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NHS plans more robotic surgeries to speed up treatment times

12 Jun 2025
The NHS is planning a major expansion of robotic-assisted surgery to improve treatment times and patient outcomes. Currently, one in five keyhole surgeries is robot-assisted, but NHS England projects this will rise to 90% by 2035,…

Austria: national mourning after gunman kills ten

12 Jun 2025
Austria has declared three days of national mourning after a 21-year-old former student fatally shot eight pupils and a teacher at his old high school in Graz, later taking his own life. A tenth victim, critically…

Belgium: latest signs of booming illegal sales of ketamine

12 Jun 2025
Customs officers at Brussels airport were stunned when crates expected to contain ketamine were actually full of salt. Authorities believe the drug was diverted into the black market during its complex journey from India, exploiting loopholes…

UN report says world fertility rates in unprecedented decline

12 Jun 2025
In India, Namrata Nangia and her husband long to have another child, but are held back by financial and time pressures - a dilemma increasingly shared worldwide. According to a new UN report, a global decline…