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Smith v Puello world title fight predictions
Figures from the boxing world give their predictions for Saturday's light-welterweight title fight between WBC champion Dalton Smith and Alberto Puello.
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Are California voters about to impose 'world's first' tax on billionaires?
Voters are about to decide if the mega-rich among them should hand over billions of dollars to pay for improvements to healthcare.
Politics
UK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab
The chancellor will unveil AI spending aimed at shoring up the UK's defences in Wednesday's Budget.
Health
Ensuring continuity of TB services during the COVID-19 pandemic
GENEVA As the world comes together to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to ensure that essential health services and operations are continued to protect the lives of people with TB and other diseases or health conditions. Health services, including national programmes to combat TB, need to be actively engaged in ensuring an effective and rapid response to COVID-19 while ensuring that TB services are maintained. In the lead- up to World TB Day, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General emphasized in a news release, “COVID-19 is highlighting just how vulnerable people with
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IPA, WHO and UNICEF launch Read the World on International Children’s Book Day to support children and young people in isolation
Geronimo Stilton author to kickstart exclusive children’s book reading initiative amid COVID-19 pandemic Much-loved children’s authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children and young people currently living in isolation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the World is a collaboration between the International Publishers Association (IPA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. It kicks off today, on International Children’s Book Day, at 15.00 GMT/17.00 CET with Italian author Elisabetta Dami, creator of the popular character Geronimo Stilton. “
Sports
Littler through as Van Gerwen suffers early Euros exit
World champion Luke Littler makes it through to the second round of the European Championship with a win over William O'Connor but Michael van Gerwen is knocked out of the tournament at the first-round stage.
Entertainment
How to Watch MLB World Series 2026: Tampa Bay Rays vs. Milwaukee Brewers Online for Free
With the MLB Playoffs over and done with, the top two teams from each league face off against each other in the 2026 World Series to compete to win the Commissioner’s Trophy. It’s no surprise that teams with the best record in the American League, Rays at (98-64), and National League, Brewers at (103-59), made […]
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Finland nearing opening of world’s first permanent nuclear waste repository
Facilities are being built in many countries, but Finland is the first to licence its underground storage facility.
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World champion Jepchirchir fails drugs test
Reigning world women's marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir is provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit after a sample tests positive for EPO.
Sports
How world champion Smith can become a mainstream star
In his BBC Sport column, Tony Bellew explains why Dalton Smith could be British boxing's next superstar - and why he should fight Adam Azim at Hillsborough.
Sports
What is the World Treadmill Championship and how to compete
A brand new World Athletics event where runners from around the globe compete by logging 5K on a treadmill, chasing wildcard race entries and a share of the $100,000 prize pot.
Health
First personalised cancer vaccine cuts risk of disease returning in major trial
The scientists involved say the results could mark a turning point in cancer treatment, bringing personalised medicine a step closer.
Sports
The World Treadmill Championship - pitching elite runners against amateurs
Everyday runners are being given the chance to compete alongside elite athletes in the first World Treadmill Championship, a new global 5km competition.
Sports
Treadmill World Champs - What are they and how to compete
A brand-new World Athletics event where runners around the globe compete on a treadmill
World
Almost all shallow-water coral reefs now face extinction risk, study warns
World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as "critically endangered".
Health
WHO and partners call for urgent investment in nurses
A new report, The State of the World’s Nursing 2020, provides an in-depth look at the largest component of the health workforce. Findings identify important gaps in the nursing workforce and priority areas for investment in nursing education, jobs, and leadership to strengthen nursing around the world and improve health for all.
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GB's Fraser wins world bronze in all-around final
Watch Great Britain's Joe Fraser earn a bronze medal at the World Gymnastics Championships after a tense finish to the men's all-around final
Health
The World Health Organization, UN Foundation and Illumination partner on health messages
WHO, the United Nations Foundation and Illumination have partnered to launch a Public Service Announcement (PSA) that reinforces safe and healthy practices during these challenging times, featuring Illumination’s globally beloved Gru and the Minions.
Sports
Brook underlines status as world's best all-format batter in remarkable defeat
Once the disappointment of defeat dissipates, Harry Brook can reflect on another starring role with the bat which underlines his status as the world's best all-format batter, says Stephan Shemilt.
Science
96% of world's coral reefs face critical risk of collapse, IUCN warns
Almost all of the world’s shallow-water coral reefs are at risk of collapse by 2075, with climate change the biggest threat. A new study found that 96% of reef systems are critically endangered.