Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent in Vilnius Lithuania State Border Guard Service Giant balloons carrying contraband cigarettes are crossing the border from Belarus into Lithuania – forcing the closure of the airspace Whenever the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania braces for problems. That’s when giant white balloons are launched across the border, crates…
Mark SavageMusic Correspondent Reuters Lizzo said the fat-shaming claims had “haunted” her for the last two years Pop star Lizzo is celebrating a legal victory after a judge dismissed allegations of fat-shaming from a 2023 lawsuit filed by three of her former dancers. The singer, whose hits include body positive anthems such as Good As…
Reuters Many of those displaced by the violence in el-Fasher have ended up living in camps Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been trying to cover up mass killings in the city of el-Fasher by burying and burning bodies, a research team from Yale University says. The RSF had drawn international condemnation amid reports…
Footage supplied by the team of scientists show the scale of the footprints and a recreation of how they were formed Thousands of dinosaur footprints dating back 210 million years have been found in a national park in northern Italy. The footprints – some of which are up to 40cm (15in) in diameter – are…
Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News Online Getty Images US President Trump signed an executive order classifying fentanyl as a “weapon of mass destruction” The United States has designated a notorious drug-trafficking organisation in Colombia as a terrorist group. The US Treasury Department added the group, known as Clan del Golfo or Gulf Clan, to…
Nardine Saad,Los Angelesand Regan Morris Reuters A California doctor who sold ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to eight months of home detention and three years of supervised release, making him the second person to be sentenced in the actor’s death. Dr Mark Chavez is among five people – including another doctor…
As the Trump administration prepares to release the latest set of federal dietary guidelines, many health experts are concerned about where the government will land on saturated fats. While saturated fats have long been considered something to avoid, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he plans to change that — and a new…
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email A High Court judge has thrown out a legal claim from a man who claimed to represent a Saudi prince in an alleged sale of…
CNN OutFront anchor Erin Burnett discussed newly released photos from the estate of late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein on Friday and took a moment to express her disbelief over what she found herself describing. Patrick McMullan / Patrick McMullan via Getty Images A batch of photos released that day by Democrats on the House Oversight…
Housing, Communities and Local Government Secretary Steve Reed said the conduct of Nathan Gill, who was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for taking money to make pro-Russian statements, was a “stain” on British democracy. Gill was an MEP for Ukip and the Brexit Party, led by Nigel Farage, before joining Reform UK under Mr…