Chris MasonPolitical editor Getty Images You may have seen the blizzard of headlines over the weekend, in which the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, was variously accused of lying and misleading you before her Budget last week. It is my job, after a careful examination of the facts, to call it, on your behalf, in careful, precise…
The bumpy trajectory of human aging may have a tipping point as we enter our twilight years, a new study has found. Past the age of around 75, our bodies can no longer easily recover from injury or illness – a sharp decline in resilience that comes with a corresponding rise in the risk of…
Flora Druryand BBC Indonesian Reuters The floods have impacted some 1.4 million people in Indonesia The death toll in the floods which struck Indonesia last week has now climbed to more than 500, with rescue workers still battling to reach affected areas. The floods, which were caused by a rare cyclone that had formed over…
Two powerful storms – Cyclone ‘Senyar’ and ‘Ditwah’ – have carved a trail of devastation across the Indian Ocean region, leaving more than 1,000 people dead and tens of thousands displaced, hitting Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka the most and also led to fatalities in India’s southern coast. An auto rickshaw lies stranded as people…
3.3-magnitude quake hits Bahrain; UAE remains unaffected / Image Source: NCMUAE A 3.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Kingdom of Bahrain in the early hours of Monday, recorded by regional seismic stations at 03:58 UAE time (23:58 UTC). The tremor was shallow, reported at roughly 8 km depth, and was confirmed by the UAE’s National Centre of…
Will Grant,Central America correspondent, Tegucigalpaand Emma Rossiter Getty Images Rixi Moncada, Salvador Nasralla and Nasry “Tito” Asfura Early polling results from the Honduras general election show Nasry Asfura, leader of the right-wing National Party, has a very narrow lead. In their first update on the vote, the electoral council said that the conservative candidate was…
India’s missions in Canada completed their annual process of holding life certificates camps at various centres in the country, including gurdwaras and temples, on Sunday. Though several of the consular camps did witness protests called by pro-Khalistan separatists, there was no disruption in the running of the camps unlike last November when protesting radicals had…
There’s always someone hogging the limelight. And in the world of aviation history, this often means that superb aircraft are forced to play second fiddle to more famous designs. Here are 10 overshadowed aircraft; most are (arguably) unfairly overshadowed, but in the case of one of them, it was entirely justified. Judge for yourself… 10:…
Ian and Sam Frisby Poppi’s schoolfriends described her as “kind and funny” The mother of a 12-year-old girl who died of a rare cancer says she has been “touched” by a memorial created by her schoolfriends. Poppi Frisby, from Peterborough, was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a form of bone cancer, in 2022 and died in…
In Wick, South Gloucestershire, an abandoned pile of trash towered, completely blocking a horseback-riding pathway. A Frenchay man, Ronald Shaw, was found guilty of this illegal waste dumping — also known as a fly-tip — and charged with £938 ($1,080) in fines, as reported by the South Gloucestershire Newsroom. The contents of the fly-tip included…