An estimated 2.3 million cancer cases worldwide in 2024, about one in eight, were attributable to infections, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology. "This recent Lancet data is a profound reminder that a significant portion of our global cancer burden is fundamentally preventable," said David Greenberg, MD, of Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, in a news release. "We have historically siloed infectious diseases and oncology, but they are deeply intertwined. By shifting our focus toward aggressive infection control, we can literally vaccinate and treat our way out of millions of future cancer diagnoses." From a report: The study found that an estimated 2.3 million new cancer cases were attributable to infections globally in 2024, equivalent to 12% of all cancer cases. Of these, the largest number (760,000 cases, or 4%) were caused by H. pylori, followed by HPV (750,000 cases, or 4%), HBV (360,000 cases, or 2%), EBV (260,000 cases, or 1%) and HCV (160,000 cases). More than three quarters of infection-attributable cancers occurred in low- and middle-income countries. Eastern Asian had the largest burden, with 990,000 cases (42% of the global total). Rates were also higher than the global average in sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia.

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In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said its attacks were in response to Ukraine's "terrorist acts."

BEIJING (ANP) - Tennisser Alexander Zverev heeft zich zonder veel moeite geplaatst voor de kwartfinale van de China Open in Beijing. Daarin neemt de Duitse nummer 2 van de wereld het zondag op tegen de Servische 24-voudig grandslamkampioen Novak Djokovic. Zverev rekende zaterdag in de tweede ronde af met de Chinees Shang Juncheng: 6-0 6-3.

Djokovic, de huidige mondiale nummer 11, is vooralsnog ongeslagen in de Chinese hoofdstad en won het toernooi bij al zijn zes deelnames. Tweevoudig grandslamwinnaar Zverev kan bij afwezigheid van Jannik Sinner verder inlopen op de Italiaanse wereldranglijstaanvoerder. Sinner is nog altijd onvoldoende hersteld van een knieblessure en meldde zich eerder op zaterdag ook af voor het masterstoernooi van Shanghai van volgende week.

A delighted Lewis Hamilton has reflected on how he secured P2 in Qualifying at the Sepang International Circuit.

Red Bull's Isack Hadjar was third quickest in Qualifying but will start P8 in the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia following a grid penalty.

Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? I’ve been hanging with my friend Matt while he’s here in Tokyo for a trip, which he refers to as his “America is Cooked Tour” as he keeps running across things that are much better here.

Een katholieke jongerenbeweging, gelieerd aan de conservatief-katholieke stichting Civitas Christiana, verspreidde in 2026 nepnieuws over de ’Week van de lentekriebels’. Nu gaan de jongeren de straat op tegen abortus.

The 25-year-old was the sixth man detained as counter-terrorism police investigate ‘possible foreign state involvement’

A sixth man who was arrested in connection with a suspected terrorist plot at RAF Fairford has been released on bail.

The 25-year-old, a dual UK-Iranian national, was arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts under section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006.

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María del Carmen Abascal, 87, was evicted from her home, on a stretcher, after being given 30 minutes to gather her belongings.

The Guardian's European community affairs correspondent, Ashifa Kassam, explains how her eviction sparked protests across Madrid, which led to 'Maricarmen' becoming the symbol of a long-running housing rights movement

• Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight

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Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

The lawyer Mike Godwin famously came up with the “law” that, as an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one (or 100%).

Robert P Jones thought long and hard about whether to go there in his latest book. But the more he studied US demographic numbers, considered the rise of Christian nationalism and heard Donald Trump use the language of racial purity, he found the conclusion inescapable. “This is our 1933,” he writes.

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Approval ratings for Tory leader and her party have crept up as she has asserted her style and authority but big challenges lie ahead

A year ago, Tory MPs were braced for the prospect of yet another leadership battle to topple Kemi Badenoch as the party sunk to historic lows of 14-16% in the polls.

At the time, the word “November” was uttered in hushed tones – this being the decisive month when rebels would be able to mount a challenge, Badenoch having served 12 months in office.

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As the university and local police defend their treatment of the alleged perpetrators, women decry a familiar story

Student safety advocates in the US call the start of the fall semester at universities “the red zone”. Fraternities, sororities and off-campus bars throw parties welcoming students back to school. It’s supposed to be fun, but it can also be dangerous: more than 50% of sexual assaults that occur at colleges happen during that six- to 10-week period.

It was mid-October of 2024, during the red zone and just before a deluge of Halloween celebrations, when, a former Cornell University student says, she was gang-raped by a group of fraternity brothers. Recent attention on these allegations sparked widespread outrage this week, reviving a contentious national debate about how authorities respond to allegations of sexual assault on US college campuses.

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Rahman Salehi, 34, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, were charged with preparing attacks on city’s Jewish community, including Heaton Park synagogue

Two Iranian men identified a Manchester synagogue previously subjected to a fatal terrorist attack as a target for an alleged homemade bomb plot, a court has heard.

Rahman Salehi, 34, from Salford, and Salam Ahmadyan, 36, from Liverpool were charged with preparing to commit an act of terrorism or assisting another to commit an act of terrorism on Friday.

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Op de Nieuwe Hoefweg in Bleiswijk heeft een vrouw zaterdagmiddag een ongeluk veroorzaakt. Eén voertuig belandde op zijn kant, allebei de auto's raakten zwaar beschadigd. Beide bestuurders zijn gewond geraakt en voor controle meegenomen naar het ziekenhuis.

Quantum Deep is a deep-tech company building probabilistic computing hardware for cybersecurity, semiconductors, and post-quantum cryptography. Ahead of a new funding round, they came to us for a brand identity mature enough to match their technology and win the confidence of investors and enterprise customers. We built the full brand foundation: strategy, tone of voice, and a complete visual system with logo, typography, and color. Rather than leaning on generic quantum clichés, we designed a graphic language rooted in probability, photonics, and structured uncertainty. It scales across every touchpoint, from the website and investor pitch decks to 3D product visualization of the chip, brand guidelines, social, and events. A credible, category-defining identity for a B2B deep-tech brand, by Prznt Perfect.

We can sit here and freeze-frame a show and nitpick it and point out various things, but it's very interesting to see how crosswords as props are part of this whole world that they're trying to build. And as long as it reads well on the screen, perhaps it doesn't matter if it's coming from some stock-image site. It will only matter to the real hardcore people who are looking closely at these things. [ungated, but archive.ph]