DETROIT — Ford’s latest project out of the Motor City is the restoration and reopening of an abandoned train station, for decades a symbol of Detroit’s downfall and now the automaker’s new technology campus. The $950 million project encompasses the 18-story former train station called Michigan Central Station — once the state’s marquee transit building — an adjacent 270,000-square-foot building and other, supporting facilities. The ...
A woman who was told she was simply drunk on the multiple occasions she showed up at hospital with slurred speech and extreme tiredness has been diagnosed with auto-brewery syndrome. The 50-year-old visited hospital seven times, only to be discharged with a diagnosis of being drunk – despite saying she had not been drinking – before she was correctly diagnosed ...
The stock market influencer behind the so-called meme stock frenzy of 2021 has triggered a fresh surge in shares of GameStop, the struggling US videogame retailer. Keith Gill, who goes by the name Roaring Kitty online, revealed a $116m (£90.8m) position in GameStop on Sunday. Gill told his followers he controlled 1.8% of GameStop’s available stock – a holding of ...
A contraceptive gel that men rub on their shoulders to lower their sperm count is safe, effective and starts working more quickly than other similar methods, new research shows. The gel lowered men’s sperm count to the threshold deemed effective for contraception within eight weeks on average – faster than the nine to 15 weeks seen with male contraceptive injections. ...
A new vaccine treatment for the deadly skin cancer melanoma has an overall survival rate of 96%, a new study has found. Moderna and their partner Merck and Co announced their cancer vaccine, in combination with blockbuster cancer therapy Keytruda, improved survival and showed durable efficacy. The 157-patient trial showed that after two-and-a-half years, melanoma patients that had received the ...
Going on holiday is always a cause for celebration – and many travellers will toast the occasion with an alcoholic beverage before taking a nap on the plane. But according to a new study – holidaymakers may want to reconsider this ritual. German scientists have found the combination of in-flight alcohol and cabin pressure at cruising altitude may put strain ...
A 91-year-old man has become the first person in England to be fitted with a ground-breaking artificial cornea. Cecil ‘John’ Farley, 91, said his sight was now improving thanks to the procedure, which he underwent after 15 years of suffering from problems with his eyes. The cornea is the clear outer layer at the front of the eyeball – and ...
The UK ambassador to Mexico was quietly fired earlier this year after pointing a rifle at a local embassy employee, the Financial Times reported Friday. The incident was captured in a video shared on social media. The five-second video, published May 26 on an X account called Subdiplomatic, appears to show Jon Benjamin sitting in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, picking up a rifle, and ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy arrived in Singapore Saturday for a previously unannounced appearance at a summit of defense chiefs from across the Asia-Pacific as Ukraine’s troops scramble to counter a major Russian advance into its northeast. Zelensky’s surprise attendance at the gathering is a stark illustration of Kyiv’s determination to keep the international community engaged in Ukraine’s defense – and ...
Claudia Sheinbaum, the former head of the government of Mexico City and candidate for the ruling Morena party, is projected to be the country’s first female president, marking a historic achievement in a country known for its deeply patriarchal culture. The 61-year-old rode the wave of popularity of her longtime political ally, the outgoing leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and ...