Giant hogweed is a toxic plant. The plant itself originates from Asia. The invasive plant has been present in Britain and Ireland since the early 19th Century. It was first introduced as an ornamental garden plant used primarily in large stately homes, but it subsequently escaped into the wider countryside. It is now associated with…
Back in 2013, when a Socialist minister was accused (and eventually convicted) of tax fraud, the righteous fury of Marine Le Pen knew no bounds. Any politician found guilty of financial misconduct, she fulminated, should be ineligible for office for the rest of their lives. That was very much then. Although a court of appeal on…
The heatwave is forecast to hit a large area of the country, from the US east coast to central areas of the country. The extreme temperatures caused by a heat dome, will peak in the Midwest and Mississippi Valley by Thursday, the NWS predicted. It will shift east into the Ohio Valley and East Coast…
Suits. Gnomic poetry. Moody, insistent riffs. It used to be that you’d know what to expect from NYC rockers Interpol. The band’s first two albums, in the early 00s, were blockbuster successes, shifting half a million units each thanks to dramatic songs also fit for jerking around at an indie disco. Interpol duly jumped up…
Spiking temperatures have prompted an extreme heat warning for parts of the Pacific Northwest, and forecasters warned that some places could reach 100 degrees or more on Sunday and Monday. Heat advisories were pre-emptively issued along the coast between Oregon and the Canadian border for Sunday morning through late Tuesday night, with temperatures in some…
June 10, 2026, 8:01 p.m. ET Visual investigations An analysis of satellite images and videos suggest a precision strike on an Iranian water facility. A damaged building in Bemani, southern Iran, seen on a photo published by Iranian media, where a surviving wall still urges residents not to waste water: “Water is the pulse of…
Two dangerous fugitives wanted for serious organised crime offences have been arrested in separate international operations.One suspect, wanted by Germany over an attempted murder linked to violence-as-a-service criminal networks, was arrested in Türkiye. The second, a senior Camorra member, was arrested in Spain following a cross-border investigation led by Italian authorities.Fugitive tied to violence-as-a-service networks…
A Texas man pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of criminal conspiracy related to misbranding volatile alkyl nitrites, known by their street name as “poppers,” and selling them as inhalants in violation of federal law. Although the labeling for poppers products often misleadingly claims they are sold as cleaning agents, poppers are commonly misused for…
In February 2025, the body of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna was finally returned to Ukraine after months of uncertainty. She was one of 757 Ukrainian casualties handed over by Russian authorities as part of an exchange of prisoners and the dead. Roshchyna had disappeared in the summer of 2023 while reporting from the Russian-occupied territories in…
The US and Iran’s rival blockades of the Strait of Hormuz have become a “test of wills”, says BBC’s Chief International correspondent Lyse Doucet. Earlier this month, US forces announced they would intercept or turn back vessels travelling to or from Iran’s coast. Iran calls the blockade “piracy”, and its top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf,…
