Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of breaking truce as 10 killed in air attacks
Pakistani and Afghan officials will hold crisis talks in Doha, Qatar on Saturday as violence continues despite truce.
Thousands evacuate Philippine coast as Tropical Storm Fengshen approaches
The country is hit by some 20 storms and typhoons a year, striking disaster-prone areas where millions live in poverty.
Chemical linked to low sperm count, obesity and cancer found in dummies, tests find
BPA, a synthetic chemical used in production of plastics, found in baby products made by three big European brands
A chemical linked to impaired sexual development, obesity and cancer has been found in baby dummies manufactured by three big European brands.
Dummies made by the Dutch multinational Philips, the Swiss oral health specialists Curaprox and the French toy brand Sophie la Girafe were found to contain bisphenol A (BPA), according to laboratory testing by dTest, a Czech consumer organisation. Philips said they had carried out subsequent testing and found no BPA, while Sophie la Girafe said the amount found was insignificant.
Continue reading...If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit … look away now
Club and Penguin bars are now ‘chocolate flavour’ after owner McVitie’s cuts cocoa content amid soaring prices
If you like a lot of chocolate on your biscuit you can no longer join our Club or pick up a Penguin, as the lunchbox favourites have reduced the amount of cocoa in their recipe so much they are now only “chocolate flavour”.
The two snacks, both made by McVitie’s, changed their recipes earlier this year amid soaring cocoa prices – which have prompted manufacturers to try a number of different tactics to keep prices down.
Continue reading...LIVE: Israel releases Palestinian bodies to Gaza as part of ceasefire deal
Many of the 135 bodies returned since ceasefire show signs of torture and even execution at the hands of Israeli army.
What we know about the torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners by Israel
Testimonies from released Palestinian prisoners, as well as the bodies handed over, highlight alleged Israeli abuse.
China expels top military commanders in latest anticorruption purge
The announcement comes just days before the Communist Party's powerful Central Committee meets in Beijing.
‘Have a great life!’ Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex-lawmaker Santos
George Santos was jailed for seven years for stealing identities, including from members of his own family.
China expels No. 2 general and 8 others from the Communist Party in anti-corruption drive – AP News
- China expels No. 2 general and 8 others from the Communist Party in anti-corruption drive AP News
- China: Communist Party expels top generals in military crackdown BBC
- Xi Removes China’s No. 2 General in Escalating Purge of Military Leadership The Wall Street Journal
- China expels two top generals from Communist Party in anti-corruption crackdown CNN
- Sacked Chinese generals ‘disloyal’, dealt ‘serious blow’ to military: PLA Daily South China Morning Post
Over 60 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia over alleged scams – BBC
- Over 60 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia over alleged scams BBC
- South Koreans freed from Cambodian scam centres return home under arrest Al Jazeera
- South Korea Targets Cambodia’s Scam Industry After Kidnappings, Torture and a Death The New York Times
- Mysterious deaths of Korean livestreamer Ah-young and TV host Seo Se-won in Cambodia reexamined amid safety warnings The Korea Times
- South Koreans return from Cambodia facing investigation over online scams Reuters
Trump only one who can force Putin to negotiating table, Finnish president tells BBC
You have to "force Russia to come to the negotiating table" and that is the deal the US leader is trying to make," Alexander Stubb said.
How an old suitcase revealed a hidden family fortune, lost under Nazi rule
The contents of his late father's case led Antony Easton to uncover a rich and tragic history.
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely.
The findings, published in the European Journal of Political Research, were based on an automated text analysis of 520,408 articles from six German newspapers over the span of more than two decades.
Continue reading...Does each boat strike off the coast of Venezuela save 25,000 US lives?
Trump administration provides no evidence, making drug-related life-saving claims from boat strikes unverifiable.
Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case
Former Republican US representative walks free after being sentenced in April to more than seven years in prison for deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 people
Donald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former New York representative and serial fabulist who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after a short-lived political career marked by outlandish fabrications and fraudulent scheming.
Santos left the Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in New Jersey just hours later and was “on his way home”, his attorney Joseph Murray told Agence France-Presse by phone late on Friday.
Continue reading...South Koreans freed from Cambodian scam centres return home under arrest
South Korea has banned citizens from going to parts of Cambodia amid growing concerns over the country's scam industry.
UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process – AP News
UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process – AP News
With rare earths, deft diplomacy (and ample flattery), Pakistan shows how to deal with Trump 2.0 – CNN
- With rare earths, deft diplomacy (and ample flattery), Pakistan shows how to deal with Trump 2.0 CNN
- Comment: Converting $500m FWO–USSM MoU into cash flow The News International
- Pakistan’s Strategic Mineral Wealth The Nation (Pakistan )
- Pakistan’s $7 Billion Reko Diq Copper Gold Project Expansion Advances Discovery Alert
- Local business role in Reko Diq sought Dawn
Starmer’s China Woes Mean an ‘Unwieldy Mess’ Just Got Messier – Bloomberg.com
- Starmer’s China Woes Mean an ‘Unwieldy Mess’ Just Got Messier Bloomberg.com
- How a U.K. Spy Case Against China Abruptly Fell Apart The New York Times
- The Chinese Spy Scandal That Is Rocking Britain’s Government The Wall Street Journal
- ‘A new era’: UK facing rising threats from state actors as well as terrorists, says MI5 chief CNN
- ‘You’re in spy territory’: how two UK nationals got tangled in a Chinese espionage row The Guardian