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Sky News host Rita Panahi has reacted to footage of university professors getting themselves “arrested in hilarious ways”. Ms Panahi blasted an economics professor from Emory University in Georgia, who was “silly enough to hit a police officer” and then refused to “get down”. “We’ve brought you plenty of footage of lefty students acting unhinged on university campuses but the academics are no better,” Ms Panahi said. “One could argue they’re worse. “They have indoctrinated their students, they’ve enabled and emboldened the worse elements. “Now they’re joining the protest, and a few are getting themselves arrested in hilarious ways.” Transcript...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Obesity contributes to global warming, too. Obese and overweight people require more fuel to transport them and the food they eat, and the problem will worsen as the population literally swells in size, a team at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine says. This adds to food shortages and higher energy prices, the school's researchers Phil Edwards and Ian Roberts wrote in the journal Lancet on Friday. "We are all becoming heavier and it is a global responsibility," Edwards said in a telephone interview. "Obesity is a key part of the big picture." At least...