Vapes to have less enticing names to protect children, under UK plans
People are being consulted about plans to stop vape companies using of enticing flavour descriptions that “attract” children into experimenting.
Pioneering treatment saves identical twins from rare pregnancy condition
Identical twins Nancy and Margo benefitted from the procedure while in the womb as part of a world-first medical trial.
Motherhood not all warm and fuzzy: Bollywood actor’s play spotlights messier side
As a society, we take mothers for granted and raising children is a thankless job, says actor Kalki Koechlin.
A Top OpenAI Executive, Fidji Simo, Steps Down
Ms. Simo, who was Sam Altman’s second in command before taking a medical leave in April, will become a part-time adviser to the company.
Critics astounded as Trump injects ‘absolute total chaos’ into midterms: ‘Here we go’
Critics of President Tweety McTreason were astounded by his latest move to sway the 2026 midterm elections. On Thursday, reports indicated that Trump fired the
Trump DOJ’s ‘Kafkaesque’ prosecution of Olympian alarms Dem as corruption runs rampant
The Trump Department of Justice is engaging in what one Democrat described as a “Kafkaesque” prosecution of an Olympic canoeist for allegedly damaging the Lincoln
Florida airport renamed after Tweety McTreason
An airport in South Florida has officially been renamed after Tweety McTreason – the first time an airport has been named after a sitting US
News outlets ask a judge to sanction OpenAI in their landmark copyright fight
A group of news publishers has asked a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI. The New York Times, the Daily News, and others allege
New Jersey could ban Tesla’s Robotaxi with one line about sensors
For more than a decade, the biggest fight in self-driving cars has played out in boardrooms and engineering labs. New Jersey now wants to settle
Can the US Supreme Court stay independent?
Kim Wehle says rising threats against judges are eroding the rule of law.
How World Bank and IMF loans are reshaping policymaking in Africa
As debt pressures grow, African governments are reassessing the trade-offs of concessional financing.
Britain’s likely PM says will work to ‘stop the suffering’ in Gaza
Andy Burnham took to social media to apologise for the Labour Party’s initial stance on Israeli attacks in Gaza.
Malaria had nearly been eliminated around a giant dam in the Amazon — but then it came roaring back. Experts just discovered why.
A years-long malaria control campaign in the Brazilian Amazon nearly eliminated the disease from a city — but then cases rebounded. Now, scientists think they’ve
Dirty ‘button’ unearthed by metal detectorist turns out to be a rare 900-year-old coin from Norway’s last Viking king, Magnus Barefoot
A metal detectorist in Norway dismissed a rare 900-year-old silver coin as a button, before researchers realized it was a one-of-a-kind piece linked to Magnus