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May 2, 2025 - World

"But I felt no pain, and the day afterwards I was up and about walking," said Tanya Tanna, who reportedly just received a "breakthrough" surgery for her cancer.Tanna, of South Ruislip, west London, "feels whole again" after becoming the "first patient in the UK to have a new form of breast reconstruction surgery," according to the BBC."A team of London surgeons developed and performed the keyhole procedure, which is less invasive, aids a quicker recovery and reduces the chance of getting a hernia," the outlet reported late on Thursday night. "They called it 'a massive breakthrough in cancer surgery'."ALSO READ: Trump's top spy chief blasted as Raw Story exposes 'crazy' cash grabTanna is quoted as saying, "After this complex surgery, lasting eight hours, I was expecting a large amount of pain... But I felt no pain, and the day afterwards I was up and about walking. The nurses were looking at me as if it was a miracle!"The report continues:"Mr Dariush Nikkhah, a consultant plastic surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital, and Mr Alistair Slesser, a consultant colorectal surgeon at Hillingdon Hospital, pioneered the approach using keyhole surgery, which modified a breast reconstruction surgery technique being used in a few places around the world."Nikkhah is quoted as saying, "The Royal Free Hospital is now one of the few centres in the world which can offer this type of surgery... It's more difficult to perform but improves recovery. Whereas patients usually need four to seven days in hospital to recover, this surgery requires only one to two days."Slesser further added, "This is a massive breakthrough in cancer surgery.""The surgeon would control the instruments from a console using robotic arms. This would allow greater control and magnification, for precise and meticulous surgery," he added.Read the report here.

May 2, 2025 - World

Venezuela’s government has rejected a ruling from the United Nations’ top court ordering the South American country to refrain from holding elections for officials who supposedly would oversee a resource-rich region in neighboring Guyana that both nati...

May 2, 2025 - World

Venezuela's government on Friday rejected a ruling from the United Nations' top court ordering the South American country to refrain from holding elections for officials who supposedly would oversee a resource-rich region in neighboring Guyana that both nations claim as their own.

May 2, 2025 - World

Comments come a week after Trump claimed talks were already taking placeBeijing is “evaluating” an offer from the US to engage in trade negotiations, the Chinese government has said, a week after Donald Trump claimed talks were already under way.China’s commerce ministry said on Friday: “The US has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to China through relevant parties, saying it hopes to talk with China.” Continue reading...

May 2, 2025 - World

Upgrade from ‘suspected’ threat will mean greater surveillance of party that came second in last electionAfD ‘extremist’ label sets up political high-wire act for MerzGermany’s domestic intelligence service has designated the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), the biggest opposition party, as a “confirmed rightwing extremist” force, meaning authorities can step up their surveillance as critics call for it to be legally banned.The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) previously considered the anti-immigrant, pro-Kremlin party a “suspected” threat to Germany’s democratic order, with three of the AfD’s regional chapters in eastern statesand its youth wing classed as confirmed extremist. Continue reading...