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US surgeons say they have successfully given a pig's kidney to a person in a transplant breakthrough they hope could ultimately solve donor organ shortages. The recipient was brain-dead, meaning they were already on artificial life support with no prospect of recovering. The kidney came from a pig that had been genetically modified to stop the organ being recognised by the body as "foreign" and being rejected.
Source: bbc.com
British police charged a man with murder and preparing acts of terrorism Thursday in the stabbing of a Conservative lawmaker who was killed as he met constituents at a church hall last week. Authorities say a 25-year-old British man with Somali heritage, Ali Harbi Ali, has been charged in the death of David Amess. The case shook a nation accustomed to having face-to-face contact with its leaders and engaging in vigorous debate on issues of the day.
Source: apnews.com
President Tayyip Erdogan said he believed Turkey and the United States will make progress in talks for the sale of F-16 fighter jets and that Ankara will recoup $1.4 billion it paid for F-35s it is blocked from buying, Anadolu agency reported on Thursday.
Source: reuters.com
Barbados has elected its first ever president as it prepares to become a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth as head of state. Dame Sandra Mason, 72, is set to be sworn in on 30 November, which will mark the country's 55th anniversary of independence from Britain. The first woman to serve on the Barbados Court of Appeals, Dame Mason has been governor-general since 2018.
Source: bbc.com
Ethiopia's military launched a new air strike on the Tigrayan capital Mekele on Wednesday, the third round of bombardments this week against rebel targets in the city.
Source: france24.com
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, the country's environment minister said on Thursday, in a boost for global efforts for steeper emission cuts to fight global warming. India is the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States.
Source: reuters.com
Rail traffic was also affected by storm "Aurore", which has been causing devastation since Wednesday afternoon. Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said in a tweet that the Ile-de-France region around Paris, Normandy, northern France and eastern Lorraine regions were the worst affected.
Source: france24.com
Archaeologists found three statues of ram heads, including one that had a cobra on its head, at Egypt's Karnak Temple. The statues, which have not yet been dated, were found south of the temple. The ram heads were part of larger statues, which were of creatures that looked similar to a sphinx. The statues spanned a distance of 1.7 miles between Karnak Temple and Luxor Temple on a sandstone road, known as the 'avenue of sphinxes'.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Zayn Ali Salman was just four years old when he caught the attention of one of London’s biggest football clubs. He is the youngest-ever recruit to the Arsenal pre-academy after his skills had him running rings round players twice his age.
Source: bbc.com
Analysis of wood from timber-framed buildings in Newfoundland shows Norse-built settlement 471 years before Columbus.
Source: theguardian.com
The three-stage NURI is due to lift off in a few hours time with future plans for surveillance, communications satellites, and even lunar probes.
Source: aljazeera.com
Former US President Donald Trump has announced plans to launch a new social media network, called TRUTH Social. He said the platform would "stand up to the tyranny of big tech", accusing them of silencing opposing voices in the US. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), which he chairs, also intends to launch a subscription video-on-demand service.
Source: bbc.com
A man who is believed to have had the heaviest kidneys on record has spoken of his determination to get his life back following surgery to remove them. Warren Higgs, 54, from Windsor, Berkshire suffers from polycystic kidney disease. The inherited condition causes fluid-filled cysts to grow in the kidneys and can lead to kidney failure. It affects around one in 1,000 people and there is no cure.
Source: bbc.com
France will announce potential sanctions over energy prices and trade “by the end of the week” in its fishing dispute with the United Kingdom, the government spokesman said Wednesday. France vehemently protested the decision last month by the U.K. and the Channel Island of Jersey to refuse dozens of French fishing boats a license to operate in their territorial waters. Paris called the move “unacceptable.”
Source: apnews.com
A boy became the center of attention at Pope Francis' Wednesday general audience, walking on the stage, getting a seat next the pope and even a white papal cap as a reward for his persistence.
Source: Reuters
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has gone on trial in France accused of complicity in an attempt to blackmail fellow footballer Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape found on his phone. He has ridiculed the charge against him as a "masquerade" and did not appear at the court in Versailles. The case dates back to June 2015, when the two footballers were at a France training camp. The saga rocked French football and both players lost their team places. Karim Benzema, 33, has since returned to the France team.
Source: bbc.com
Russia hosted talks on Afghanistan on Wednesday involving senior representatives of the Taliban and other factions, a round of diplomacy that underlines Moscow's clout. Opening the talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov emphasised that “forming a really inclusive government fully reflecting the interests of not only all ethnic groups but all political forces of the country” is necessary to achieve a stable peace in Afghanistan.
Source: france24.com
The Taliban praised suicide bombers who died during the war against the former government and its Western allies and offered their families sums of cash and promises of land, the movement's interior ministry said in a statement. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the acting interior ministry who has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head as a "specially designated global terrorist", met the families at a ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, which was itself targeted by suicide bombers in 2018.
Source: reuters.com
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