![Eurostar: Facial verification system to reduce queues at St Pancras](/i/c/f2ec64e4-8505-09e5-987a-290a21abc7e7.webp)
Eurostar: Facial verification system to reduce queues at St Pancras
New technology means some passengers can avoid manual checks and queues at St Pancras station.
2023-07-18 13:53
![Emergency evacuation slide from United flight falls into neighborhood near Chicago O'Hare International Airport](/i/c/88330ab9-5f47-4b44-7b56-92a2257e5672.webp)
Emergency evacuation slide from United flight falls into neighborhood near Chicago O'Hare International Airport
A United Airlines Boeing 767 plane lost its emergency evacuation slide in mid-air Monday -- and it ended up in the backyard of a home near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, officials and a witness said.
2023-07-18 08:00
![Russia officially pulls out of Ukraine grain deal](/i/c/9158da78-ba66-c9ed-cae1-689d7c08ba80.webp)
Russia officially pulls out of Ukraine grain deal
After months of threats to not renew the deal, Moscow has officially announced it will come to a de facto end.
2023-07-17 20:20
![Russia seizes control of Danone and Carlsberg operations](/i/c/76f856ac-f051-6b97-e763-97800b179d61.webp)
Russia seizes control of Danone and Carlsberg operations
Under a new order, the Danone and Carslberg units have been put in "temporary management" of the state.
2023-07-17 11:29
![How Guinness World Record mania has gripped Nigeria](/i/c/391ef4e1-74be-aed1-7532-381e9832faa0.webp)
How Guinness World Record mania has gripped Nigeria
Nigerians have inundated Guinness World Record with requests to ratify their attempts in the past two months.
2023-07-16 07:55
![Why McDonald's dropped tomatoes from Indian menus](/i/c/e23a7df4-9eff-1128-cf64-1d9e9da2cc16.webp)
Why McDonald's dropped tomatoes from Indian menus
A kilo of tomatoes now costs more than a litre of petrol in the country. Here's why.
2023-07-15 08:59
![Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu declares state of emergency over food](/i/c/74d6ee06-e2c8-a3d6-6ab8-60e55558d1d9.webp)
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu declares state of emergency over food
The president plans to provide protection to farmers targeted by notorious kidnapping gangs.
2023-07-15 01:23
![Sex education to be compulsory in Irish schools](/i/c/c4b3fdb2-7bf0-3242-fa22-f802e0c81e82.webp)
Sex education to be compulsory in Irish schools
There will be lessons on health and wellbeing, relationships and sexuality and "into adulthood".
2023-07-13 14:25
![Epstein-Staley Emails Reveal Friendship Forged at JPMorgan](/i/c/def2a858-b059-e460-3a42-11cc9b19b7b1.webp)
Epstein-Staley Emails Reveal Friendship Forged at JPMorgan
Sitting on his yacht in January 2011, Jes Staley was taking time out from running one of the
2023-07-13 07:25
![Iowa's Republican legislature passes six-week abortion ban](/i/c/e0f55cb8-03a6-1341-7de6-c04512c37a83.webp)
Iowa's Republican legislature passes six-week abortion ban
Iowa joins several other Midwest states in bringing new restrictions since Roe V Wade was overturned.
2023-07-12 21:55
![King of the Big Stomach: Chinese eatery in trouble over dumpling-eating race](/i/c/2c8ea57c-c40d-d5da-7d42-3d4acfc8db59.webp)
King of the Big Stomach: Chinese eatery in trouble over dumpling-eating race
The contest flouts laws against food waste and "misleads" people into over-ordering, authorities say.
2023-07-11 13:48
![Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite resistance](/i/c/9cd3feb9-e10c-ef2d-eb0b-b631881fff53.webp)
Insects find their way onto Italian plates despite resistance
Pulverising crickets to make flour for food is seen by some as a threat to the Mediterranean diet.
2023-07-08 12:51