• France launches another Covid-19 vaccine campaign ahead of Olympics

    A new Covid-19 vaccination campaign began in France on Monday, with elderly and vulnerable people encouraged to get a booster shot before the start of the Paris Olympic Games.

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    Celine Dion Opens Up About Stiff Person Syndrome Battle While Covering Vogue France

    Celine Dion is sharing an update about her battle with Stiff Person Syndrome. In a new cover story for Vogue France, the "My Heart Will Go On" singer said she's learning how to live with the disease, and is still hopeful a cure is in sight. "I didn't fight the disease, it is still in me and forever. We will find, I hope, a miracle, a way to cure it with scientific research, but I must learn to live with it. So that's me, now with stiff person syndrome," Dion -- who was diagnosed...

  • ‘I felt pains all over my body’: Argentina battles dengue outbreak as politicians pass up vaccine opportunity

    Rising temperatures, dense urban populations and increasing poverty have contributed to more than a quarter of a million cases, and campaigners don’t think the government is doing enough about itOn a particularly warm autumn afternoon in Buenos Aires, Michelly Natalí Barreto Sánchez, 22, began to feel unwell. As she served customers at La Boca, the bar she had opened in Villa 31, one of the capital’s largest slums, she suddenly started to experience severe headaches and dizziness.She told her...

  • Battle for Chhindwara Rages: Nath’s Associate Booked for Conspiring to Circulate Obscene ‘fake’ Video...

    Bhopal: Congress veteran Kamal Nath’s aide R K Miglani along with a scribe of a national news channel has been booked for conspiring to circulate a purported fake obscene video of BJP’s candidate for Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency Vivek Bunty Sahu. A case was on Monday registered against Miglani and scribe Sachin Gupta in Shikarpur Kotwali police station under section 67 (A) (circulation of materials containing sexually explicit act) of Information Technology (IT) Act, section 188...

  • National Media Vaccine Network launched to boost vaccine uptake in Ghana

    In a concerted effort to combat misinformation and promote vaccine uptake across Ghana, the National Media Vaccine Network has been officially launched in Accra. Spearheaded by the Executive Secretary of the African Media and Malaria Network (AMMEREN), Dr Charity Binka, along with Dr Emmanuel Addipa-Adapoe and a dedicated team, this initiative marks a significant step […]

  • Only official misinformation allowed

    Over the last four years, the Australian ruling classes have demonstrated an insatiable appetite for power and control over our…What to read next: Broken promises, broken budgets | JK Rowling puts Wikipedia’s neutrality to the test | Misdiagnosed problems and misguided solutions | Women’s liberation stumbles backwards

  • France takes a stand against shrinkflation

    Companies use shrinkflation to increase profits by reducing product size without raising prices. Most people will notice a change in price, but will often miss a change in size, especially when the change is concealed by the outside packaging. Even matzoh for Passover was shrunk this year. — Read the rest

  • TikTok battle heads to the Senate

    Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story TikTok ban opponents pin hopes on Senate Opponents of legislation that could ban TikTok in the United States are pinning their hopes on the Senate after the House passed a foreign aid package with the the legislation, sending it to the upper chamber.

  • MUSD hosts Battle of the Books

    For The Madera TribuneStudents from 18 Madera Unified elementary schools gather at the Matilda Torres theater to hear the results from the third annual Battle of the Books competition.Eighteen Madera Unified Elementary schools participated in the third annual district-wide literacy competition, the Battle of the Books. The event was held at Matilda Torres High School in late March. Approximately 140 third-sixth grade students representing 18 elementary schools competed. This competition was...

  • When local boxers are set to do battle

    In just a couple of weeks, several local boxers will look to show what they have.