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Colostrum: The Newborn’s Most Precious First Milk
ExplainerColostrum: The Newborn’s Most Precious First Milk

Colostrum, a word that carries a trace of mystery, evokes a long-forgotten legacy. It is the very first maternal milk, secreted in the days immediately following birth, before mature milk takes over. Produced in small quantities, this golden fluid is rich in antibodies, enzymes, growth factors, and essential nutrients. Despite its biological ...

French Navy Seizes Nearly 10 Tonnes of Cocaine Worth $600 Million off West Africa
French Navy Seizes Nearly 10 Tonnes of Cocaine Worth $600 Million off West Africa

The French navy has seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine worth more than $600 million from a fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, French authorities said on Thursday. The seizure by two navy ships on Monday followed a tip-off by anti-drug and maritime intelligence authorities and British police, authorities in France's northwestern Atlantic ...

Aalborg Airport Shut for Hours After Drone Sightings Across Denmark
Aalborg Airport Shut for Hours After Drone Sightings Across Denmark

Drones flew over multiple airports across Denmark and caused one of them to close for hours, police said Thursday after a similar incident this week prompted Copenhagen airport to shut. The latest incidents in Danish skies follow similar events in Poland and Romania and the violation by Russian fighter jets of Estonia's airspace, which have ...

The United Nations: A Global Stage Without Teeth
Op-edThe United Nations: A Global Stage Without Teeth

When Donald Trump addressed the UN General Assembly yesterday, his words reignited an old debate: Is the United Nations an effective institution for peace and security, or merely a costly theater where leaders posture? Trump called the UN “obsolete,” echoing his long-standing skepticism about multilateral organizations. But behind the bluster ...

Washington Lifts Broad Sanctions on Syria but Maintains Pressure on Assad Allies
Washington Lifts Broad Sanctions on Syria but Maintains Pressure on Assad Allies

The US Department of the Treasury has announced a sweeping overhaul of its sanctions' regime targeting Syria. In a statement released Wednesday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the publication of a final rule amending the regulations on sanctions related to Syria. This update, which implements two presidential executive ...

Venezuela: Caracas Rocked by 6.3-Magnitude Quake Felt Over 600 km Away
Venezuela: Caracas Rocked by 6.3-Magnitude Quake Felt Over 600 km Away

A 6.3-magnitude quake shook northwestern Venezuela late Wednesday, following a slightly smaller tremor in the area, the US Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the quake was at a depth of 14 kilometers (8.7 miles), 27 kilometers from Mene Grande, an oil town in a sparsely populated area of the state of Zulia. The most recent earthquake ...

The UN: Paralyzed and Powerless
EditorialThe UN: Paralyzed and Powerless

This week, heads of state are taking the stage at the United Nations General Assembly. The routine is familiar: solemn speeches, pledges for peace, calls for multilateralism. Yet behind the diplomatic pomp and cameras focused on New York, everyone knows the real negotiations are happening elsewhere – in hushed corridors and behind closed ...

Escalatorgate: Trump Demands Probe Into UN ‘Triple Sabotage’
Escalatorgate: Trump Demands Probe Into UN ‘Triple Sabotage’

US President Donald Trump demanded an investigation Wednesday into what he called "triple sabotage" after an escalator, teleprompter and sound system malfunctioned as he addressed the United Nations. The UN has said the events that happened while Trump was at its headquarters in New York on Tuesday were accidental, and partly blamed ...

Trump Envoy Witkoff Expects Mideast 'Breakthrough' in Coming Days
Trump Envoy Witkoff Expects Mideast 'Breakthrough' in Coming Days

US envoy Steve Witkoff said Wednesday he expected a breakthrough related to Gaza in the coming days, saying President Donald Trump had presented a plan to regional countries. Witkoff, a real estate friend of Trump who has become his roving ambassador, said the US president shared ideas when meeting with a group of Arab and Islamic countries ...

One Million Syrian Refugees Returned from abroad Since Assad Fall
One Million Syrian Refugees Returned from abroad Since Assad Fall

One million Syrian refugees have returned from abroad since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad last December, the United Nations said Wednesday, urging more support to allow others to follow. "In just nine months, one million Syrians have returned to their country following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government on 8 December 2024," ...

Attack on Texas Immigration Detention Center: Two Detainees Killed, One Injured
Attack on Texas Immigration Detention Center: Two Detainees Killed, One Injured

Two detainees were killed and one injured when a man opened fire Wednesday at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Dallas, Texas, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced. The assailant fired “indiscriminately” from the roof of a nearby building before taking his own life, the department ...