NEW: Global health experts are hunting urgently for a potential vaccine against the virus species that has caused a deadly Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
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These comments by Andy Burnham underscore how UK politicians fail to argue for fair taxation for the common good.
He seems to suggest pensioners, who are already exempt from national insurance, should be shielded in at least some cases from income taxes everyone else has to pay.
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This should surely be a basic communication skill for a leader: avoid confusing double negatives.
“But we need to respond. We need to rebuild. We need to set out the path ahead.”
As Labour suffers, my book charts why the UK is in a hole - and how it might get out of it.
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British army personnel have parachuted on to a UK overseas territory that is the world’s most remote inhabited island, to help a man suspected to be infected with the rodent-borne hantavirus from a cruise ship outbreak.
Our story on the challenge for UK authorities:
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An athlete’s second life: I went to Marseille to tell the story of how footballer Mathieu Flamini became an environmental chemistry entrepreneur.
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Bill Gates is due to appear this week before the US Congress probe into the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Here's how Gates' $89bn foundation became entangled with Epstein thanks to the two men's ties.
The Gates Foundation says it never ultimately pursued any deal with Epstein.
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The day of the jackal is here in Europe, as human habitations help shield them from apex carnivore wolves.
The golden jackal's spread is a tale of how a versatile mid-tier predator adapts to people - and climate change.
With bonus audio of jackal howling in Slovenia.
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@alphaville.ft.com’s VAT guru @louisashworth.bsky.social entertainingly dives down the many holes of the UK government’s “Great British Summer Savings” financial handout to restaurants.
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Quantum computers theoretically have immense powers of calculation, but for now they make too many errors to be useful.
Some companies are betting this might be about to change, with huge implications for fields from chemistry to finance - and for the security of data.
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Companies are betting on big implications for pharmaceuticals, financial services and crypto. But sceptics worry about hype
