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Babies born to anaemic mothers have smaller brains, study finds
Sep 9, 2026 - World 
Key regions of the brain linked to movement, learning and emotions were affected and may lead to cognitive problems Babies born to mothers with anaemia have smaller brains, particularly in key regions linked to movement, learning and the regulation of emotion, according to a study.Researchers said the differences, first detected at the age of one, could lead to cognitive problems when children started school. Continue reading...
Norway to bid farewell to King Harald V with funeral attended by royalty, dignitaries
Sep 9, 2026 - World 
Norway will bid its final farewell to King Harald V with a funeral paying tribute to the 35-year reign of the popular monarch who died on Aug. 28, aged 89
Asian Games venues and athletes unharmed by extensive flooding in Nagoya, Japan
Sep 9, 2026 - World
The mayor of Nagoya says athletes who’ve arrived early for the Asian Games were unharmed by extensive flooding that hit the central Japanese city
UK air traffic control chaos disrupts flights for hundreds of thousands of passengers
Sep 9, 2026 - World
More than 1,000 flights cancelled with problems continuing on Wednesday and airlines calling for overhaul after third incident in just over three yearsUK airport disruption: what are your rights?Flight delays and cancellations were expected to continue into Wednesday at UK airports after another air traffic control failure kept planes grounded for hours, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers.At least 177 flights scheduled for Wednesday to and from UK airports had been cancelled, plane tracking site Flightradar24 said, “nearly all at London Heathrow”. More than 1,000 were cancelled by about 8pm on Tuesday. Continue reading...
US supreme court rejects Missouri Republicans’ appeal to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms – as it happened
Sep 9, 2026 - World
This live blog is now closed.Missouri congressional maps thrown into chaos after conflicting court rulingsSign up for US Breaking News emailsFurther down the ballot in New Hampshire, the Democratic primary for Chris Pappas’s House seat has drawn eight candidates, with Stefany Shaheen – daughter of the outgoing senator – and Maura Sullivan, a former Obama administration official, leading the field.The district, long purple, has been reliably blue since 2017. Republicans now see it as flippable, and Donald Trump has endorsed Anthony DiLorenzo, a businessman who owns several car dealerships, in the GOP race. Continue reading...
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