TOKYO: The rate of depressive symptoms was lower among working-age people who consume a Japanese-style diet including rice, miso soup and fish, the first study of its kind recently showed, Kyodo News Agency reported. The Japan Institute for Health Security assessed the benefits of a traditional ‘Japanese-style diet’ comprising of soy products, cooked vegetables, mushrooms,…
© Jonathan McHugh The writer is an FT contributing editor Goodbye fluffy liberal internationalism. Hello hard-headed pursuit of the national interest. Western democratic norms and values are all very well. But homeland security in a dangerous world requires military strength and shameless deals with unsavoury regimes. Welcome to a new age of realpolitik. Keir Starmer’s…
Investigators described finding decaying bodies stacked atop each other throughout a dilapidated, bug-infested building. A judge in the US state of Colorado has handed a funeral home owner, who stashed 191 dead bodies on his premises, a 20-year prison sentence for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government. Federal prosecutors had sought a 15-year sentence…
Supreme Court ruling expands Trump’s power – and he intends to use it The Supreme Court on Friday handed a significant victory to Donald Trump – and future American presidents – when curbing lower courts’ power to block executive orders. President Trump was beaming as he addressed reporters at the White House briefing room podium,…
JERUSALEM: Israel’s Military Advocate General has ordered an investigation into possible war crimes over allegations that Israeli forces deliberately fired at Palestinian civilians near Gaza aid distribution sites, Haaretz newspaper reported on Friday. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed over the past month in the vicinity of areas where food was being handed out, local…
Headline: SPD grapples with internal revolt as veterans push back on defense expansion and rapprochement with Moscow. Subheadline: At the party’s upcoming congress, centrist leader Lars Klingbeil confronts resistance from SPD old‑guard calling for détente and peace-first policies, reviving tensions rooted in the Brandt-era legacy. 1. Rising Tensions at SPD Congress On the eve of…
Headline: Tesla parts with a key Musk confidant as deliveries decline and priorities shift. Subheadline: Omead Afshar, a top executive and fixer to Elon Musk, exits Tesla during a tumultuous period marked by falling EV deliveries, rising competition, and a high-stakes pivot to AI and robotics. 1. A Trusted Lieutenant Departs Omead Afshar, who joined Tesla in…
Wall Street’s S&P 500 share index climbed to a record high on Friday, capping a dramatic rebound by US stocks from a sharp drop earlier in the year sparked by Donald Trump’s barrage of global tariffs. The blue-chip index rose 0.5 per cent in morning trading to 6,173.47, eclipsing its previous peak of 6,147.43 on…
The United States has reached an agreement with China on accelerating shipments of rare earth minerals to the US, amid efforts to end a trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US had signed a deal with China the previous day, without providing more details,…
CAIRO: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed the military to prepare an enforcement plan against Iran following their 12-day air war, Katz said on Friday in a statement. The plan “includes maintaining Israel’s air superiority, preventing nuclear advancement and missile production, and responses to Iran for supporting terrorist activities against Israel”, Katz added.
