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UK’s little-known deal with AstraZeneca means YOU will pay compensation to anyone injured by pharma firm’s lockdown-ending jab

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AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, developed by scientists from the prestigious Oxford University, was meant to be a post-Brexit success story.

Not only was it supposed to be a shining example of British ingenuity which would banish the devastating Covid pandemic and sentence lockdowns to history, it was also meant to demonstrate the UK’s generosity in the global crisis, with the jab sold at cost, not for profit.

Ministers were so confident in its success that then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock privately labelled

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From Debuts to Do-Overs, What It Means to Become an Artist — At Any Age

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Alice McDermott, 70, writer

There are three kinds of novels I’ve never taken to heart: science fiction, murder mysteries and novels about novelists. So I’ve decided to try my hand at each. If I fail, they’re probably not books I’d want to read anyway.

Thurston Moore, 65, musician and author

I’m putting the final touches on a new album, “Flow Critical Lucidity.” But after my memoir, “Sonic Life” (2023), came out, I realized my next mission was a novella, the

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Revealed: What it REALLY means when you cheat on your partner in your dreams (and what you must do the next morning) – by a top neurosurgeon in a fascinating new book

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For me, as a neurosurgeon and a research scientist, dreams hold a particular fascination. Having spent my life immersed in the brain, I am not only infatuated by its infinite complexity but captivated to the point of obsession by what remains one of its greatest and most mysterious features — dreaming.

The source of dreams is the same as all mental activity, waves of electricity moving across the brain every moment we’re alive. Dreams are a product of normal brain

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Outrage as Warwickshire councillors call for a ‘return to the ways of the past’ when disabled children were put in institutions and ‘dealt with by whatever means’ – and suggest children with ADHD need ‘strict correction’

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Three Tory councillors are facing calls to resign for making ‘abhorrent’ comments about disabled children – with one asking if the rise in cases was down to there being ‘something in the water’. 

Warwickshire county councillors Brian Hammersley, Jeff Morgan, and Claire Golby are coming under intense pressure to stand down with a clip of the council meeting going viral and incensing viewers. 

Mr Hammersley bizarrely asked if the rise in cases of disabled children in the county was because

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“This Was a Watershed Moment”: What the ICJ’s Israel Ruling Really Means

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On Friday morning, the International Court of Justice ruled that it was “plausible” that Israel committed acts of genocide in its ongoing bombardment of Gaza.

The judgment from the highest court at the United Nations came in response to a case brought against Israel by South Africa, which has charged Israel with violating the Genocide Convention. Israel, which has denied any charges of genocide, had hoped to have the case thrown out entirely. But the ICJ refused to do so, … Read more

David Means liest „Chance the Cat“

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David Means liest seine Geschichte „Chance the Cat“ aus der Ausgabe des Magazins vom 22. Januar 2024. Means ist Autor des Romans „Hystopia“ und sechs Erzählbänden, darunter „Instructions for a Funeral“ und „Two Nurses, Smoking“, die 2022 veröffentlicht wurden.

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“Chance the Cat,” by David Means

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Does it matter that a cat story resides solely in the body of a cat, remaining neutral as the creature moves through the landscape, operating on pure instinct, and, no matter what, embodying the projected will of the human? There is little else that the cat can do. All one can do is attempt to watch the animal as it performs its actions, with time suspended and meaningless. As it does, the painful history from the first to the last,

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Meet the Ukrainian tech startups fighting back against Russia’s cultural war: ‘This war taught us what being resilient really means’

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For Ukraine’s tech startups, the last two years have been anything but business as usual.

Despite drone strikes and a battered war-time economy, cities like Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa remain home to a thriving tech ecosystem.

As the war grinds on, a number of Ukraine’s entrepreneurs have been fighting their own battle with Russia. 

Yet their fight has not just been to preserve their country’s territory – but also its identity. 

MailOnline spoke with the CEOs and founders of some

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The Case That Proves Compassion For Criminals Means Cruelty To Law Abiding Citizens

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Two years ago, a woman named Shayla Workman was driving in her car with her two children, aged 3-years-old and 1-year-old, near an apartment complex in Nashville, Tennessee. That’s when a man in his 20’s, Shaquille Taylor, opened fire. He shot the roof of the car at least two times as Workman drove away. The attack was not random. In fact, the motive couldn’t have been clearer: Workman had recently testified against, “Someone he cared about.” What was that man’s

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