Fri 28 August 2026: It’s a common scene on public transport. A parent holds a mobile phone showing noisy cartoons to their young child. The pair is looking at the screen together, laughing. Yet parent and child rarely exchange a gaze or look out across the landscape. While many parents can relate to such moments, this is […]

Fri 28 August 2026: The French government said Monday it would press ahead with a ban on mobile phones in high schools from next month, but trade unions warned that the measure might be hard to implement quickly. In July, France’s parliament approved legislation banning both social media access for children under 15 and mobile […]

Fri 28 August 2026: Thousands of patients in the Gaza Strip are still awaiting medical evacuation for urgent treatment, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency last week supported the evacuation of 106 patients, including 19 children, through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings. […]

Fri 28 August 2026: Thousands of Indonesians gathered outside parliament in Jakarta to call for tougher penalties against corrupt officials. Thursday’s demonstrations marked the first anniversary of anti-government protests that descended into riots, leaving about 10 people dead and nearly 7,000 in custody. For most of the day, riot police kept the crowd outside the […]

Fri 28 August 2026: When the unilaterally imposed June 30th deadline for the evacuation or return of illegal migrants triggered an exodus of both legal and illegal migrants the organisers used the real economic grievances of ordinary south africans as the movement’s raison detre. Leader of the movement, Jacintha Ngobese Zuma claimed that their aim […]

Thu 27 August 2026: US-based social media Meta has agreed to pay some $18 billion to settle claims brought by a coalition of dozens of state attorneys general alleging the company misled consumers about the potential harms its social media platforms pose to children and teenagers, the company said Wednesday. The agreement would also require […]

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 28 August 2026: Thousands of patients in the Gaza Strip are still awaiting medical evacuation for urgent treatment, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency last week supported the evacuation of 106 patients, including 19 children, through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings. […]

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 […]