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UNHCR calls on EU Presidency to address statelessness

Sunday, 25 January 2015, 07:36 Last update: about 10 years ago

The United Nations has called on the European Union's Latvian Presidency to encourage the remaining EU member states that have not yet done so to accede to the 1954 Convention Status of Stateless...

Scientists tease out genes that signal risk of heart failure

Friday, 23 January 2015, 16:51 Last update: about 10 years ago

Scientists are unraveling a mystery behind a fairly common disease that leads to heart failure: Why do some people with a key mutated gene fall ill while others stay healthy? Researchers tested...

Study: Environment trumps genetics in shaping immune system

Thursday, 22 January 2015, 16:49 Last update: about 10 years ago

How a person's immune system does its job seems to depend more on environment and the germs he or she encounters than on genes, says new research that put twins to the test to find out. After...

Milan Fashion designers celebrate normality

Thursday, 22 January 2015, 16:41 Last update: about 10 years ago

Tactile fashion is setting the trend on Sunday, the second day of MilanFashion Week previews for next autumn and winter menswear. Designers are luxuriating in mohair, cashmere and...

FIRST: The story of a stay-at-home mum

Thursday, 22 January 2015, 12:14 Last update: about 10 years ago First Magazine

Jane is a thirty-nine-year-old mother of two children, who are now over ten years of age. When Jane became pregnant with her first child, she decided to take a break from her career and become a...

Fashion: The FIRST chapter

Thursday, 22 January 2015, 12:03 Last update: about 10 years ago First Magazine

  Photography by Nicky Scicluna. Modelled by Andrea of Models M Art Direction by Sacha Staples. Styling by Emma Camilleri Hair by Maxine Desira Buttigieg. Makeup by Amanda...

US group helps breast cancer survivors get tattoos

Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 16:48 Last update: about 10 years ago

For women who have survived breast cancer, breast or nipple reconstruction can be a first step toward looking like their old selves. A Colorado organization is helping some of those women, and others...

Mary J. Blige fetes DSquared2 on label's 20th anniversary

Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 16:38 Last update: about 10 years ago

Mary J. Blige feted designing twins Dean and Dan Caten on their DSquared2 label's 20th anniversary and Snoop Dogg brought down German designer Philipp Plein's house as Milan Fashion Week...

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