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Céline Dion has given an update on her battle with the autoimmune condition that has put her career on hold and meant she has been absent from the stage for four years. Diagnosed in autumn 2022 with a rare neurological condition known as Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS), the 56-year-old says she’s on the comeback trail. In a lengthy interview with Vogue France magazine, she describes her relentless daily battle with SPS. The disease, she stresses, "is still with me and always will be (...) I have to learn to live with it". The Québécois singer shares her despair in the early stages of the extremely...
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Our perception of what age is considered old has increased over time, according to a new study. Researchers found that middle-aged and older adults in Germany believe that old age begins later in life than people did previously. They analysed data from 14,056 participants in the German Ageing Survey, which includes people born between 1911 and 1974. Study participants were surveyed up to eight times over 25 years and asked "at what age would you describe someone as old". They were assessed in 1996 and then re-questioned over time with new participants entering the survey later. "This is why we...
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Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organisations reported on Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity. The latest five-year averages show that temperatures in Europe are now running 2.3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, compared to 1.3C higher globally, a joint report published Monday by the UN's World Meteorological Organization and the European Union's climate agency, Copernicus, said. “Europe saw yet another year of increasing temper...
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Several thousand people gathered on Saturday at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to celebrate the first day of action for Germany's new legal cannabis law. Around 4,000 participants gathered to smoke the formerly illegal substance for a "Smoke-In," according to the Berlin police. Artists played music on a stage in front of the gate and there were rallies. The long-time juvenile court judge and cannabis activist Andreas Müller greeted the crowd with: "Dear no longer criminalized cannabis users." It was a great day, he said, adding that Germany had taken the right path with legalization a...
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Several thousand people gathered on Saturday at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to celebrate the first day of action for Germany's new legal cannabis law. Around 4,000 participants gathered to smoke the formerly illegal substance for a "Smoke-In," according to the Berlin police. Artists played music on a stage in front of the gate and there were rallies. The long-time juvenile court judge and cannabis activist Andreas Müller greeted the crowd with: "Dear no longer criminalized cannabis users." It was a great day, he said, adding that Germany had taken the right path with legalization a...
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Several thousand people gathered on Saturday at the historic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin to celebrate the first day of action for Germany's new legal cannabis law. Around 4,000 participants gathered to smoke the formerly illegal substance for a "Smoke-In," according to the Berlin police. Artists played music on a stage in front of the gate and there were rallies. The long-time juvenile court judge and cannabis activist Andreas Müller greeted the crowd with: "Dear no longer criminalized cannabis users." It was a great day, he said, adding that Germany had taken the right path with legalization a...
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Washington (AFP) - The US Environmental Protection Agency on Friday classified two so-called "forever chemicals" as hazardous substances, meaning those responsible for releasing them will have to pay to clean up contamination. The two chemicals, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), are the most studied and most widely detected among the "forever chemicals" known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Exposure to these substances "has been linked to cancers, impacts to the liver and heart, and immune and developmental damage to infants and children," th...
AFP
A predictable pile-on is occurring against the European Court of Human Rights. For some people, it can do no right. But its landmark ruling this week that weak climate policies in Switzerland put older women at greater risk of death from heatwaves is a precedent to welcome — and a warning to governments. To be clear, this is not some vexatious litigants’ charter. The court actually ruled out the right of any one individual to cite climate change — and inaction to remedy it — as a threat to their personal right to life. This week’s decision is about the right of groups of people to enjoy a “hea...
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Entrance to the former Kabwe mine. Photo by The Colonist Report, used with permission. This story was written by Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi and originally published by The Colonist Report Africa. A shortened version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement. Six years ago, Mumbi Derrick’s twin daughters, were tested positive for lead poisoning. He was devastated about the news, but said the only support he got was counselling from the government. He said the girls, now young women of 12 in seventh grade, are still suffering from the effects of this poisoning. In an in...
Global Voices
Doctors in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) have called for a ban on cannabis at amusement fairs and shooting festivals. The North Rhine Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KV) wants the state to follow Bavaria's example. The cabinet of the southern German state decided on Tuesday to completely ban smoking weed at public festivals and in beer gardens. The head of the KV, Frank Bergmann, spoke in favour of such a ban in NRW and told the Rheinische Post newspaper in remarks published on Friday that cannabis consumption often has a negative effect on the ...
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