South Korea’s acting leader has ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations, a day after 179 people were killed in the deadliest plane crash on its soil. The Jeju Air plane burst into flames as it crash-landed in South Korea’s Muan International Airport, killing everyone onboard save for two victims. Acting…
By Nate Raymond and Ernest Scheyder Environmentalists sue over US approval of ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine Oct 31 – Environmental and Indigenous groups on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Interior Department’s approval of ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, the first domestic source of the battery metal to be permitted by Democratic…
The modest suburban home used as Walter White’s family abode in Breaking Bad is officially on the market for US$4m – almost 10 times the median sale price in its neighbourhood. The ranch-style house in Albuquerque, New Mexico has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a back yard pool, which featured in crucial scenes in the…
Chanel Maya Banks is trying to revive a failed acting career, and she’s manufacturing drama with her family to do it … so says a private eye her family members hired to find her. Private detective Sonny Elliott tells TMZ … Chanel’s mom, Lutchmin Judy Kumar, hired him to find her daughter — and, he…
Mozambique’s main opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has declared that he will install himself as president on 15 January after rejecting his defeat in presidential elections. His announcement came as his supporters staged violent protests across the country to demand an end to the 49-year-rule of the Frelimo party. The capital Maputo was like a ghost…
The wife of detained Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has denounced as “cruel and inhumane” a ban on prisoners receiving visitors on Christmas Day. Besigye, 68, has been charged in a military court with possession of pistols and attempting to purchase weapons abroad, which he denies. His trial has been delayed until next month. Prison…
A Toyota bZ Compact SUV is pictured after a briefing on EV (electric vehicle) battery strategies at the companys showroom in Tokyo on December 14, 2021. Behrouz Mehri | Afp | Getty Images Japanese automaker Toyota Motor on Wednesday reported its first quarterly operating profit drop in about two years, as it strives to navigate…
The Conservative party has been told to improve its data handling by the information watchdog after it released a “tax calculator” that also appeared to be collecting voter data. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) wrote to the party telling it to take steps to ensure it complies with data protection legislation after a complaint by…
Home / News / Navigating cancer misinformation in the digital age Presented jointly with Zhu Family Center for Global Cancer Prevention Cancer is one of the most searched topics online. But the information those searches yield can be difficult to decipher. This expert panel busts myths and discuss misconceptions about cancer. SPEAKERS Milagros Abreu, President/CEO and Founder,…
Donald Trump is “capable of looking past” things people have said about him in the past, one of Keir Starmer’s closest allies has said. Pat McFadden, a Cabinet Office minister, said he thought the new US and UK governments would “get on well” despite the history of senior Labour ministers criticising Trump. David Lammy, the…
