Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
Nepal will host a symbolic funeral next week for the Yala glacier, a once-thriving Himalayan ice mass now in terminal decline due to climate change — an event that scientists say underscores
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Cases of Sim-swap fraud—a cybercrime method where hackers hijack mobile phone numbers to gain control of victims’ digital lives—have soared more than tenfold in the past year, according to data from the
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Graham King, the Essex-born founder of migrant-housing giant Clearsprings Ready Homes, has officially joined the ranks of Britain’s billionaires as the number of asylum seekers entering the UK—and the costs of housing
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India’s recent actions concerning the Indus River Treaty have drawn sharp attention to a tactic as old as warfare itself: using water as a weapon. As reported by The Times UK, Indian
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An overcrowded bus carrying dozens of Buddhist pilgrims plummeted into a precipice in Sri Lanka on Sunday, killing at least 21 and injuring 24, a senior transport official said. The island nation’s
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Simon Mann, the former SAS officer whose life veered from elite British military circles to the heart of one of Africa’s most audacious coup plots, has died at the age of 72.
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by Our Correspondent in London There are moments in history when the shadows cast by a single individual can stretch far beyond their own lifetime, poisoning the legacy of an entire institution.
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In 1948, the newly proclaimed Israeli government seized 78% of Palestinian land and expelled more than half of the population (750,00 people) from their villages and towns. This act disregarded United Nations General
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In a pointed interview, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates accused Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” through cuts to US development assistance, which he claimed were made out of ignorance. Gates,
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by Our Correspondent in London The Sistine Chapel, with its awe-inspiring Renaissance frescoes, serves as the majestic stage for the Catholic Church’s most sacred ritual: the election of a new pope. Yet,
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