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• Landen zoals de VS en Mexico, die langere werkuren hebben, kennen ook hogere obesitascijfers, blijkt uit onderzoek. • Mensen die langer werken hebben een grotere kans op obesitas en het verminderen van de gewerkte tijd zou kunnen helpen bij het behouden van een gezond gewicht, suggereert het onderzoek. • Internationaal onderzoek, gepresenteerd op het European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul, vergeleek werkpatronen en de prevalentie van obesitas in 33 OECD-landen van 1990 tot 2022.

De kans dat Starmer in Nummer 10 blijft, lijkt af te nemen nu ongeveer 40 Labour-parlementsleden oproepen dat hij moet aftreden. UK politics live – laatste updates Keir Starmer staat voor een riskante 24 uur, aangezien bondgenoten van Wes Streeting verklaarden dat hij bereid is zich kandidaat te stellen voor het leiderschap als het premierschap van de premier deze week instort. Starmer hoopte zijn baan te redden met een toespraak op maandag waarin hij zijn visie presenteert om het land te keren, na een rampachtige reeks lokale verkiezingsuitslagen waarbij de partij steun verloor aan Reform UK en de Greens. Lees verder...

• U.S. startups in applied enterprise AI secured over $500 million in funding rounds announced May 4, 2026, focusing on workflow automation and analytics. • Key deals include a $120M Series B for an AI platform optimizing supply chains and $80M for defense-oriented machine learning tools. • Surge underscores investor shift toward practical AI deployments, with returns projected at 5x in three years amid 25% market growth.

• FOX Business Network (FBN) surpassed CNBC in viewership across business day, market hours, and total day programming during April 2026, according to Nielsen Media Research data released April 29. • FBN's flagship shows "Varney & Co." and "Kudlow" maintained their positions as the top two business programs on television, achieving their 50th and 55th consecutive months of outperforming CNBC counterparts respectively. • The ratings victory underscores FOX Business's competitive dominance in the financial news market during a period of significant Federal Reserve policy announcements and market volatility.

An Israeli airstrike killed Amal Khalil on Wednesday and injured her colleague in the south of Lebanon. The journalist's colleagues accuse Israel of targeting her deliberately and obstructing first responders from reaching her in time to save her life, which Israel denies.

Men’s and women’s-only world records fall, along with fastest knightOrganisers hopeful record number will finish course by midnight deadlineThe London Marathon’s organisers have hailed the “greatest day” in the event’s 45-year history after huge crowds watched Sabastian Sawe become the first man to shatter the two-hour barrier in an official race, and a world record tally of more than 60,000 runners started the event.By 6.30pm on Sunday evening, organisers were also hopeful of breaking the record number of 59,226 finishers, set by the New York Marathon last year, although they said it could go right down to the deadline of 11:59pm. Continue reading...

Nearly 40% of cancellations could be avoided, researchers sayAbout one in 10 operations in England are cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice or postponed, according to research..A study of elective surgery at 91 English NHS trusts found that 10% of operations were cancelled the day before the planned surgery date; while 9% were postponed when patients had their pre-op appointment. Continue reading...