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A suspected outbreak of the Marburg virus has been detected in northern Tanzania. Marburg is in the same family as Ebola and can cause death in up to 88% of cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday eight people have been killed from the virus in a remote part of the country.The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he expects “further cases in coming days as disease surveillance improves”.Here’s everything you need to know about the deadly virus. What are the symptoms?Illness caused by Marburg virus begins abruptly, with high fever, severe headache and severe malaise, according…

Germany’s highest court has drawn a line under a dispute between the city-state of Bremen and the German Football League (DFL), which operates the Bundesliga. On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court ruled that it is lawful for football clubs to be required to contribute to policing costs for “high-risk” matches. What is a high-risk match? According to the DFL, “high-risk matches are matches in which, based on general experience or current knowledge, there is sufficient probability that a particularly dangerous situation will occur.” The primary responsibility for deciding whether any given match should be designated as high risk lies with the home club. However, the German FA (DFB)…

The 60th US presidential inauguration will take place on Monday, January 20, as is tradition. US President Joe Biden will leave the White House and, for the first time since Grover Cleveland in 1893, a former president will return to serve a nonconsecutive term. Donald Trump’s inauguration will confirm him as the 47th president of the United States, in addition to being the 45th from 2017 to 2021. What is a presidential inauguration? The inauguration does not only comprise the formal swearing-in ceremony, but is a multi-day event involving much pageantry and pomp. The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC) organizes the…

Storm clouds have hovered over French politics for some time now but it was in the summer of last year that the thunder really began to roll. In July, early parliamentary elections resulted in an unclear outcome because no single party won a clear majority. Three large political blocs eventually entered parliament in Paris, and the new government, appointed by French President Emmanuel Macron, was forced to govern without a majority to call its own. This is how, in December, a vote of no confidence after motions were tabled by opposition parties on the left and far right, brought down Prime…

As wildfires ripped through the Hollywood hills and the coastline that’s home to the stars, Los Angeles’ massive film industry began to grind to a halt. Celebrities including Sir Anthony Hopkins, Adam Brody, Paris Hilton, Jeff Bridges and Billy Crystal are among those who have lost their homes, as more than 12,000 buildings and structures have been destroyed by the fires. But beyond the A-list actors, editors, producers, extras and crew that keep productions rolling have also been displaced. Having burned some 40,000 acres and so far killed at least 24 people, a number of blazes threatened production studios in LA, but all emerged unscathed, according to…

Plunging temperatures in recent weeks and the end of Russian gas deliveries via Ukraine have hurt gas inventories in the United Kingdom, the country’s main gas supplier Centrica said on January 10, warning that gas supplies were now”concerningly low.” Centrica reported that UK gas stocks were 26% lower last week than the same period in 2024, at about half full. The company added that the country had less than a week of stored gas to heat homes and businesses. On Saturday, the UK’s gas storage facilities were just 42% full, according to a tally by Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), Europe’s association of gas…

A 62-year-old British woman has died in the French Alps after colliding with another skier, according to local reports.The English woman was skiing on the Aiguille Rouge mountain of Savoie at around 10.30am on Tuesday when she hit a 35-year-old man who was stationary on the same track, local news outlet Le Dauphine reported. It added that emergency services and rescue teams rushed to the scene but couldn’t resuscitate the woman, who died following the “traumatic shock”.The man she collided with was also said to be a British national.Read more:Death of two-year-old boy at nursery investigated by policeBritish-born former child…

What you need to know Antibiotic resistance is increasing globally, and new drugs are needed to overcome the dangers of microbes that evade essential treatments. Middle-and-lower income countries are threatened by some of the most resistant bacteria. Local drug development may have a bonus benefit for global health outcomes. There is a dire need for new antibiotics amid growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR), especially in low-and-middle income countries. That’s why in India, drug makers like Wockhardt, an Indian pharmaceutical company, are trialing new antibiotics against pathogens that show signs of AMR. Given the rapid advancement with tailor-made therapeutics — as demonstrated most successfully…

German coach Jürgen Klopp has taken up his post as head of global soccer for Red Bull. This is his first job since he left Liverpool last year. Red Bull is the owner of several clubs, including Bundesliga side RB Leipzig. The former Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Mainz head coach is to provide strategic vision, support scouting and develop coaches. He will not be involved in the everyday running of the Red Bull clubs, which stretch from Leipzig and Salzburg to the USA, Brazil and Japan. “It’s pretty much what I wanted to do. I finished seven months ago at Liverpool. I did that consciously,” he…

NATO leaders gathering in the Finnish capital, Helsinki, on Tuesday said European countries must be prepared to face further incidents in the Baltic Sea and announced a new mission designed to deter them. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said after the meeting that a new mission dubbed Baltic Sentry would include frigates, maritime patrol aircraft, and a fleet of naval drones to provide “enhanced surveillance and deterrence.”  “Across the alliance, we have seen elements of a campaign to destabilize our societies through cyberattacks, assassination attempts and sabotage, including possible sabotage of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea,” Rutte told reporters. NATO…