With the affluent, honeyed town of Stamford close by, and footfall from Leicester, Peterborough and Nottingham guaranteed, has Japanese-inspired brand made a genius move?

Gemma Fox had a promising career as the Police Federation's deputy national secretary but claims she was ousted after accusing chief executive Mukund Krishna of corruption.

[HRW] Kinshasa -- Visiting Human Rights Watch Head Presses Senior Officials to Change Course

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[allAfrica] An angry crowd attacked and partially burned sections of Rwampara General Hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Rodion Miroshnik said there were 86 children aged between 14 and 18 in the facility at the time of the attack

The UAVs were shot down over the districts of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, and Yaroslavl, as well as the Moscow Region and St. Petersburg

The US leader said the measure «could have been a blocker» to AI development, which benefits the US economy

The Moscow Exchange and RTS indices were down 0.26%, to 2,657.36 and 1,182.55 points, respectively

Airborne surveillance crews are covering the republic’s civilian population and critical civilian infrastructure

The Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), in collaboration with Discovery Bauxite, has announced a special economic incentive project set to benefit 80 chicken farmers in the company’s operating areas in western St Ann. The grant will support start-up initiatives and continue successful broiler projects previously implemented by the JBI to assist farmers in communities near bauxite mining operations.

WESTERN BUREAU: Scores of farmers in St Elizabeth and other western parishes devastated by Hurricane Melissa are expected to benefit from a US$50-million ($7.9 billion) recovery and resilience programme to be rolled out by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining. The initiative is funded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and is scheduled to begin in September.

For 176 years, St George’s College has been one of Jamaica’s most respected schools, shaping generations of students through academic excellence, discipline, leadership, and service. This year’s St George’s Week again transformed the North Street campus into a vivid display of school pride and achievement, as students, staff and alumni gathered to celebrate the institution’s long-standing legacy.

Internationally recognised political leader, voting rights advocate and bestselling author Stacey Abrams will deliver the keynote address at the second staging of the Pocket Rocket Foundation Student-Athlete Summit on Friday, May 29, in Kingston. Abrams served 11 years in the Georgia House of Representatives, and is the first Black woman to secure a gubernatorial nomination for a major political party in United States history. She will address more than 150 student-athletes on the topic, “Breaking Barriers. Building a Legacy.”

The 58-year-old female pedestrian who died after an accident in Kallang on Sunday (May 17) had been on her way to a temple to volunteer.The victim, surnamed Ng, was due to celebrate her 59th birthday next week, reported Lianhe Zaobao.  The collision, involving a vehicle believed to have run a red light, happened at the junction of Lavender Street and Kallang Bahru towards Balestier Road at about 12.30pm.A 31-year-old male driver involved has been arrested amid ongoing investigations.At a funeral held on Thursday (May 21), Ng's youngest son, who wished to be known only as Li, 30, told the Chinese daily that his mother had been the cornerstone of their family.The software engineer shared that when his father fell ill years ago, his mother cared for him while also looking after her own elderly mother, and when his older brother divorced, she took on the responsibility of raising his two grandchildren.

SINGAPORE — An official probe is under way into safety measures and processes concerning responses to incidents, after a man fell onto the LRT tracks in Bukit Panjang and died.In a media reply late on May 21, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said its investigation will “look into the adequacy and appropriateness of safety measures and incident response processes”.This follows the death of Mr Loh Hee Chen on early May 18, after the 68-year-old man fell in front of an oncoming train on the Bukit Panjang LRT Line. The resulting disruption between the Senja and Bukit Panjang stations lasted for about four hours.The incident is also under police investigation.“Based on investigation findings, further improvements will be made as needed to improve commuter safety,” an LTA spokesperson said.According to Chinese-language media reports, following Loh’s death his family members had raised concerns about the safety of LRT platforms, including the gaps between the platform barriers and the efficacy of obstacle detection systems on the unmanned LRT trains.

[Nile Post] The Ministry of Health has said Uganda has not registered any new Ebola cases apart from the two imported infections from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as government moves to tighten surveillance and intensify public awareness campaigns across the country.

[GroundUp] The Department of Home Affairs is clamping down on illegal immigration

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[Nile Post] Uganda has suspended flights, border transport and weekly markets in high-risk border districts after confirming two imported Ebola cases linked to the outbreak in eastern DR Congo, as authorities move to prevent a repeat of the deadly 2023 epidemic response delays.

Gagandip Singh drove off from his family's house in south-east London to Brighton to visit her. He would never come home.

Detectives announced that a misconduct in public office probe into the former prince has broadened to consider a wide range of offences, including sexual misconduct and corruption.

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has said NATO states should help Ukraine “direct” its drone attacks “in the right directions” Read Full Article at RT.com

Latvia has stripped Riga City Council member Aleksey Roslikov of his mandate while he faces prosecution for speaking Russian Read Full Article at RT.com

Industry leaders warned in last-minute calls to the president that the proposed safety vetting system could inhibit development of the pivotal technology.

[UN News] Thirteen-year-old Mona still remembers the moment the second airstrike hit.

[UN News] United Nations agencies have moved swiftly to support efforts to contain the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), delivering emergency medical supplies, protective equipment and logistics support.

[Ghanaian Times] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that more than 800 Ghanaians in South Africa have registered to be evacuated following the recent wave of xenophobic attacks in the country.

A parliamentary committee questioned the NTA chief regarding the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, with the director stating the leak did not originate from their system. The committee also reviewed NTA reforms and discussed the impact of AI on education, alongside challenges faced by Aligarh Muslim University and the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions.

The Competition Commission of India raised alarms about the practices of private super-specialty hospitals in the Delhi NCR region. It was highlighted that patients find themselves in a 'locked-in' predicament, where they're almost forced to rely on the hospitals' own pharmacies and diagnostic services.