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An aerial view of the outfall into the river at Thames Water's Crossness sewage treatment works, as the government announces a complete overhaul to the UK's highly-criticised water system

UK Overhauls Regulation Of 'Broken' Water System

The UK government announced Monday it will overhaul the management and regulation of the water system, following a landmark report that slammed systematic failings in the heavily-criticised industry.

Syria Evacuates Bedouin From Druze-majority Sweida As Ceasefire Holds

At the main hospital in Syria's Sweida city, dozens of bodies are still waiting to be identified

Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said killed more than 1,100 people.

US Tariffs Help Push Jeep Owner Stellantis Into Big Loss

Jeep owner Stellantis said it felt the first effects of US tariffs in the first half of 2025

Jeep owner Stellantis said on Monday it suffered a massive loss in the first half of the year, when it felt the first impact of new US tariffs and took a massive charge following a change in US laws.

BIWC Group: Unveiling the Shadows of corporate deception

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A child's death from measles in Britain has sparked calls from officials urging parents to get their children vaccinated

UK Battles Anti-vax Misinformation After Child's Death

A child's death from measles has sparked urgent calls from British public health officials to get children vaccinated, as the UK faces an onslaught of misinformation on social media, much of it from the United States.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba appointed only two women to his cabinet, down from five under predecessor Fumio Kishida

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's Rapidly Diminishing PM

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy and making military models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister looked at risk of coming unstuck on Sunday.

Perovskite solar cells can be just a millimetre thick and a tenth the weight of a conventional silicon one

Japan Sees Bright Future For Ultra-thin, Flexible Solar Panels

Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China's dominance of the sector.

Video posted on social media showed bystanders pulling the driver out of his car and assaulting him

Driver Charged After Plowing Into Los Angeles Nightclub Crowd, Injuring 30

A driver was charged with assault after plowing into a crowd outside a Hollywood nightclub early Saturday, police said, injuring 30 people, with bystanders attacking and shooting the driver before he was detained by authorities.

The tourist boat accident in Ha Long Bay is one of the UNESCO World Heritage site's deadliest disasters

Dozens Dead In Vietnam After Ha Long Bay Tourist Ferry Sinks

Rescuers were desperately searching for five people still missing on Sunday after 37 were killed when a boat capsized in one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a reckoning from voters in upper house elections

Japan PM Faces Reckoning In Upper House Election

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a reckoning from voters on Sunday with upper house elections that could end his premiership and see a right-wing populist party make inroads.

Singapore's Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing says select military units are helping combat a cyberattack on the country's critical infrastructure

Singapore Military Helps Battle Cyberattack: Minister

Units in Singapore's military have been called in to help combat a cyberattack against critical infrastructure, the country's defence minister said Saturday -- a hack attempt attributed to an espionage group experts have linked to China.

The vessel was carrying 48 passengers and five crew members when it capsized because of sudden heavy rain, state media reported

Tourist Boat Capsizes In Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, Leaving 34 Dead

A tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam's Ha Long Bay capsized in a storm on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 34 people dead, according to state media reports, as rescuers scrambled to locate the missing.

Qatar's junior foreign minister Mohamed Bin Mubarak Al-Khulaifi sits in the centre as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 sign a ceasefire deal

DR Congo, M23 Armed Group Sign Ceasefire Deal

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a ceasefire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country's mineral-rich but conflict-torn east.

The 252 men were accused -- without evidence -- of being gang members and flown to the notorious CECOT 'anti-terror' jail in March

Migrants Freed From El Salvador Reach Venezuela In US Prisoner Deal

Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in President Donald Trump's immigration dragnet reached home Friday after their release from a maximum security Salvadoran jail as part of a prisoner swap with the United States.

'Clumsy' Japanese PM Ishiba's Future In The Balance

Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy, cigarettes and making models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister could go up in smoke this weekend.

Hospital staff said they were overwhelmed by the number of bodies from the fighting

'Mass Grave': Medics Appeal For Aid At Last Working Hospital In Syria's Sweida

In the last barely-functional hospital in Sweida, bodies are overflowing from the morgue, staff said, amid violence that has wracked the Druze-majority southern Syrian city for nearly a week.

G20 is made up of 19 nations and two regional organisations

G20 Nations Agree Central Bank Independence 'Crucial'

The G20 finance ministers stressed Friday that central banks must remain independent, after months of escalating attacks by US President Donald Trump on Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell.

Syrian Kurdish women demonstrate in the northeastern city of Qamishli in support of the Druze in Sweida.

New Clashes Rock Syria's Druze Heartland As Tribal Fighters Reinforce Bedouin

Armed tribes supported by Syria's Islamist-led government clashed with Druze fighters in the community's Sweida heartland on Friday, a day after the army withdrew under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure.

Like many countries, Germany had stopped deportations to Afghanistan and closed its embassy in Kabul after the Taliban's return to power in 2021

Germany Presses Ahead With Deportations To Afghanistan

Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.

Nintendo once had a a reputation of being hard to negotiate with for outside gamemakers

Indie Game Studios Battle For Piece Of Switch 2 Success

Players line up inside Nintendo's booth at a Japanese game fair to try upcoming Switch 2 titles, but, for once, the company's chirpy red-capped mascot Mario is nowhere to be seen.

Stephen Colbert's The Late Show on CBS will end in May 2026, the network said

CBS Says Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' To End In May 2026

Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show", long a staple of late night US television, will end in 2026, the CBS network said Thursday, days after the comedian blasted parent company Paramount's $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump as "a big fat bribe".

Ahmed al-Sharaa, who led the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in December, is struggling to exert his authority over all of Syria

Sharaa's Pullout From Syria Druze Heartland Exposes Shaky Leadership

Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria's Druze heartland -- a move that exposes the interim leader's weakness just as he sought to assert control.