Caroline Nokes, who chairs the women and equalities select committee, wrote to Truss, who is also minister for women and equalities and a Tory leadership candidate, asking why key phrases relating to reproductive rights were deleted . More than 20 countries had signed the initial declaration that emerged from a UK-hosted conference on freedom of religion and belief earlier this month. This version included a commitment to repeal laws that “allow harmful practices or restrict women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health and rights, bodily autonomy....

“After talking more with my team and working with an incredible team of health professionals, it became more clear that I needed to take the time I had never personally taken to ground myself and come back stronger,” the 23-year-old singer wrote. “Unfortunately I have to cancel my remaining North American and UK/Europe tour dates.” More than 70 shows were cancelled, including four in Canada: two shows in Toronto on July 31 and August 2 and two in Montreal on August 15 and 16....

Brazil reported earlier on Friday the first monkeypox-related death outside Africa in the current wave. According to a World Health Organization report from 22 July, only five deaths had been reported worldwide, all in Africa. The WHO last Saturday declared the rapidly spreading outbreak a global health emergency, its highest level of alert. In its latest report, the Spanish health ministry said 4,298 cases had been confirmed in the country, only 64 of these were women....

Stadt Bern: „Diese Unsitte, Boote kaputt zu machen und liegen zu lassen – das ist Wahnsinn“ Nach Aareböötle verlassen viele einfach ihr Boot. Die Berner Behörden setzen deshalb Personal zur Sensibilisierung ein. 1/3 Nicht alle Aareschiffer werfen ihre Boote gewissenhaft ab. 20 Minuten/Anna Bila Ab kommendem Wochenende setzt die Stadt Bern Personal zur Sensibilisierung ein. 20 Minuten/Anna Bila Deshalb will die Stadt Bern ab kommendem Wochenende versuchsweise Personal einsetzen, um die Menschen darüber aufzuklären, wo und was sie entsorgen sollen....

Updated: 19:04, 27 July 2022 Firefighters are battling a blaze that has broken out in a field in central Suffolk. Five crews from Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service were sent to the scene on land in Church Road, Stowupland, just after 4.15pm on Wednesday. Engines from Leiston, Needham Market, Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket and Elmswell stations were present. The fire broke out shortly after 16:00 – Credit: Archant A fire service spokesman said the fire was about 100m by 300m in a field....

A new study may have answered a long-standing mystery, setting a rough date for the first known people in Canada’s oil and sands region. In a newly published paper, Professor Robin Woywitka of Edmonton’s MacEwan University says a combination of archeology and geology has revealed that people lived around Fort McMurray, Alta., at least 11,000 years ago and perhaps as early as 13,000 years ago. “People were in the Fort McMurray area very early on,” Woywitka said....

EXCLUSIVE: Video footage taken Friday appears to show scores of immigrants entering St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., as truckloads of people who entered America illegally continue to arrive in the nation’s capital. Just feet away from the church’s entrance Friday, the video, first obtained by Fox News Digital, shows migrants lined up and walking on a sidewalk as they wait to enter the church. St. Peter’s recently launched efforts to provide assistance to immigrants bussed into DC In a post shared on Facebook earlier this month, the church, located steps from the Capitol and less than two miles from the headquarters of U....

READ MORE: ‘This is a tornado emergency’: How forecasters warn of severe danger Tornado warnings were issued for areas around Frontenac Provincial Park north of Kingston, and were later extended to communities such as Gananoque and Brockville as the storms pushed eastward. According to police officials, the powerful storm caused extensive damage in the area around Highway 7 near the communities of Tweed, Madoc and Marmora. There were reports of a tornado in the area of ​​Marmora, Madoc and Actinolite....

Washington (AFP) – An animal market in Wuhan, China was really the epicenter of the Covid pandemic, according to two new studies published in the journal Science on Tuesday, which they claim have tipped the balance in the debate over the origin of the virus. The answer to the question of whether the disease was transmitted naturally from animals to humans or was the result of a laboratory accident is considered vital to preventing the next pandemic and saving millions of lives....

Habeck verteidigte den Kurs der Bundesregierung und förderte Austausch und Dialog. In Bezug auf den starken Anstieg der Energiepreise sagte er, die Ursache sei der russische Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine. Das diktatorische Regime des russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin darf nicht gewinnen. Aggressive Politik darf sich nicht durchsetzen. Deutschland muss so schnell wie möglich unabhängig von russischen Aktionen werden. Ein Demonstrant hält beim Bürgerdialog von Bundesfinanzminister Hambeck ein Plakat mit der Aufschrift „Krieger“....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government was ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, scene of fierce fighting with Russia. The governor of Donetsk, where Moscow is focusing the brunt of its offensive, said six civilians were killed and 15 others wounded in attacks on Friday. In a television address late on Saturday, Zelenskyy also said the hundreds of thousands of people still in combat zones in the larger Donbas region, which contains Donetsk as well as the neighboring Luhansk region, needed to leave....

The radio and TV personality said she “loved every moment” of her morning shows but quit to make up for a “decade-long beauty sleep deficit”. Announcing her departure to listeners, she said the roles were “an honor and a privilege”. On Friday she will present her last Radio 2 Early Breakfast Show. In a statement, Feltz said: “I loved every moment with Radio 2 ‘early birds’ and will miss my wonderful listeners, happy good friends and my dear friends and colleagues at Radio 2 with all my heart....

Comment MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin man this week ordered absentee ballots for himself in the names of a mayor and top state lawmaker in an effort to expose vulnerabilities in the state’s election system. Harry Waite, who leads a group in southeastern Wisconsin focused on voting issues, said Thursday he was willing to go to jail to prove his point. The stunt angered many state election officials, especially those who have spent the past several years fighting unsubstantiated allegations of widespread voter fraud....

Activate the leadership contest Stating the obvious, but you can’t have a leadership contest until the previous prime minister resigns. This proved problematic with Boris Johnson, as he is so narcissistic and corrupt that he refused to step down long after most normal people would have realized the game was up. Once the leadership contenders realized there was no chance Johnson would resign of his own accord, it became a cat-and-mouse game to see who would move against him first....

2. Wo kommt Lithium vor und wo wird es abgebaut? Die grössten Lithium-Ressourcen – unabhängig davon, ob sie abgebaut werden können – befinden sich im Lithium-Dreieck an den Grenzen von Chile, Argentinien und Bolivien. Die grössten Vorkommen liegen laut US-Wissenschaftsbehörde USGS in Bolivien (21 Mio. Tonnen), Argentinien (19 Mio.) und Chile (9,8 Mio). Es folgen die USA (9,1 Mio.), Australien (7,3 Mio.) und China (5,1 Mio.). Überraschend: Nicht etwa in Bolivien oder Argentinien, sondern in Australien wurde 2021 das meiste Lithium abgebaut: 55’000 Tonnen – mehr als die Hälfte der weltweit geförderten Menge....

Heute ist der gebürtige Österreicher nicht nur als Hollywood-Star, sondern auch als Umweltaktivist und als politischer Berater voll im Einsatz. An diesem Samstag (30. Juli) steht sein 75. Geburtstag an, doch an eine Rentner-Ruhepause ist nicht zu denken. Eine Rolle allein reicht ihm nicht mehr Schwarzenegger steckt als Hauptdarsteller und ausführender Produzent mitten in der Produktion der Netflix-Spionage-Serie «Fubar». Erstmals in seiner langen Schauspielkarriere tritt der Action-Star in einer Serien-Hauptrolle auf....

A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years. Called the “Lulo Rose,” the diamond was found at the Lulo alluvial diamond mine, the mine’s owner, the Lucapa Diamond Company, announced Wednesday on its website. “Only one in 10,000 diamonds is colored pink. So you’re certainly looking at a very rare article when you find a very large pink diamond,” Lucapa CEO Stephen Wetherall told The Associated Press....

Photo: Big White Big White Ski Resort is trying a new way to bring more people to the mountain. The resort will host a partnership event for the first time at the end of August which will hopefully attract the working crowd. The Big White and Boundary Country Regional Chambers of Commerce are teaming up for the event that could lead to the opening of the co-working center at Canada’s highest elevation....

The hiker is said to have fallen 100 feet from Santner via ferrata in Catinaccio, in the Dolomites, in northern Italy. She was hiking with her husband at the time of the accident and the couple were descending the mountain shortly before 2pm on their way to Coronelle Refuge when she lost her balance. The Briton’s body was then recovered by a mountain rescue team who deployed helicopters to assist the mission....

Fofana enjoyed a stunning Premier League debut following his 2020 move from Saint-Etienne before suffering a broken leg this time last year in Leicester’s pre-season friendly against Villarreal. But since then, Fofana has started to show his class again after returning for the final months of the 2020/21 campaign. Chelsea are now considering a move for the 21-year-old as Tuchel targets another central defender to play alongside Kalidou Koulibaly and Thiago Silva....