Stents for angina have more than just a placebo effect, new trial confirms: Photo Oz/Shutterstock Stents are like scaffolding that keep narrowed arteries open. These devices have been revolutionary in treating heart attacks where their use has increased year on year and countless lives have been saved. But the role of stents in patients with …
Trump on trial: experts answer key legal and political questions about what could happen next: Former US president Donald Trump outside a New York court on April 4 2023. Lev Radin/Shutterstock Donald Trump has notoriously become the only former US president to face a criminal indictment — much less four. Opinions on the prosecutions, predictably, …
Proud Boys on trial: does remorse in court signal a change for this far right group? A psychologist reviews the research: When I watched the members of the US far-right group the Proud Boys from afar before and during the Capitol riots of January 6 2021, I thought their name was quite apt. They always …
Is US democracy on trial? Five ‘stress tests’ to watch as Trump battles Biden and the justice system: Are former US president Donald Trump’s indictments putting American democracy on trial? Many certainly seem to think so. Depending on who you ask, it doesn’t much matter what the verdict will be. Trump ending up behind bars, …
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Rwanda genocide accused Félicien Kabuga is ruled unfit to stand trial: this will further erode trust in international justice: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals recently concluded a two-year court hearing on Félicien Kabuga. Kabuga is accused of crimes against humanity during the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda …
New Alzheimer’s drug: what you need to know about donanemab’s promising trial results: Donanemab targets amyloid plaques in the brain. Signal Scientific Visuals/ Shutterstock American pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced last week that it had seen encouraging clinical trial results of its new Alzheimer’s medication. According to the company, their experimental drug, donanemab, was shown …
War crimes trial of Hashim Thaçi, the ‘George Washington of Kosovo’, will do little to reduce tensions in the Balkans: Hashim Thaçi, the former president of Kosovo and a founding member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), has been described as “one of the key figures” in the country’s recent history. He was elected as …
India: Rahul Gandhi’s defamation trial highlights drift away from democracy under Narendra Modi: Rahul Gandhi, India’s most prominent opposition leader and the principal adversary of the country’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, was recently disqualified as a member of parliament. This came after Gandhi was found guilty of defamation for comment he made about Modi’s surname …
Environmental activists on trial barred from citing climate crisis in their defence: Four Insulate Britain activists recently stood trial at Inner London crown court on a public nuisance charge for blocking a busy London junction in October 2021. Like Just Stop Oil, Insulate Britain is waging a civil disobedience campaign to force the government to …
Four-day week trial confirms working less increases wellbeing and productivity: Shorter working weeks can make people happier and more productive. fizkes / Shutterstock A group of companies that have been trialling a four-day working week have recently reported increased revenue, with fewer employees taking time off or resigning. While it’s easy to understand the effects …
Who is Jimmy Lai? The Hong Kong newspaper owner’s upcoming show trial is symbolic of the struggle with the mainland and its values: Jimmy Lai. Yung Chi Wai Derek/Shutterstock Amid the widespread anti-zero-COVID protests in mainland China, political and judicial persecution in Hong Kong continues in the criminal court, where key pro-democracy figures and journalists …
Nigeria has too many prison inmates awaiting trial. Technology could achieve swifter justice: An activist protests against the incarceration of hundreds of inmates imprisoned without trial in Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Nigeria’s prison population is more than 76,000, housed in 240 correctional centres. About 70% of these inmates are still awaiting trial. …
Coronary artery stents show no benefit in treating heart failure – landmark trial: Photo Oz/Shutterstock Every year, 60,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with heart failure, and many are treated with stents. In a large new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, my colleagues and I discovered that these procedures are …
The inside story of Recovery: how the world’s largest COVID-19 trial transformed treatment – and what it could do for other diseases: Recovery team members Mark Campbell, Guilherme Pessoa-Amorim and Leon Peto photographed at the Big Data Institute in Oxford Photograph: Adam Gasson/UKRI, CC BY-SA Guilherme – June 16, 2020. Evening TV news shows across …
Ukraine: British POWs sentenced to death after ‘show trial’ which appears to violate Geneva Conventions: Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner with Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, who were captured after the siege of the the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. Image taken from footage of the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic Two Britons …
Senzo Meyiwa trial casts spotlight on language use in South African courts: Photo by Anesh Debiky/Gallo Images/Getty Images The murder of football player Senzo Meyiwa in 2014 and its protracted and controversial police investigation involving high profile figures in the South African music industry continues to make headlines in South Africa. Five men are on …
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