacteria within their cancer have also been found to have "much better outcomes," according to a new study. The exact biological mechanisms behind the link are being keenly studied by researchers at Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College London, after they made t...
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US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Friday and sharply attacked his political rival Kamala Harris. "I actually don't know how a person who is Jewish could vote for her, but that's up to them," Trump said about Harris, his likely opponent in the 2024 presidential race, following the meeting with Netanyahu. Trump called Harris' remarks she made after meeting with Netanyahu on Thursday "disrespectful." Netanyahu is currently visiting the US and has met with both US President Joe Biden and his deputy Harris, after givin...
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The Paris Olympics opened on a rain-soaked Friday with an extraordinary and colourful ceremony in the heart of the French capital, culminating in an Olympic cauldron lifted into the night time sky by a hot air balloon. At times torrential rain did neither dampen the mood of athletes who paraded on boats on the Seine, nor that of the hundreds of thousands lining the route in the first opening ceremony held outside a stadium. Paris landmarks such as Notre Dame cathedral, the Louvre and Pont Neuf featured prominently in a lavish show as France showcased its culture and history, from the 1789 revo...
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Despite the recent tense relations, French President Emmanuel Macron received his Argentinian counterpart Javier Milei in Paris on Friday. During the meeting at the Élysée Palace, the two leaders discussed the war in Ukraine, this Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela and a planned free trade agreement between the European Union and the South American MERCOSUR association of countries, which includes Argentina, according to the Argentine presidential office. Relations between Paris and Buenos Aires have recently been difficult. Last week, a video in which Argentinian players sang derogat...
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Olympic athletics champion Marie-José Pérec and judo great Teddy Riner lit the Olympic cauldron for the Paris Olympics, at the bottom of a hot air balloon which then rose to the sky. Their torches were lit after a final part of the torch relay which started at Trocadéro where French president Emmanuel Marcron had earlier opened the Games. Final torch bearers started with football great Zinedine Zidane, who handed it to Spain's 14-time French Open tennis champion Rafael Nadal who took it onto a boat to bring it to the Louvre along with former American tennis star Serena Williams, with gymnastic...
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The Paris Olympics have been declared open by French President Emmanuel Macron during a wet opening ceremony. Officially known as the Games of the 33rd Olympiad, some 10,500 athletes from more than 200 countries will be competing for 329 gold medals in 32 sports until August 11. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach highlighted Olympic solidarity in his speech, saying that "in a world torn apart by wars and conflicts, it is thanks to this solidarity that we can all come together tonight." Paris is hosting the Olympics for the third time and the opening ceremony was the first no...
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Florida on Friday and sharply attacked his political rival Kamala Harris. Trump called the Democrat a "destroyer." The encounter between Netanyahu and Trump was the first face-to-face meeting between the two men since Trump left the White House more than three years ago. The Republican assured Netanyahu of his full solidarity during the meeting, Trump's team said. The former president Netanyahu that he would do everything in his power to promote peace in the Middle East and fight anti-Semitism ...
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The Ukrainian armed forces are under heavy pressure in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday in his nightly video address to the nation. The situation around Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region in particular has been thoroughly analysed by the military leadership, Zelensky said. "This area was and continues to be the focus of Russian attacks," Zelensky said. Everything must be done to strengthen Ukrainian defence positions in the region, he added. The Ukrainian leader expressed "special appreciation" to all units that attacked Russian bases and logistics in the occupi...
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Lady Gaga performed a French cabaret song, the Moulin Rouge dancers performed the cancan and heavy metal band Gojira teamed up with acclaimed singer Marina Viotti during the spectacular opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Huge crowds on the banks of the Seine and the world's athletes on it braved rainy conditions as France celebrated its history in many aspects from the 1789 revolution to Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, also not leaving out those who rebuilt Notre Dame cathedral after the devastating fire from 2019. Notre Dame featured prominently along with the Louvre, the Conciergerie, Pon...
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German state prosecutors on Friday charged four youths with murder in the stabbing deaths of two Ukrainians in Oberhausen in the west of the country in February. The 14 to 15-year-olds have been charged with two counts of joint murder, a spokesman for Essen Regional Court told dpa. The indictment also includes a whole series of other robberies and assaults that the four young people have allegedly committed in varying combinations since May last year. The court must now decide whether to admit the indictment for trial. The stabbing deaths on February 10 were met with revulsion throughout Germa...
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