It appears that websites for the Russian gang blamed for attacks on hundreds of firms have mysteriously gone offline.
Both the ransom website for victims to deposit bitcoin and the blog by the gang known as REvil are both now not able to be reached, and there’s talk that they’ve been smashed by the authorities.
This comes after president Joe Biden raised the problem with Vladimir Putin on Friday during a phone call.
A global study is suggesting around four per cent of newly diagnosed cancer cases in 2020 may have been associated with drinking alcohol.
Researchers are now calling for greater public awareness of the link between alcohol and cancers and increased government interventions to cut booze consumption in the worst-affected countries.
University of Oxford researchers say high blood sugar levels may reprogramme stem cells, leading to lasting increased risk of fat, cholesterol and other substances narrowing arteries and restricting blood flow.
Researchers say the findings explain why people with diabetes are at increased risk of heart attack, even after their blood glucose levels are brought back under control.
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