Fri 03 July 2026: Over the past few years, central banks have been quietly buying up significant quantities of gold. As the trend has accelerated, official agencies now hold the highest quantity of gold since 1975 – more than 36,000 tonnes of the precious metal. Central bank buying of gold picked up after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]

Fri 03 July 2026: Children as young as preschool age are sharing multi-step skincare routines on TikTok and Instagram, promoting anti-aging serums and retinol creams to their peers in videos titled “get ready with me for kindergarten,” according to a report by Anadolu Agency (AA). Researchers have started calling this trend “cosmeticorexia,” which means an […]

Fri 03 July 2026: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has categorically denied claims that it requested South Africa to withdraw its case against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In a statement issued on Thursday, the ministry rejected remarks attributed to former Palestinian official Nasser al-Qudwa, who alleged that Palestinian […]

Fri 03 July 2026: Russia has commenced seaborne gasoline imports from India and secured supply guarantees from Kazakhstan to navigate an intensifying domestic fuel crisis. The development marks a significant operational shift for the world’s leading energy producer, which is struggling to stabilize its domestic market amid ongoing Ukrainian attacks on its infrastructure. Emergency procurement […]

Fri 03 July 2026: On June 30, an unofficial deadline invented by anti-migrant vigilantes came and went. No court had issued it and no statute authorised it. It travelled, instead, by WhatsApp, dressed up in the clipped, bureaucratic language of an official notice, and for weeks it was treated by frightened people across this country […]

Fri 03 July 2026: Over the past few years, central banks have been quietly buying up significant quantities of gold. As the trend has accelerated, official agencies now hold the highest quantity of gold since 1975 – more than 36,000 tonnes of the precious metal. Central bank buying of gold picked up after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]

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 […]

Fri 03 July 2026: On June 30, an unofficial deadline invented by anti-migrant vigilantes came and went. No court had issued it and no statute authorised it. It travelled, instead, by WhatsApp, dressed up in the clipped, bureaucratic language of an official notice, and for weeks it was treated by frightened people across this country […]

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 […]