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Melioidosis is a rare disease caused by bacterial infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei, bacteria found in tropical and subtropical Asia and Australia. The bacteria that cause melioidosis are not typically found in the United States. Yet, 2 adults and 2 children from 4 households in 4 different states contracted this disease. One adult and one child died and the other two patients suffered persistent neurological or bone damage from the infection. So, how did 4 people in 4 different states, who had not traveled, wind up with melioidosis? A CDC investigation used forensic science, genomic sequencing, and phylogenetic analysis to determine…

Oleksandr Usyk Grid screenshot of Oleksandr Usyk’s Instagram profile The heavyweight champion has sharpened up his personal brand after beating two of the toughest boxers in this generation, Anthony Joshua & Tyson Fury 👀 His Instagram description is also comprehensive from summarising his legacy as it list the belts he has despite not every fan will be aware of which ones are affiliated with the heavyweight champs status 🏆 Adding to the weblink Usyk has in his IG bio, this is an opportunity for upcoming fighters to use with creating for promoting sponsors, partnerships, portfolios that give them further light…

There are so many amazing movies that were made in Austin, Texas! In the past we have featured Varsity Blues, Dazed and Confused and more. Now, it’s time to finally highlight Office Space. The Mike Judge flick was filmed in Austin in 1998 and it was actually a box office flop! Making only $12.2 million with a $10 million budget, the movie owes its cult level status to the success it achieved via video. In 2019, cast members reunited here in Austin for special screening ahead of SXSW. AFS hosted a 20th anniversary screening of the film at the Paramount. Cast members who attended…

The names of around 425,000 people suspected of collaborating with the Nazis during the German occupation of the Netherlands have been published online for the first time.The names represent individuals who were investigated through a special legal system established towards the end of World War 2. Of them, more than 150,000 faced some form of punishment.The full records of these investigations were previously only accessible by visiting the Dutch National Archives in The Hague.The Huygens Institute, which helped digitise the archive, says this is a major barrier for people wishing to research the Netherlands’ occupation, which lasted from its invasion…

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The Mitte Combined Heat and Power (CHP) natural gas power plant, operated by Vattenfall AB, in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesUkraine halted the flow of Russian gas to several European countries on New Year’s Day, bringing an end to Moscow’s decades-long dominance over Europe’s energy markets.Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom confirmed gas exports to Europe via Ukraine stopped at around 8 a.m. local time (5 a.m. London time) on Wednesday.The widely expected move marks the end of a five-year transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine, with neither side willing to strike a new…

FBIThe suspect has been named as Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42Fourteen people were killed and at least 35 injured after a man apparently inspired by the Islamic State group (IS) drove into large crowds in New Orleans, Louisiana, in the early hours of New Year’s Day.Here’s what we know so far about what happened and the perpetrator, who was killed in the incident. How did the attack unfold?At 03:15 local time on New Year’s Day, a pick-up truck rammed into crowds gathered on Bourbon Street in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter.CCTV footage shows a white, Ford F-150 Lightning…

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European markets closed higher Thursday following a mixed start to 2025 trading.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed 0.6% higher, reversing earlier losses as regional bourses reopened after the New Year’s Day holiday.Oil and gas stocks led gains, up 2.3%, while utilities climbed 1.6%.Europe’s banking index and autos stocks dipped, however, losing 0.3% and 0.47% respectively, as uncertainty remained over the economic outlook and potential tariffs under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.France’s CAC 40 also erased earlier losses to gain 0.18%, though lagged other bourses. President Emmanuel Macron appeared to admit on Tuesday that his decision to hold snap parliamentary elections last…

There are relatively few events that could persuade me to leave my voluntary retirement from the intellectual hard graft of political blogging. However, the appalling events in the state of Israel and whatever territorial scraps are left of the promised state of Palestine make it difficult not to offer at least a couple of observations. Firstly, however momentous the October attacks by the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (IQB), the military wing of the Islamist party Hamas, may have been they were certainly not unprecedented in the long and bloody history of the Jewish-Arab conflict in the region. Nor was the…