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• Engineered virus to be tested as treatment for incurable cancers

  People with incurable melanomas and brain or breast cancers are to receive injections of genetically modified viruses that may shrink their tumours

• Musk aims to transform Tesla into self-driving robo-taxi company

  At an investor presentation on Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk laid out plans essentially to transition the company from a traditional car...

• Lindsey Graham thinks only Democrats who lie should be impeached

  The senator from South Carolina thinks lying is OK if you're a Republican. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), one of Trump’s leading defenders, has...

• UVA researchers shed light on why C. difficile infections are so dangerous

  A new discovery about dangerous C. difficile diarrhea has identified a new way that the bacteria – and possibly others like it – cause severe disease.

• More than 50 feared dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine

  Dozens missing in one of the worst disasters to strike the country's shadowy jade industry in years.

• Coal-free spells are good, but the UK is falling short of carbon goals

  Despite growth in renewable energy, the UK still uses plenty of gas – and other sectors are failing to cut emissions

• Donald Trump's state visit to UK confirmed for June

  Donald Trump will make a three-day state visit to the UK from 3 June, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

• Special Report: How China is replacing America as Asia's military titan

  In 1938, in the midst of a long campaign to bring China under Communist Party rule, revolutionary leader Mao Zedong wrote: "Whoever has an army has...

• How China is replacing America as Asia's military titan

  Chinese President Xi Jinping is refashioning his country's military into a potent fighting force that in some critical areas now surpasses the U.S....

• First Edition: April 23, 2019