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Roberts-Smith isolating after Covid contact

Ben Roberts-Smith is in self-isolation after a visit to a potential Covid-19 exposure site, forcing a halt to his high profile defamation trial. The elite soldier was not in court on Monday morning but his barrister, Arthur Moses SC, told the court Mr Roberts-Smith had been contacted by NSW Health on Sunday. Mr Roberts-Smith was… Read More: Roberts-Smith isolating after Covid contact »

Five holidaymakers die in Narsingdi road crash

The incident occurred on the Panchdona-Ghorashal-Tongi regional road at Narsingdi’s Sakura Intersection around 12:30 am on Sunday, said Narsingdi Additional Superintendent of Police Enamul Haque. The victims were members of an extended family and hailed from the Jirab area of Dhaka’s Ashulia. The dead have been identified as Ruby Akter, 33, her daughter Raima Khan,… Read More: Five holidaymakers die in Narsingdi road crash »

HIV infection may become rare in UK gay men by 2030, researchers say

New analysis finds infections started to fall in 2013, but older gay men lag behind An analysis of HIV diagnoses and incidence in English gay and bisexual men by Dr Francesco Brizzi and colleagues from the Medical Research Council has found that new HIV infections fell by more than two-thirds between 2013 and 2018. If… Read More: HIV infection may become rare in UK gay men by… »