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Getty ImagesScientists have suggested eating very little sugar up to the age of two may help protect the brain decades later.The research analysed the impact of the end of sugar rationing in the UK which led to a rapid increase in the amount of sugar in people’s diets. The results suggest those who were toddlers during sugar rationing had a 23% lower risk of dementia. The study cannot provide definitive proof, but experts say a healthy diet is good for the brain anyway. This is not the first study to suggest the first 1,000 days of life are critically important…
During the daytime, Dubai’s population swells to 6.39 million as 1.81 million commuters, tourists and other visitors enter the emirateDubai’s population has crossed 4.74 million after the emirate added more than 161,000 residents since the beginning of 2026, live data showed on Thursday.The population stood at 4,741,335 at 1.45pm on July 30, according to the Dubai Population Clock. The increase runs counter to claims circulated during the regional conflict that residents were leaving Dubai in large numbers.This is 161,335 more than the 4.58 million residents recorded at the end of 2025. The figures represent Dubai’s usual resident population, defined as…
Uefa to hold emergency meeting over Fifa World Cup plansEuropean football’s governing body Uefa will hold a meeting of all 55 member associations on Thursday afternoon to discuss its response to Fifa’s controversial World Cup plans.2 hrs agoWorld Cup
JIJI Press / AFP via Getty ImagesThe quake caused widespread damage to houses and power lines across Kumamoto prefectureThe number of people who have died after a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan has risen to 30, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday. Rescuers are still working to find survivors after the magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture on Kyushu island on Tuesday, causing widespread damage to houses and power lines. Several people died after part of a shopping centre collapsed and an explosion ripped through the mall about an hour later.Thousands of displaced residents are now staying in evacuation…
BBC”We’ve been displaced from place to place, and now we have nowhere left to go,” says Umm Mohammed al-Shawish.She is desperately searching for somewhere to live after Israel moved yellow concrete blocks that mark out where it controls in the Gaza Strip.Families living in al-Tuffah in northern Gaza woke on Monday to find the blocks had been moved westwards into the centre of Salah al-Din road, a key north-south route through Gaza.Nearby, an Israeli flag was flying on top of an earth barrier around 3m (10ft) tall.”We are going to die here,” Mohammed al-Shawish said. “Death is better than humiliation.…
Watch: Senator Rand Paul says Fauci “could be prosecuted” after declining to answer questionsA US Senate committee chairman has warned ex-White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci could be held contempt of Congress after he refused to answer questions at a combative hearing into his handling of the Covid pandemic.The former top infectious disease expert invoked his constitutional right against self-incrimination during testimony more than 100 times.Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky said afterwards: “I think there is a very real chance that he could be prosecuted for that.” Paul has long accused Fauci of trying to cover up the origin…
Recovery operations continue in Kumamoto after quakeAeon shopping mall and the Nippon Paper Industries factory both suffered significant damage.38 mins agoAsia
BBCMandy Bourne lives with her 80‑year‑old mum in a top‑floor social housing flat in the West Midlands. Both struggle with health conditions exacerbated by the recent heatwaves.For Mandy, temperature shifts can trigger flare-ups of her chronic lung condition. “I’ve got COPD and sometimes I can’t breathe,” she explains.Across the UK, solid brick homes like theirs quietly absorb heat the way they have for decades. Charged‑up walls radiate warmth back into rooms that never get the chance to cool.Mandy says she is constantly reaching for her inhaler as her flat overheats. “It’s red hot in the flat. The sun is just…
Geek+Two thousand Geek+ robots are deployed across 10 sites in the UKEvery time you click “buy” on an online order, the chances are that your purchase starts getting processed within minutes.Increasingly, the journey starts with a squat silver floor robot gliding beneath a storage rack, lifting a shelf and carrying it across a warehouse to a waiting worker.At Geek+’s factory in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei, which the BBC visited, fleets of the robots are built and tested before being shipped to warehouses around the world.Some of Britain’s biggest retailers – including Tesco, Asda and Next – now use…
EPAThe Trump administration has taken a more hands-off approach to AI. US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration is considering asserting more power over artificial intelligence (AI) tools after recent cybersecurity incidents.Asked about OpenAI’s tools being responsible for improperly breaching the private technology of other companies, Trump said: “We’re looking at AI, we’re looking at controls, we’re also making sure that we lead.”It marks a change of tone for his administration, which has taken a more hands-off approach to the technology.Trump’s comments come after an escalation of not only the apparent hacking capabilities of popular AI tools,…