Feras Killani BBC News Arabic, western Syria BBC Dalaal Mahna says fighters killed her son “My only son, just 25 years old,” says Dalaal Mahna, with tears filling her eyes. “They took him right from my side and told me: ‘We’re going to kill him and break your heart with it.’ “ That was the…
AP Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was some difference in the intensity of their odours, all could be described as “woody”, “spicy” and “sweet”. They say recreating the composition of the smells…
Getty Images The overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022 has polarised communities in the United States Infant mortality rates have increased in US states which have enacted abortion bans following the landmark ruling overturning the nationwide right for women to access the procedure, a new study has found. According to researchers, there were an…
Amid the uncertainty of fiscal policy and the persistence of inflation, respondents to the CNBC Fed Survey dialed back their expectations for interest rate cuts but still believe the central bank will ease this year. Among the 25 respondents, 65% see two rate cuts in 2025, equal to the number penciled in by Federal Reserve…
Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — A record share of U.S. companies in China are accelerating their plans to relocate manufacturing or sourcing, according to a business survey released Thursday. About…
The FBI says it has discovered more than 150 bombs during a raid on a farm in Virginia – thought to be the largest such cache seized by the law-enforcement agency in its history. Brad Spafford was arrested on 17 December in Isle of Wight County, 180 miles (290km) south of Washington DC, after a…
Only one in five high school boys in Japan say they have had their first kiss, the lowest ever figure recorded in a regular survey on youth sexuality. The study by the Japan Association for Sex Education (Jase) has been done every six years since 1974. High school girls are also demure with 27.5%, or…
