Sat 30 May 2026: Most of us don’t worry too much about where our data goes. We store documents in the cloud, collaborate online with Slack and Zoom and rely on platforms like Microsoft 365, Amazon Web Services and Google Workspace. These tools are efficient, convenient and deeply embedded in how universities, businesses and governments […]

Sat 30 May 2026: Sweden has reached its target of having fewer than 5% of the population smoking regularly, effectively making it a “smoke-free” country, according to Radio Sweden on Monday. The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs confirmed the milestone, declaring that the country has now met its long-term public health […]

Sat 30 May 2026: The Syrian National Commission Concludes Dr. Rania al-Abbasi’s Children Died in Assad Regime Detention Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons announced on Saturday that it has reached what it described as “reliable and corroborated findings” allowing it to conclude, with a high degree of professional certainty, that the six children of […]

Sat 30 May 2026: Japan’s population has fallen to just over 123 million, marking the country’s largest-ever decline over a five-year period, according to preliminary 2025 census data reported by NHK on Friday. Japan’s Internal Affairs Ministry said the population stood at 123,049,524 as of Oct. 1, 2025 down by more than 3 million people, […]

Sat 30 May 2026: The Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is advancing faster than the response effort to contain it, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Saturday, saying the scale and severity of the epidemic remain unclear amid major gaps in testing and logistics. In a statement released during a […]

Sat 30 May 2026: The White House released a physician’s memorandum Friday claiming US President Donald Trump is in “excellent health” following his May 26 annual physical at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The memo, signed by the physician to the president Capt. Sean Barbabella, alleged Trump’s cardiac age is approximately 14 years younger […]

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 […]

Sat 30 May 2026: The Syrian National Commission Concludes Dr. Rania al-Abbasi’s Children Died in Assad Regime Detention Syria’s National Commission for Missing Persons announced on Saturday that it has reached what it described as “reliable and corroborated findings” allowing it to conclude, with a high degree of professional certainty, that the six children of […]

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 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 […]

Tue 09 April 2024:   SWEET YELLOW RICE “This family-favourite rice dish is the first thing to go at family events! INGREDIENTS 210 g 1 cup, basmati rice 2 sticks cinnamon ¼ t ground turmeric 100 g ½ cup, white sugar 3 T water 60 g butter, cubed COOKING INSTRUCTIONS 1. Rinse the rice for 3 […]