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The study of 24,000 users found PrEP to be highly effective in a real-world setting
PrEP: Preventative HIV drug highly effective, study says
LONDON — A drug which stops HIV infecting the body has proved to be a highly effective "real-world" preventative treatment, a study has confirmed.The results of the research on 24,000 people taking it across England, have been described as "reassuring".Thousands of people are already taking PrEP through sexual health clinics.HIV charity the Terrence Higgins Trust wants easier access to the drug, since many people, including women, do not know it exists.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which led the PrEP Impact Trial with the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said it was the largest ever real-world study of its kind.It was carried out at 157 sexual health clinics across England between October 2017 and July 2020.The study found use of PrEP,...
November 30, 2023

PrEP: Preventative HIV drug highly effective, study says

Geert Wilders
Key Dutch party sees 'no basis' for talks with Wilders
THE HAGUE — A major Dutch political party has said it will not enter talks with anti-Islam leader Geert Wilders about forming a coalition cabinet for now.The New Social Contract party said Wilders's election manifesto risked breaching the Dutch constitution.Wilders's Freedom party (PVV) last week shocked critics by winning a dramatic general election victory but failed to secure a majority.To become prime minister, he needs the backing of other parties.The Netherlands, a founding member of what is now the EU, has the bloc's fifth-largest economy.The New Social Contract (NSC) party's leader, Pieter Omtzigt, said he had concerns around MPs and ministers "swearing allegiance to the constitution" if the PVV's policies would break it anyway."All in all, the...
November 30, 2023

Key Dutch party sees 'no basis' for talks with Wilders

Electronic warfare is being used by both militaries in this conflict. — courtesy Russian Defense Ministry
Ukraine makes new push to defeat Russia’s electronic warfare
LONDON — In early November, drone video surfaced online appearing to show a targeted strike blowing up three antennas on the roof of an apartment block.The Ukrainian drone commander who posted it claimed to have destroyed a Russian Pole-21 electronic warfare system on the eastern front near Donetsk.Ukraine is already racing to catch up with Russia when it comes to electronic warfare.This attack also shows how Kyiv is rushing to destroy Moscow’s technology on the battlefield — a sign of how important it may be for the future of the war.Electronic warfare, or EW, involves weapons or tactics using the electromagnetic spectrum. It is being employed by both militaries in this conflict, predominantly through electronic jammers that throw off GPS guided targeting systems, causing rockets to...
November 29, 2023

Ukraine makes new push to defeat Russia’s electronic warfare

Anti-vaccination protesters gather near parliament in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021
Slovenia begins refunding thousands of COVID fines
LJUBLJANA — The Slovenian government is repaying thousands of fines issued to citizens who broke masking and social distancing orders during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.The total amount issued in COVID fines between March 2020 and May 2022 was around €5.7 million. Under legislation put forward by the country's center-left government, the €1.7 million that had actually been paid in penalties will now be refunded.All infractions will be redacted from peoples' official records and proceedings to enforce penalties will be halted.Among the tens of thousands expecting a refund is a delivery driver who was infamously photographed surrounded by police after lowering his mask to eat a snack while sitting outdoors well away from anyone else.The footage of the man, who was fined...
November 29, 2023

Slovenia begins refunding thousands of COVID fines

Even if smoking in public is legal, in many countries there are some specific areas where you could face a fine for lighting up
Tourists in France could be fined for smoking in public
PARIS — France has announced it is banning smoking on beaches as part of a wider campaign to help people quit.By the first half of 2024, the four-year 'plan anti-tabac' will also see lighting up prohibited outside of schools and in government-owned forests and green areas.There are already 7,200 tobacco-free zones in France designated by local councils. These include woodland in southern France which are at a high risk of wildfires.Authorities have not yet released details on how the ban will be enforced and if fines will be issued for transgressors.Mexico has completely banned cigarette smoking in all public places - including at hotels and beaches.Previously the smoking ban only applied to public transport, bars, workplaces and restaurants. From 15 January, the government has...
November 29, 2023

Tourists in France could be fined for smoking in public

In this photo provided by the Swedish Armed Forces on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, troops patrol by both air and sea in the Baltic Sea region
Ten European countries bolster military presence in Baltic Sea
BRUSSELS — Ten northern European states that form the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) decided on Tuesday to activate a "defence clause" enabling the deployment of additional military assets to protect infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.The move comes after several incidents in the northern waters.More "maritime and air capabilities" will be deployed in the heart of the region to aid the "protection of crucial underwater infrastructure, defence ministers of the ten countries said in a statement.“This is the first time that a defence clause has been activated by the JEF,” they detailed, indicating that their activities would begin “at the beginning of December”.Focused on operational defence in northern Europe, the JEF is a coalition of 10 countries led by...
November 29, 2023

Ten European countries bolster military presence in Baltic Sea

Elton John
Elton John to address British MPs after HIV testing trials success
LONDON — Sir Elton John is heading to Parliament to urge ministers to do more to hit a 2030 target of eliminating new HIV cases in England, the BBC has learned.The rock legend will address MPs at a meeting on Wednesday evening.It comes as more than 580 previously undiagnosed cases have been identified by a pioneering new testing scheme.Under the scheme, anyone having a blood test in selected hospital A&E units has also been tested for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, unless they opted out.According to NHS figures seen by the BBC, the "opt-out testing" pilot project has identified more than 3,500 cases of the three bloodborne infections since April 2022, including more than 580 HIV cases.The trials have been taking place in 33 hospitals in London, Greater Manchester, Sussex and...
November 29, 2023

Elton John to address British MPs after HIV testing trials success

The European Commission has unveiled new legislation to toughen punishments for migrant smugglers
Migrant smugglers could face up to 15 years in prison under proposed new EU rules
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is seeking to toughen penalties for human traffickers as the bloc struggles to bring down the number of migrants lured in by networks of smugglers.In the first ten months of 2023, the European Union saw nearly 331,000 irregular border crossings, with the Central Mediterranean route accounting for the vast majority of incidents. The figures represent the highest level for that period since 2015 and have led to calls from member states to harden the common migration policy.As part of its response, the European Commission unveiled on Tuesday two draft laws that toughen the punishment for the crime of human trafficking and expand the role of Europol, the bloc's law enforcement agency.Under a new directive that updates the 2002 framework, the EU's...
November 29, 2023

Migrant smugglers could face up to 15 years in prison under proposed new EU rules

Finnish border guards and police at the Raja-Jooseppi international border crossing station in Inari, northern Finland, Friday
Finland to close all borders with Russia after migrant surge
HELSINKI — Finland will close its entire eastern border with Russia due to concerns over migration.Prime Minister Petteri Orpo made the announcement during a news conference on Tuesday in Helsinki.Finland had only one remaining border checkpoint open, located in the Arctic after the government closed seven others because of a surge in arrivals of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.Orpo pointed out that Finland shares a 1,300-kilometre-long border with Russia, which is mostly not fenced.Finland accuses Moscow of ushering the migrants toward the Finnish border, with the defense minister calling it "hybrid warfare" on the part of the Kremlin.The last open border station on the eastern border, Raja-Jooseppi in Inari, Northern Lapland, will be closed from Thursday 30 November...
November 29, 2023

Finland to close all borders with Russia after migrant surge

Pope Francis, seen in this fie photo, was due to visit Dubai for three days.
Pope Francis cancels COP28 visit due to illness
ROME — Pope Francis has canceled his trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai due to influenza and lung inflammation, the Vatican said.The Pope, 86, was due to begin a three-day visit on Friday.Earlier on Tuesday, the Vatican had said he planned to go ahead with the trip despite having been ill over the weekend.The pope had agreed not to travel “with great regret” after being asked not to go by his doctors, it said.“Although the Holy Father’s general clinical condition has improved with regard to the flu and inflammation of the respiratory tract, doctors have asked the pope not to make the trip planned for the coming days to Dubai,” the Vatican said.On Saturday, the Pope canceled events due to what the Vatican described as “light flu symptoms”. He underwent a CT scan which...
November 29, 2023

Pope Francis cancels COP28 visit due to illness

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