The secret to a balanced diet? Better roads, say scientists
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom that crop diversity alone addresses nutritional deficiencies.
Strongest winds in over a decade could bring fire risk to southern California
Windstorm will affect Los Angeles and Ventura counties beginning Tuesday afternoon and peak early Wednesday
The strongest winds in more than a decade could hit southern California on Tuesday, potentially causing structural damage and bringing extreme fire risk to areas that haven’t seen substantial rain in months.
Beginning Tuesday afternoon, the windstorm will affect Los Angeles and Ventura counties and peak in the early hours of Wednesday, when gusts could reach 80mph (129km/h), the National Weather Service (NWS) said Monday. Isolated gusts could top 100 mph in mountains and foothills.
Continue reading...Head of Met’s Black Police Association accused of sending offensive messages in group chat
Charles Ehikioya was in chat where racist, misogynistic, homophobic and pornographic messages were shared, hearing told
The Metropolitan police’s Black Police Association head was part of a group chat where “racist” jokes about east Asian people and a video mocking Katie Price’s disabled son, Harvey, were shared, a misconduct hearing was told.
Insp Charles Ehikioya is accused of being in a chat with former officer Carlo Francisco where racist, misogynistic, homophobic and pornographic messages were sent.
Continue reading...South Korea Transport Minister Resigns Over Jeju Air Crash – One Mile at a Time
- South Korea Transport Minister Resigns Over Jeju Air Crash One Mile at a Time
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- Bird feathers found in South Korea passenger jet engine after crash which killed 179 Sky News
Former Proud Boys leader asks Trump for January 6 pardon
Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years for seditious conspiracy related to the 2021 attack on the US Capitol
Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the Proud Boys group who received a 22-year sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol in 2021, has formally asked Donald Trump for a pardon.
A jury convicted Tarrio of helping to orchestrate the insurrection. At the time of the attack, Tarrio had been banned from the city by prosectors for burning a stolen banner from a historic Black church in December 2020 during a protest march against Trump’s election loss.
Continue reading...Gang violence killed more than 5,600 people in Haiti in 2024: UN
Violent gangs control most of the Caribbean country's capital, Port-au-Prince.
Italian village forbids residents from becoming ill
The mayor of Belcastro said the "humorous provocation" was an attempt to expose the state of the region's healthcare system.
Italian village forbids residents from becoming ill
The mayor of Belcastro said the "humorous provocation" was an attempt to expose the state of the region's healthcare system.
South Korean court extends arrest warrant for impeached Yoon
The impeached former president has refused questioning three times since his bungled December 3 martial law decree.
Iran reportedly executed at least 901 people in 2024, UN says
The UN human rights chief says it is time Iran "stems this ever-swelling tide of executions".
Lib Dems call for Kemi Badenoch to sack Robert Jenrick over ‘divisive comments’
Shadow justice minister backs up previous remarks on immigration by telling BBC ‘not all cultures are equal’
The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, should sack Robert Jenrick for “divisive comments,” the Lib Dems have said, after the shadow justice minister doubled down on his comments about immigrants with “alien cultures”.
Jenrick was challenged repeatedly on Tuesday morning for having failed to act on the outcome of an inquiry into grooming gangs while he was in the Home Office, despite now demanding one, and for rarely mentioning the issue in the House of Commons until this year.
Continue reading...Russia claims capture of Ukrainian front-line town
Ukraine has not acknowledged the fall of Kurakhove in the war-torn region of Donetsk.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96 – The New York Times
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, Rabble-Rousing Leader of French Far Right, Dies at 96 The New York Times
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France’s far-right National Front party, dies at 96 CNN
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- Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies aged 96 The Guardian
- Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's far right National Front, dies at 96, a senior party official says ABC News
Jean-Marie Le Pen – founder of French far right and ‘Devil of the Republic’
A Holocaust denier and unrepentant extremist on race and immigration, the far-right politician has died at 96.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader, dies aged 96
Former paratrooper led National Front party for decades and courted controversy, being repeatedly fined for contesting crimes against humanity
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front party, who sent shock waves through the country when he made it to the second round of the presidential election in 2002, has died aged 96.
The former paratrooper, who led the party from 1972 to 2011, was repeatedly convicted over comments about the Holocaust, which he once dismissed as “merely a detail of history”.
Continue reading...Indonesia officially becomes full member of BRICS bloc – DW (English)
- Indonesia officially becomes full member of BRICS bloc DW (English)
- Indonesia joins BRICS bloc as full member, Brazil says Reuters
- Indonesia joins BRICS group of emerging economies Al Jazeera English
- Indonesia is admitted to the BRICS bloc of developing nations The Associated Press
- Indonesia joins Brics as newest full member, Brazil foreign ministry says South China Morning Post
Race to find survivors after deadly Tibet earthquake
The 7.1 magnitude quake killed scores of people in the mountainous region, with many more injured.
French minister warns of ‘threat from within’ on Charlie Hebdo attack anniversary
Comments by Bruno Retailleau, who is known for his hardline views, comes as country marks decade since attack that killed 12 people
The threat of a terrorist attack on France is being fuelled by social media and has never been greater, the country’s interior minister has said, 10 years after gunmen killed 12 people in an attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.
Speaking on the anniversary of the massacre at the paper’s offices, Bruno Retailleau said French intelligence had foiled nine planned attacks last year – three targeting the Olympic Games – and the country “could be hit tomorrow”.
Continue reading...Macron accused of ‘contempt’ over Africa remarks
The French president said Sahel nations owed their sovereignty to France's anti-terror intervention.
North Korea fired hypersonic missile in message to ‘rivals,’ Kim Jong Un says – ABC News
- North Korea fired hypersonic missile in message to 'rivals,' Kim Jong Un says ABC News
- Japan, South Korea, Doubt North Korean Hypersonic Missile Claims USNI News
- South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea The Associated Press
- North Korea tests midrange missile as Antony Blinken visits Seoul NBC News
- North Korea says test of new hypersonic missile successful Al Jazeera English