Nasi Ulam Betawi, a specialty of Betawi people of Jakarta, Indonesia prepared with kencur ginger – credit Gunawan Kartapranata CC 3.0. BY-SA An active compound in ginger root may inhibit the growth of cancer tumors via a sabotage of their metabolic pathways. Published in Nature Scientific Reports by a team at Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU),…
The US has launched a review of its multi-billion dollar submarine deal with the UK and Australia, saying the security pact must fit its “America First” agenda. Under the trilateral pact, widely seen as a response to the growing power of China, Australia is to get its first nuclear-powered subs from the US, before the…
After his ‘disinterested’ father left him feeling bereft as a child, Paul Bent resolved to do things differently Millennial fathers spend, on average, triple the amount of time with their children compared to dads in the 1960s. It’s no straightforward golden age – parenting today is for many a complex juggle – but the shift…
Reuters Chancellor Rachel Reeves has given details of the UK’s first multi-year spending review since 2021. The review sets the day-to-day budgets of government departments over the next three years, used to pay staff and deliver public services. It also sets their investment budgets until the end of the decade, to pay for new infrastructure…
Credit: Charles and Hudson (CC BY-SA 2.0) 100-year-old townhomes were razed in West Baltimore recently to make room for a new Amtrak tunnel. Though the homes may be gone, the historic and economic value they contained was not simply cast aside, because the national train operator contracted a salvage company to take out any historic…
A UN panel has urged the UK to renegotiate a deal returning the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, saying it “fails to guarantee” the rights of the Chagossian people. The deal, signed last month, returned sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius, but the UK retained the right to run a military base on Diego…
Youngest Indian environmental leader Prasiddhi Singh – submitted by Jacob Weissman YPL Prasiddhi Forest Foundation Called the Indian Greta Thunberg, this 12-year-old is on a mission to green India’s skies and minds. Armed with determination, a charming personality, and a great marketing concept, she’s planting a grassroots movement towards environmentalism that’s staggering to see in…
Sam Francis Political reporter PA Media TalkTV host David Bull has been named as Reform UK’s new chairman, replacing Zia Yusuf who quit last week after clashing with colleagues over calls for a burka ban. A long-time ally of party leader Nigel Farage, 56-year-old Bull has held several roles in Reform and its predecessor the…
(left) courtesy photo (right) Glen with his new shed – credit, Bucket List Wishes Charity In late 2023, GNN reported that a construction worker had been rescued from the side of a burning high-rise building thanks to a heroic crane operator. A basket was suspended on the end of Glen Edwards’ crane meant for holding…
BBC James Yeates’ son Luca was born in September 2024 The UK’s statutory parental leave system is “one of the worst in the developed world” and has “fundamental flaws”, a group of cross-party MPs has said. A report published today by the Women and Equalities Committee said paternity leave rules “entrench outdated gender stereotypes”. It…
