Jonah Fisher Environment correspondent Getty Images About 3.5 million tonnes of sewage sludge, that’s enough to fill nearly 900 Olympic sized swimming pools are spread of farmers fields in England and Wales each year. Successive governments have failed to deal with the threat posed by spreading sewage sludge containing toxic chemicals on farmers’ fields, a […]
Newsportual Endowment for the Humanities building on April 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images A federal judge has ruled that the government’s abrupt elimination of humanities grants previously approved by Congress was “unlawful” and that a lawsuit brought by humanities groups can move forward. In April, […]
Trials of a daily obesity pill have shown it can help patients lose around 12% of their body weight over 72 weeks. The manufacturer, Eli Lilly, says the drug, which is not yet licensed, could be available next year. The daily pill, called orforglipron, works by suppressing appetite and making you feel more full. Preliminary […]
Al-Obeid was known as the ‘Pele of Palestinian football’ and became one of its brightest stars. Palestinian national football team player Suleiman al-Obeid has been killed in an Israeli attack on aid seekers in Gaza. Al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday when Israeli forces attacked people waiting near an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza, […]
Twenty people have been killed and more than 30 injured in central Gaza after four trucks overturned on a crowd, the Hamas-run civil defence agency says. Crowds rushed to the vehicles on a road south east of Deir al-Balah on Tuesday evening. They climbed on top of the trucks, causing the drivers to lose control, […]
Anna Meisel BBC File on 4 Investigates Getty Images The UK generates about 50 million waste tyres every year The Environment Agency said it is introducing enhanced checks on the export of tyres from the UK after the BBC revealed millions were being sent to furnaces instead of being recycled in India. A report by […]
Lee is accused of going online and offering to assist Russian authorities in exchange for Russian citizenship. An active duty soldier has been charged with seeking to pass sensitive information about the United States Army’s main battle tank to the Russian government, the US Justice Department has announced. The suspect, Taylor Adam Lee, has been […]
Katie McEvinney BBC Disclosure BBC The nicotine pouches are being sold in packaging that looks like children’s sweets Extra-strong nicotine products designed to appeal to children – including some which have ripped off the logos of popular sweet brands – are being openly sold in shops, BBC Scotland has found. A Disclosure reporter, filming undercover, […]
On August 6, 1945, the United States became the first and only country in history to carry out a nuclear attack when it dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. While the death toll of the bombing remains a subject of debate, at least 70,000 people were killed, though other figures are […]
Getty Images mRNA vaccines were heralded as a medical marvel that saved lives during the Covid pandemic, but now the US is pulling back from researching them. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has cancelled 22 projects – worth $500m (£376m) in funding – for tackling infections such as Covid and flu. So does […]