The sweetener erythritol has been linked to a dramatically increased risk of cardiovascular problems. Erythritol is a four-carbon sugar alcohol naturally present in small amounts in fruits and vegetables, but at levels 1000 times higher in some processed foods such as pastries and ice creams. It is around two-thirds as …

Environmentalists have hailed a historic deal to protect oceans reached at the United Nations headquarters in New York City by over 190 countries over the weekend as “the biggest conservation agreement in the history of the world.” Why it matters: The High Seas Treaty moves to protect 30% of the …

Massive protests erupt across nation, demanding action on broken rail system Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized Sunday for the train crash last week that killed at least 57 people, vowing to fix the nation’s broken rail system while the stationmaster charged in the crash made his first court appearance. …

The Iraqi Ministry of Transport announced that the construction works in the five berths of Al-Faw Grand Port reached 41 percent, noting that it is intending to purchase advanced ships from international providers. The Iraqi Ministry of Transport mentioned in a statement that the technical department prepared a complete plan, …

At least ten people have died in the Indonesian region of Natuna on Monday after a landslide buried houses amid heavy rainfall, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. Junainah, a disaster official in Riau Islands province, said the number of fatalities may rise and that communications in the area had …

The reservists are angry at PM Netanyahu’s attempts to change the Israeli judiciary, in what they see as an anti-democratic move. Dozens of Israeli air force reservists have said they will not turn up for a training day in protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial changes. As Israel’s …

Chinese military could this year carry out a “sudden entry” into areas close to the island, Taipei’s defense minister has said. Taiwan should be on the lookout for the Chinese military’s possible actions in areas adjacent to the self-governing island during 2023, its Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng told lawmakers on …

President Abdullatif Rashid met with Italy’s ambassador to Iraq, Maurizio Crikanti, in Baghdad’s al-Salam (Peace) Palace for talks on bilateral ties and cooperation prospects between their respective countries, the Iraqi presidency said in a readout on Monday. According to the readout, President Rashid attached importance to “the active coordination and …

A group of 52 lawmakers has lodged a motion with the Iraqi parliament’s presidium to summon Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein over unwarranted “intervention” of US Ambassador Alina Romanowski in the internal affairs of the country, an official correspondence read on Sunday. Several Iraqi factions have voiced criticism over the recent …

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Monday that the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was of more symbolic than operational importance, and its fall would not necessarily mean that Moscow had regained the initiative in the war. The battle for Bakhmut has raged for seven months. A Russian victory …

Four American citizens were shot at and kidnapped by armed men after driving across the U.S. border into northeastern Mexico, the FBI said Sunday. The Americans crossed into Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state, on Friday, driving a white minivan with North Carolina license plates, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said …

A motorcycle-borne suicide bomber has rammed into a police truck in southwestern Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province, killing at least 10 policemen, in one of the deadliest attacks on security forces this year. “The suicide bomber was riding a motorbike and hit the truck from behind,” senior police official Abdul Hai …

Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called the suspected poisoning of students in Iran’s schools an “unforgivable and big” crime, calling on authorities to seriously pursue the issue. “If it is proven that the students were poisoned, the perpetrators of this crime must be …