The Daily Populous

Sunday June 14th, 2026 day edition

image for Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas: Woman thrown 40m to her death after staff forget to attach safety rope

A young woman has died in horrific circumstances after she was thrown 40m to her death when staff allegedly failed to attach a safety line as she attempted a rope jump from a bridge.

A rope can be seen coiled and unused on the ground nearby.

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Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas had a degree in physical education and sports management.

Seconds after she is tossed from the bridge, voices can be heard in the background of the video shouting: “the rope, people, the rope!”.

“They can’t remember what the mistake was there, who should have put the rope in place, if there was no supervision.

According to the Civil Police, it was not the first jump the day, with others participating beforehand without incident. »

New cancer vaccine delivers stunning result against one of the deadliest skin cancers

Authored by foxnews.com
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The personalized mRNA cancer therapy, called intismeran autogene, combined with the cancer immunotherapy drug KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), is a collaboration between Merck and Moderna.

The researchers analyzed data from 157 patients with high-risk stage 3 and 4 melanoma whose cancer had been removed via surgery.

The company cited encouraging five-year follow-up data and pointed to upcoming late-stage INTerpath trial results with Moderna in several hard-to-treat cancers. »

Forget AI. Pigeons Can Spot Some Cancers as Well as Human Experts

Authored by zmescience.com

A pigeon’s brain is tiny, likely no larger than the tip of a human index finger.

Pigeons have been shown to recognize human faces and emotional expressions, letters of the alphabet, distorted pharmaceutical capsules, and paintings by Monet and Picasso.

In the selected breast biopsy and mammogram tasks, the trained pigeons approached the performance of human experts. »

How U.S.-Iran draft agreement fails to meet Trump’s war goals

Authored by ms.now
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For one, it’s unclear whether the president’s core objective of permanently preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb will be achieved.

There appear to be several key holes in the draft memorandum of understanding as it was outlined by a senior Trump administration official to reporters on Friday.

When Trump announced the war on Feb. 28, he said one of the administration’s core goals was to “destroy their missiles.” »

Lights from Trump’s White House UFC fight are blinding pilots at DC airport, report says

Authored by independent.co.uk

The octagon will host a series of UFC fights on Sunday evening to mark President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.

The pilot stated that the glare was “10 times worse than any laser illumination event” they had ever experienced.

Though laser strikes are a well-documented aviation hazard, the pilot said that this incident involved high-powered white event lighting rather than lasers. »