So it happened again. An underreported story about a half-baked advance in cancer medicine caught fire and scorched its way through social media, onto network TV, and into the minds of millions of people.
To start, no. There won’t be “a complete cure for cancer” in a year’s time, as the chairman of a small Israeli biotechnology firm predicted to the Jerusalem Post. The claim, absurd on its face, was particularly frustrating to those who work in medicine and drug development because it seemed so obvious there was not enough evidence to make it. Read More...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military on Sunday reported recapturing a southeastern village as Russian forces claimed to repel multiple attacks in the area, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top adviser said six people were injured after Moscow’s troops opened fire at a boat evacuating people from Russian-occupied areas to Ukrainian-held territory along a flooded front line far to the south.
The battlefield showdown in the southeast and chaotic scenes from inundated southern Ukraine marked the latest upheaval and bloodshed in Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its 16th month. Read More...
Article informationAuthor, Arsenii Sokolov, Tim Whewell y Nina NazarovaRole, Servicio Mundial de la BBC23 agosto 2023
Un preso del que se cree que fue liberado para combatir con los mercenarios del grupo Wagner en Ucrania ha sido acusado de cometer un doble asesinato a su regreso a Rusia.
Demyan Kevorkyan, condenado en 2016 a 18 años de cárcel, fue detenido esta vez por asesinar a un joven y una mujer que regresaban a casa de su trabajo. Read More...
