NEW YORK — Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming publishing season, sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism.” “It’s just the ability to go to another world and relate to other people’s problems, problems that aren’t our problems. It’s a really valuable tool in our lives,” the … Read more
LONDON — The baby in Gaza who was recently paralyzed by polio was infected with a mutated strain of the virus that vaccinated people shed in their waste, according to scientists who say the case is the result of “an unqualified failure” of public health policy. The infection, which marked the first detection of polio … Read more
VENICE, Italy — For Angelina Jolie, portraying the famed opera singer Maria Callas meant more to her than she can put into words. “I felt such a privilege to feel like I got to know this woman and got to be inside her skin a moment. I really care for her deeply,” Jolie told The … Read more
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed Thursday that his government is looking at introducing tougher anti-smoking measures, which could potentially see a ban on smoking in outdoor spaces, including at pubs and restaurants. His confirmation came after a report in the Sun newspaper that the government was mulling a ban in pub gardens … Read more
A 19-year-old social media star who shared his daily life in Gaza with the world has been killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike, as his family were trying to raise enough money to flee the war zone. Mohammad “Medo” Halimy will never be able to go to college as he had planned after being struck … Read more
A court in Thailand has found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison, in a lurid case that involved the victim being dismembered BANGKOK — A court in Thailand on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous … Read more
A four-year-old boy accidentally smashed a Bronze Age jar at an archaeological museum in Haifa, Israel. The ancient artefact, which experts say was at least 3500 years old, was on display without a glass case near the institution’s entrance at the time of the incident. In a statement emailed to CNN on Wednesday, the Hecht … Read more
Five more people have died and more than a dozen sickened in a multi-state listeria outbreak stemming from Boar’s Head deli meat in the US. The total number of deaths is now eight. A total of 57 people have been hospitalised since the outbreak, which the Centre of Disease Control said was the largest listeriosis … Read more
GENEVA — GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s office for Europe on Thursday decried a decline in condom use by adolescents in recent years, warning of risks of infection and unplanned pregnancies in countries from Canada to central Asia. The findings come in the latest report by WHO Europe on health behavior in school-age … Read more
PARIS — Just weeks after hosting the Olympics, Paris began the final chapter of its summer of sports Wednesday with the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Against the backdrop of a setting sun, thousands of athletes paraded down the famed Champs-Elysées avenue to Place de la Concorde in central Paris. About 50,000 people watched … Read more
