In response to a surge in H1N1 and flu cases, Delhi schools are considering new safety protocols. Health Minister Pankaj Singh reassured the public, stating that the situation remains stable and should not instill panic. So far, Delhi has seen around three thousand influenza cases, with over two thousand attributed to H1N1. Hospitals are ready with adequate medical staff, medications, and isolation facilities to treat patients.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow for security-service contacts, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Read Full Article at RT.com

India and China agreed to continue to look for a political settlement of the border issue, in talks in Beijing Read Full Article at RT.com

Food and shelter grab headlines, but out-of-pocket health-care expenses have climbed at a nearly identical rate since 2022, Statistics Canada data shows. Economists and policy experts break down the structural drivers behind Canada's rising private medical costs.

A new court action in Grand Falls-Windsor has unearthed letters showing how a Catholic church official moved a priest to an Ontario treatment centre following allegations involving boys in 1970 — more than 15 years before he was convicted of sexual assault.

Georgetown, Ont., property owner Antonina Gladkova is warning others to pay attention to their mortgage agreements after her lender didn't dole out insurance payments on pace with her contractor's invoices, leaving her on the hook to cover costly shortfalls to rebuild her property after a fire.

When mom Kerrine Blair realised that she could do no more to influence her son’s career choice, she admitted defeat and decided to fully support him in his quest to become a pilot. The fact that she had just bought a house in Montego Bay, St James, hardly mattered then. She packed up and headed east to enable him to attend Wolmer’s Boys’ School after he got his first choice in the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations. Today, she has no regrets as her son, Mikhail Grey, is a pilot at just 19.

WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President La Sonja Harrison has described the condition of Mile Gully High School in Manchester as unacceptable, declaring that it is “not fit to carry out the business of education”. Harrison made the observation during a question-and-answer session with Education Minister Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon at the recently concluded 62nd annual conference of the JTA in Trelawny.

Night-time garbage collection is being used in some sections of the island to beat the punishing heat, but workers say the approach comes with its own risks, including poor visibility, parked vehicles, and the danger of injury from improperly discarded items. National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA) Executive Director Audley Gordon said the agency has adjusted collection schedules in some areas because of the heat, allowing workers to operate at night where possible.

WESTERN BUREAU: Senator Marlon Morgan is urging school administrators to exercise greater care in preparing book lists, arguing that parents are sometimes asked to purchase textbooks and workbooks that end up not being used in the classroom. Morgan, the parliamentary secretary in the Ministry of Education, made the appeal while addressing a Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) meeting in St Elizabeth on Sunday.

Years after retiring from the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), two former district constables say they are still without their full pensions, leaving them in financial distress and demanding answers. Derrick Foster told The Gleaner he spent 36 years in the JCF working at the Pedro Plains Police Station in St Elizabeth before retiring. Two years after his retirement, he said, he received an interim payment of about $800,000, which was intended to suffice until his final pension payment.

The High Court has moved to refreeze a staggering K1 billion held at First Capital Bank belonging to Infinity Finance Limited, after the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) successfully applied for a fresh preservation order amid ongoing suspicions the money is linked to financial crimes. According to a published ruling, the court granted the order after […] The post Infinity Finance Limited: Court refreezes K1 billion  at First Capital Bank amid fresh financial crime suspicions appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chief Elections Officer Andrew Mpesi, 49, along with three fellow senior officials, are set to face charges of abuse of office and money laundering, police have confirmed, as the fallout from a growing scandal at the electoral body continues to escalate. Deputy Police publicist Alfred Chimthere named the three other […] The post Mpesi and three top MEC officials face abuse of office and money laundering charges appeared first on Malawi News | Breaking News, Politics, Business & Sports | Nyasa Times.

A new public information drive will encourage households to prepare for severe disruption from events such as extreme weather, cyber attacks or hostile state action.

Gatwick airport suffered a drop in first-half profits as fewer passengers passed through its two terminals because of the Iran war.

Police have launched an investigation after an Irish couple's naked bodies were found beside a hot tub in their rented Spanish property. 

Kelly Ogier, 34, from Guernsey, knew no one could replace her father to give her away on her special day, so she decided to have her four-legged friend do it.

Tesco is urgently recalling one of its Finest pasta salads, over fears it could be contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria.

News that reality TV star Maya Jama has a role in The Gentlemen may not be met with unalloyed delight in Montecito.

Audience members gasped as news of Dolly Parton's death was announced minutes before a performance of 9 To 5: The Musical.

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TEHRAN - The Society to Support Children Suffering from Cancer, widely known by its acronym MAHAK, was established in 1991 as a non-governmental and non-profit organization.

SINGAPORE — Can technology companies use copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence models? How can copyrights be protected when this happens?Ways to foster greater accountability and certainty regarding copyrights when training AI are some of the issues the Government is seeking feedback on with the Aug 26 launch of a public consultation on AI’s impact on copyrights and patents, and how they should evolve in the wake of the technology.It comes amid a global flurry of lawsuits filed by rights holders alleging that many technology companies have infringed their copyrights. This includes using copyrighted books, news articles, images and music to train AI models without permission from or payment to the rights holders.The public consultation by the Ministry of Law and Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) was announced by Minister for Law Edwin Tong at the Global Forum on Intellectual Property held at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre during Singapore IP Week.

Singapore recorded fewer scam cases in the first half of 2026 compared to last year, continuing a new downward trend since 2025.While the scam situation has improved, the police said scams remain the most prevalent crime type in Singapore and continue to be a national priority.In the latest mid-year scam and cybercrime brief published Wednesday (Aug 25), the Singapore Police Force said the 16,821 total scam cases in the first six months of this year is a 14.4 per cent decrease from the 19,644 cases in the same period last year.Less money was lost to scams this year — losses fell 17.9 per cent to about $410.6 million from about $500.2 million in the previous year.Cases involving losses of $100,000 or more also dipped by 24.5 per cent compared to the first half of 2025.

An elderly man who hoped to grow his nest egg put about $40,000 into an «AI Robot» product over the course of November 2025.While James (pseudonym) saw his projected investment returns surge, he experienced just as quickly various difficulties in managing and withdrawing his funds.Pressured to continue investing, the 68-year-old man attempted to loan money from his son, who flagged the scam.Undeterred, James continued putting money into the bogus website. It was only in mid-December that he realised he had been conned, by which point he had lost around $70,000 — part of his life savings.His son said a police report was lodged but it was too late.Investment scams remain the third highest scam type reported to the police in the first half of 2026, according to the mid-year scam and cybercrime brief released by the Singapore Police Force on Wednesday (Aug 26).

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Rodion Miroshnik said that Kiev attempts to isolate settlements in violation of international humanitarian law

Search and rescue teams found four Chinese nationals working for a contractor dead, bringing the confirmed death toll to seven

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Scientists in the US have developed a way to turn plastic waste into protein-rich 3D-printed cookies Read Full Article at RT.com

The collection includes prints, postcards and totes, with proceeds going to support the gallery's charitable mission.

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[RFI] Two days after a deadly landfill collapse in Guinea, rescuers are using giant excavators to search for victims. Anger is rising among residents, who say they had warned authorities that the rubbish dump was precarious.