Wed 05 August 2026: Visa announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire Israeli fraud detection company BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, expanding its cybersecurity capabilities as artificial intelligence fuels increasingly sophisticated financial fraud. The payment company will acquire BioCatch from funds advised by London-based private equity firm Permira and other shareholders, according to […]

Wed 05 August 2026: Around 268,000 Israelis left the country over the past three years, in a wave of departures that reached record levels since 2023, according to Israeli media on Monday. The daily Yedioth Ahronoth said a new study by researchers from Tel Aviv University showed that the migration wave that began in 2023 […]

Wed 05 August 2026: Yemen’s Houthi group claimed Wednesday that it struck the Saudi oil tanker Daisy with a ballistic missile in the Gulf of Aden, marking its second claimed attack on a Saudi tanker in a single day. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said on the US social media platform X that the attack […]

Wed 05 August 2026: New Delhi, where Hasina is in exile, says it ⁠has nothing to do with her ‘private’ event as Dhaka bans media from covering the virtual address. India has denied any role in organising a virtual speech by former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to mark the second anniversary of the uprising […]

Wed 05 August 2026: The Acting Minister of Police Firoz Cachalia convened a high-level meeting with South African Police Service (SAPS) officials on Tuesday, to strengthen government’s response to the challenges associated with initiation schools. The officials included the Acting National Commissioner of SAPS, Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane, the Deputy National Commissioners, Provincial Commissioners, Premiers […]

Wed 05 August 2026: Prime Minister Andy Burnham is considering holding a public inquiry into the UK activities of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Victims Minister Alex Davies-Jones told the BBC on Wednesday. Davies-Jones said Burnham was “looking into” the possibility of holding a public Epstein inquiry and had agreed to meet Epstein’s […]

Thu 10 October 2024: One in eight girls, women raped or sexually assaulted before age 18, UNICEF says More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children’s agency said yesterday, Reuters reported. The number rises to 650 […]

Wed 05 August 2026: Visa announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire Israeli fraud detection company BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash, expanding its cybersecurity capabilities as artificial intelligence fuels increasingly sophisticated financial fraud. The payment company will acquire BioCatch from funds advised by London-based private equity firm Permira and other shareholders, according to […]

Thu 14 May 2026: Amid an oil blockade against the island, the US blames Cuba’s communist leadership for ‘standing in the way’ of aid. The United States has offered $100m in humanitarian assistance to Cuba on the condition that the island’s communist government agrees to “meaningful reforms”. The sum was made public in a statement from […]

Fri 12 June 2026: My mother loves butter. It is the primary fat I ate growing up. She smeared it on any kind of bread, potatoes, nut rolls or coffeecake. She baked with it exclusively. When I was studying nutrition in college, I had a teaching assistant who recommended margarine over butter. I was shocked […]

Fri 12 April 2024: JALEBIS INGREDIENTS 140 g cake flour 2 T cornflour 1/2 t baking powder 2 T clarified butter 1/4 t saffron threads 190 ml thick plain yoghurt Water (optional) Canola oil, for deep-frying Gold leaf, to garnish For the sugar syrup: 140 g sugar 250 ml water 1/4 t saffron threads, toasted […]