More or less protein? What to eat to get you through a heatwave
"There's no need for more protein in a heatwave," says Aisling Daly, senior lecturer in nutrition at Oxford Brookes University.
But if you fancy it, some of the most common proteins will need cooking (like meat, chicken and fish) and that can be off-putting in the heat. Even an outdoor BBQ can be too hot to handle.
At UN, Cuba rallies support against ‘ruthless’ US blockade
Diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana have widened in recent months.
Cuba has denounced the “ruthless” US embargo against the island during a United Nations General Assembly debate.
“The government of the United States is carrying out against Cuba a multi-dimensional, non-conventional warfare that has already lasted for almost seven decades now and has become ever more cruel and more ruthless during the last seven months,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez told the UN on Tuesday, slamming the blockade’s “collective punishment” of the population.
Childhood on hold: How Gaza’s children spend a summer without play
Gaza City, Gaza Strip – In a partially destroyed building in western Gaza City, Faten Nabhan sat, surrounded by her six school-age children, taking a brief rest after a morning spent filling water containers from the trucks that visit the camp.
Cannabis smuggler knows most of his drugs mules 'will get caught'
Suppliers are running industrial-sized operations in parts of the world where laws governing the cultivation of cannabis have been relaxed - including Thailand, Canada and parts of the US - and illegally importing multiple-kilogram loads to the UK for "huge profits".
Syria grapples with unrest as government faces old and new threats
Damascus was rocked on Tuesday by explosions during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the first European Union leader to visit the country since forces led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa deposed Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.