Cooking Gas Crisis Across Asia Forces Millions Back to Toxic Fuels, Threatening Public Health In a south Delhi slum, 35-year-old Afshana Khatoon spends six hours each day trudging through urban forests in temperatures exceeding 40°C, collecting firewood to cook for…
UK Sanctions 12 Iranian-Linked Individuals and Entities Over Alleged Assassination and Destabilisation Network Britain imposed sanctions on 12 individuals and entities on Monday, 11 May 2026, accusing them of planning attacks on UK soil and conducting operations of transnational repression…
Billionaire Larry Goodman Pushes to Reopen Cork Oilfield Amid Ireland’s Fossil Fuel Dependency Larry Goodman, the Irish billionaire, is intensifying efforts to revive oil exploration off the Cork coast through his company Barryroe Transition Energy, reigniting a long-running dispute over…
UK Think Tank Urges Fuel Duty Cut and Speed Limit Reduction to Shield Economy from Iran War Fallout A prominent left-leaning think tank is calling on the UK government to cut fuel duty by 10 pence per litre and reduce…
Death Halts Competition Briefly Before Race Continues “In Their Honor” A runner competing in the Cocodona 250, a gruelling 253-mile ultramarathon through the mountains and deserts of Arizona, died on Monday following a medical emergency on the high-altitude course, race…
Elon Musk Pays $1.5M to Settle SEC Lawsuit Over Delayed Twitter Stake Disclosure Elon Musk has settled a civil lawsuit brought by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, agreeing to pay a $1.5 million penalty over his failure to timely…
King Charles and Queen Camilla conclude U.S. state visit in New York City King Charles III and Queen Camilla spent the final full day of their state visit to the United States in New York City on Thursday, moving through…
Residents in Kent raise concerns as Home Office contractor Clearsprings leases bungalow on quiet cul-de-sac under government dispersal programme Neighbours of a bungalow in Walderslade, a suburb of Chatham in Kent, have voiced anxiety about the government’s asylum dispersal scheme…
A New CEO Steps In Weeks Before Apple’s Most Important Product Launch in Years John Ternus will officially become Apple’s chief executive on September 1, 2026 — less than two weeks before the company is expected to hold its annual…
Britain’s Fish and Chip Shops Face Mass Closures as Energy, Oil and Fish Costs Spiral Thousands of British fish and chip shops are on the brink of closure as surging fuel, cooking oil and fish prices erode profits and drive…