Thu 10 September 2026: Civilians Account for Most Casualties as Ukraine Records Highest Toll for Fourth Consecutive Year  Cluster munitions killed or injured at least 1,063 people in 2025, one of the highest annual tolls on record, according to a report published Tuesday by the Cluster Munition Coalition, a global network of researchers. Most casualties […]

Thu 10 September 2026: Study Finds More Than 2.7 Billion People Exposed to Tobacco Smoke  Nearly 1.7 million people worldwide died in 2023 from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a study published Tuesday in The Lancet Public Health. Secondhand smoke is the smoke inhaled by people near someone using tobacco products. Researchers found that […]

Thu 10 September 2026: Islamabad Seeks to Prevent Yemen Conflict From Escalating Into Wider Regional Crisis  Pakistan has delivered a warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after the group intensified attacks on Saudi Arabia, in a coordinated effort to prevent the crisis from spiralling, Reuters reported, citing Saudi, Pakistani and Iranian […]

Wed 09 September 2026: Protesters Warn US-Backed Military Mission Could Draw Seoul Into Conflict South Korean civic groups and political parties on Wednesday called on President Lee Jae Myung’s administration to reject US pressure to deploy Korean troops to the Strait of Hormuz. Representatives of civic, labor, religious and other organisations held a press conference […]

Thu 10 September 2026: The Nigerian government has been involved in a secret ceasefire with Boko Haram for the past three months, according to an investigation by The New Humanitarian, in a development that could mark a rare pause in years of fighting in northeastern Nigeria. The reported truce began in June after negotiations that […]

Thu 10 September 2026: New Device Features 7.6-Inch Inner Display, A20 Pro Chip and $1,999 Starting Price Apple officially introduced its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, on Wednesday during its annual hardware event at the company’s headquarters in California. “iPhone Duo is unlike any iPhone you’ve experienced before,” the voiceover in the official Apple […]

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 […]

Thu 10 September 2026: New Device Features 7.6-Inch Inner Display, A20 Pro Chip and $1,999 Starting Price Apple officially introduced its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo, on Wednesday during its annual hardware event at the company’s headquarters in California. “iPhone Duo is unlike any iPhone you’ve experienced before,” the voiceover in the official Apple […]

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 […]