Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone rules in human rights court

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins appeal against testosterone rules in human rights court

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won an appeal against athletics’ testosterone rules on Tuesday when the European Court of Human Rights ruled she had been discriminated against. The ruling could force sport’s highest court to re-examine regulations that force Semenya and other female athletes to artificially lower naturally high levels of testosterone in order … Read more

The next big breakthrough in cancer treatment could be a vaccine

The next big breakthrough in cancer treatment could be a vaccine

SEATTLE (AP) — The next big breakthrough in cancer treatment could be a vaccine. After decades of limited success, scientists say the research has reached a turning point, with many predicting that more vaccines will be available in five years. These are not traditional vaccines that prevent disease, but injections to shrink tumors and prevent … Read more

The BET Awards offer a festive celebration of 50 years of hip-hop and its many styles

The BET Awards offer a festive celebration of 50 years of hip-hop and its many styles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A masked Lil Uzi Vert opened the 2023 BET Awards on a platform suspended from the ceiling and leapt into a pyrotechnic launch performance before the show quickly turned into a celebration of hip’s early years -hop. For a show that promises to celebrate 50 years of hip-hophe set the tone … Read more

Fancy a climate-friendly flight? It will take time and cost you more

Fancy a climate-friendly flight?  It will take time and cost you more

When it comes to flying, going green can cost you more. And it will take time for the strategy to take off. Sustainability was a hot topic this week at the Paris Air Show, the world’s biggest event for the aviation industry, which faces growing pressure to reduce the climate-altering greenhouse gases that planes emit. … Read more

Jennifer Lawrence on ‘No Hard Feelings,’ the R-rated comedy made with the Oscar winner in mind

Jennifer Lawrence on ‘No Hard Feelings,’ the R-rated comedy made with the Oscar winner in mind

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jennifer Lawrence has wanted to do great comedy for years. She has always been funny and dynamic in her television appearances. And while she’s brought humor and physical comedy to many of her roles for David O. Russell and others, she also doesn’t exactly have the big, wide “Dumb and Dumber” … Read more

Get on, get on and go – flying taxis turn to the French city of revolution to spark change in the skies

Get on, get on and go – flying taxis turn to the French city of revolution to spark change in the skies

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Just a speck on the horizon at first, the insect-like and surprisingly quiet electric contraption buzzes above Paris and its rumble of traffic, offering its no doubt amazed passenger privileged views of the Eiffel Tower and the city’s iconic zinc-gray rooftops before landing it with a slight downward hover. And … Read more

US approves chicken made from cultured cells, nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat

US approves chicken made from cultured cells, nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat

For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of chicken made from animal cells, allowing two California companies to bring “lab-grown” meat to restaurant tables across the country and, eventually, store shelves. supermarkets. The Department of Agriculture has given the green light to Upside Foods and Good Meat, companies that have strived … Read more

Microsoft says early June disruptions to cloud platform Outlook were cyberattacks

Microsoft says early June disruptions to cloud platform Outlook were cyberattacks

BOSTON (AP) — In early June, sporadic but severe outages affected Microsoft’s flagship office suite — including Outlook email and OneDrive file-sharing apps — and cloud computing platform. A shadowy hacktivist group has claimed responsibility, saying it flooded sites with unwanted traffic in distributed denial-of-service attacks. Initially reluctant to name the cause, Microsoft has now … Read more

Despite widespread protests, Reddit CEO says company ‘not negotiating’ on third-party app fees

Despite widespread protests, Reddit CEO says company ‘not negotiating’ on third-party app fees

WASHINGTON (AP) — If you’ve hopped on Reddit to scroll through your favorite forums this week, you may have encountered “private” or “restricted” posts. That’s because thousands of subreddits chose to go dark in an ongoing protest against the company’s plan to start charging some third-party developers for accessing site data. But Reddit CEO Steve … Read more

Popular low-T treatment is safe for men with heart disease, but doctors warn it’s not a youth serum

Popular low-T treatment is safe for men with heart disease, but doctors warn it’s not a youth serum

Testosterone replacement therapy is safe for men with ‘low T’ who have heart disease or are at high risk, a new study has found. But doctors warn that the popular treatment is not an “anti-aging tonic”. The research, published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that heart attacks, strokes and other major … Read more