• Monday, March 10, 2025

Olympic diver Tom Daley blames Britain’s colonial legacy for homophobic…

Britain’s Olympic diving champion Tom Daley has blamed colonialism behind homophobic laws still in place across many Commonwealth countries. Daley visited ‘the most homophobic countries in the Commonwealth’ for a new BBC documentary. In the documentary, Tom Daley: Illegal To Be Me, he claimed that he discovered the colonial legacy that first criminalised homosexuality and…

Signage at Nottingham Castle, associated with legend of Robin Hood,…

Curators at the famous Nottingham Castle have said tea and sugar are the “spoils of empire” as decolonisation efforts continued at the historic place. A new information sign put up at the East Midlands castle said the “English staples of tea and sugar” were the “spoils of empire” which were…

Nearly 1 million children in London to be offered polio…

Around one million children in London will be offered a polio booster vaccine after the virus was detected in sewage samples across the capital, health officials said Wednesday (10). Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay said, “I recognise parents and guardians will be concerned about the detection of polio…

Doctors and nurses ‘weight shame’ obese patients, research reveals

A new research has revealed that doctors and nurses often ‘weight-shame’ obese patients leaving them anxious, depressed and wrongly blaming themselves for their condition, The Guardian reported. As a result, they felt humiliated, skipped medical appointments, and ended up in putting on more weight, it added. In the UK, two-thirds of adults…

Salt substitutes lower blood pressure, reduce risk of stroke –…

New research has revealed that replacing regular salt with a salt substitute lowers blood pressure and protects against heart attack and stroke. It is a known fact that high consumption of salt composed of sodium chloride will drive blood pressure up and will result in cardiovascular ailments. But, the latest…

U.S. President Biden will expedite India-specific CAATSA sanctions waiver because…

The recent India-specific CAATSA sanctions waiver by the U.S. House of Representatives is the most consequential vote since the civilian nuclear deal, an influential Indian-American Democratic Congressman has said, asserting that U.S. President Joe Biden will expedite the waiver because he has the “political mileage” and the backing of 300…

UK braced for another heatwave amid water crisis

The UK’s Meteorological (Met) Office on Wednesday issued a four-day amber extreme heat warning as the country braces for another heatwave this week following the record high temperatures of last month and a looming water crisis The Met Office warning covers much of the southern half of England as well…

Journalists condemn the arrest of Pakistani news channel head, threaten…

The journalists’ bodies and press clubs termed the arrest of ARY News senior Vice President an act of victimization and said that journalists will call for a nationwide protest if Ammad Yousaf is not released immediately, ARY News reported. Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in its statement said that…

Afghan Muslim arrested for killings that shook New Mexico’s Islamic…

A Muslim immigrant from Afghanistan has been arrested as the prime suspect in the serial killings of four Muslim men that rattled the Islamic community of New Mexico’s largest city, police said on Tuesday. After days of bolstering security around Albuquerque-area mosques, seeking to allay fears of a shooter driven…

Trump signals he will testify in New York probe into…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump indicated he would testify on Wednesday in a New York investigation by the state’s attorney general into his family’s business practices, with the possible testimony coming amid a flurry of legal woes for him. New York State Attorney General Letitia James is conducting a civil…