Eating a diet high in red meat and dairy products is linked to an increased risk of pancreatic cancer, a US study has suggested. Researchers followed 500,000 people who had completed a food diary for an average of six years. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute paper found those who had the most [...]
After more than 18 years studying the Sun, the plug is finally being pulled on the ailing spacecraft Ulysses. Final communication with the joint European-US satellite will take place on 30 June. The long-serving craft, launched in October 1990, has already served four times its expected design life. The Esa-Nasa mission was the first to [...]
A US court has stripped disgraced financier Bernard Madoff and his wife of their wealth. Madoff forfeited rights to assets totalling $170bn (£103bn) – the figure prosecutors said passed through his investment firm over the years. His wife Ruth agreed to forfeit $80m in assets – including property – but was left with $2.5m in [...]
AEG Live, the organiser of Michael Jackson’s concerts at the O2 arena, could lose millions from the cancellation of the concerts. Mr Jackson had been due to perform 50 dates at the London venue. AEG said full ticket refund information would be released early next week for all Michael Jackson "This Is It" shows. AEG [...]
World number three Andy Murray says he is ready to raise his performance level another notch as he heads into the second week at Wimbledon. After an easy win over Viktor Troicki, he faces Stanislas Wawrinka in the last 16 on Monday – third on Centre Court. “I think I’m able to raise my game [...]
Michael Jackson has topped the UK album chart and made six new entries in the singles top 40, six years after his last number one. Greatest hits album Number Ones rocketed from 121 to the top spot after a surge in sales since the superstar’s death on Thursday. The same album earned Jackson his [...]
Troops in Honduras have ousted the president and flown him out of the country after a power struggle over plans to change the constitution. After arriving in Costa Rica, deposed President Manuel Zelaya said he had been kidnapped by soldiers in a "coup". Mr Zelaya, elected for a non-renewable four-year term in January 2006, [...]
The internet suffered a number of slowdowns as people the world over rushed to verify accounts of Michael Jackson’s death. Search giant Google confirmed to the BBC that when the news first broke it feared it was under attack. Millions of people who searched for the star’s name on Google News were greeted with an [...]
US health officials estimate that at least one million Americans have been infected with swine flu since the H1N1 virus emerged nearly three months ago. The number is far higher than cases actually reported to the authorities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said many cases were mild, although 127 people had died. [...]
A Swedish court has thrown out a request for a retrial by the four men behind The Pirate Bay website. The four were found guilty of promoting copyright infringement in April and face jail sentences and hefty claims for damages. The Pirate Bay’s lawyers called for a retrial when it emerged that one of the [...]
Andy Murray brushed aside the challenge of Viktor Troicki to move effortlessly into the second week at Wimbledon. The British number one will face Stanislas Wawrinka in Monday’s fourth round after winning 6-2 6-3 6-4 in one hour 36 minutes on Centre Court. Murray broke for the first time at 3-2 and Troicki crumbled, losing [...]
There was no sign of foul play in the death of Michael Jackson, coroners who completed a post-mortem on the singer’s body have said. But toxicology and other tests have been ordered, and the cause of the 50-year-old’s death could take several weeks to determine. Police also want to speak to Jackson’s doctor who [...]