Lifestyle interventions aimed at weight loss have come under scrutiny (Representational) The safety of intermittent fasting, a popular strategy to lose weight by limiting food intake to certain times, was called into question by a surprise finding from research presented at a medical meeting. Limiting mealtimes to a period of just eight hours a day … Read more
When people ask me where I’m from, I wryly tell them “the middle of nowhere”. So, imagine my surprise when I saw that my old landlord and the remote place where I grew up were making national headlines over a court battle for the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. Alexander Darwall bought the 1,619-hectare … Read more
An Indonesian fishing village has been inundated with tonnes of rubbish after recent heavy rains resulted in stronger tides. Teluk, in the Indonesian province of Banten on the western edge of Java island, has one of the country’s dirtiest beaches. But the arrival of tonnes of rubbish on the shore has shocked residents. Solikah, an … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists Canada NDP motion on Palestinian statehood passes after last-minute changes Get the latest from Brian Lilley straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Mar 18, 2024 • 3 minute read Deputy whip of the NDP, Heather McPherson, looks on as NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters in the foyer of … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 13, 2024. Sara Stathas | Bloomberg | Getty Images How student loan forgiveness used to be taxed Before that Covid-era change, any student loan debt canceled by the government was considered taxable and levied at the borrower’s normal … Read more
A council worker has been injured after a quad bike crashed over an embankment in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The vehicle — which NSW Ambulance described as a quad bike — went over an embankment at Murray St, Bronte just after 1pm on Tuesday. 7NEWS understands the man fell about 30m after reversing down the embankment. … Read more
BEIJING, CHINA – MARCH 04: Chinese national flags flutter at the Great Hall of the People as the second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) opens on March 4, 2024 in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images … Read more
Economists expect the Federal Reserve to leave interest rates unchanged at the end of its two-day meeting this week, even though many experts anticipate the central bank is preparing to start cutting rates in the months ahead. In prepared remarks earlier this month, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said policymakers don’t want to ease up too quickly. Powell … Read more
High-profile jeweller Michel Germani will remain in custody after a judge declared he had a powerful motive to plot a major robbery on his own city-centre store. His wife Coco’s contacts in China formed part of the prosecution case for keeping the 66-year-old behind bars, a NSW Supreme Court bail hearing was told on Tuesday. … Read more
Japan flag and Japanese Yen cash banknotes (money, economy, business, finance, inflation, crisis) Javier Ghersi | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s central bank raised interest rates on Tuesday for the first time since 2007 and abolished its yield control curve policy, ending the world’s last negative rates regime on early signs of robust wage gains … Read more
