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A new study by a team that includes researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows for the first time that metabolites produced by certain bacteria in the gut can positively influence the body’s immune response to cancer. Published in cell report medicine Supported by the State of Nebraska Gnotobiotic mouse programThe research, led by Amanda Lamar Tate, helped identify specific gut bacteria that can boost the body’s ability to fight melanoma.

Two US nonprofit organizations have sued the Trump administration over sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC) – sanctions they say “violate the constitutional right of Americans to engage in human rights defense related to Palestine.” Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), an organization that promotes democracy and human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, and the Taxpayers’ Alliance Against Genocide (TAAG) filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Manhattan federal court...

R Kelly has formally called on US President Donald Trump to reduce his 31-year prison sentence for racketeering, sex trafficking and child abuse images, in a filing with the Justice Department. The 59-year-old R&B singer, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted in 2021 of running a criminal enterprise recruiting women and underage girls for illegal sexual activity and pornography, for which he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The Government today (16 July) placed British Steel into public ownership to protect the future of UK steel production. The move follows the Steel Industry (Nationalization) Act, which was approved by the Crown, and comes after ministers concluded it was necessary to bring the company into public ownership to protect Britain’s national interests.

We cannot rely on the budget alone. A scene from a friendly match between tennis players from Hanoi and foreign players during a training camp in China. Photo: Hoang Tuan.

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary party PTI has decided to launch a nationwide movement from August 5 for the release of party chief Imran Khan and acceptance of other demands. This day will mark the end of the former Prime Minister’s third year in prison. The decision was taken at a meeting – chaired by lawyer Gohar Ali Khan, acting president of the party – held at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in the federal capital.

July 16, 2026 — 12:00 p.m. You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. The fault lines within the Chinese economy, seemingly on the right track, are widening. While the 5 percent growth reported this week For the first half of this year, it was well within Beijing’s target range of 4.5 to 5 percent, the growth rate of 4.3 percent in the June quarter was the country’s weakest since the pandemic.

Two senators are teaming up on a bill to codify language access standards for federal services, after the Trump administration revoked a longstanding policy requiring agencies to make services accessible to people with limited English proficiency. Senators Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) today introduced the Language Access for All Act of 2026.

Ann Widdecombe, Reform UK’s immigration and justice spokesperson and former Conservative MP, was found dead at her home in Devon on July 9, in what police are treating as murder. She was seventy-eight years old. Widdecombe’s murder was a huge shock to British politics. She was the most high-profile British Catholic politician whose faith actually influenced her politics – unlike former prime ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, or our presumptive prime minister, Andy Burnham.

The late Glenview Stars Youth Hockey Coach Tom Augé. (Photo submitted) Tom Augé, assistant coach of youth hockey organization Glenview Stars, passed away unexpectedly last week. He was 57. Augé, a Park Ridge resident, coached the organization’s Mite AA team, said Sylvain Turcotte, former Glenview Stars director and director of operations. A funeral Mass is planned for Saturday, July 18, at 11:30 a.m. at St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church in Park Ridge.