The Independent
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Young children and pregnant women told not to eat runny eggs over salmonella outbreak
The current outbreak is ‘unusually large and rapidly increasing,’ a health official warned
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Chaos across Northeast as possible tornado hits beach and floods swallow cars
Heavy rain and winds are pounding the Northeast U.S. Storms tore through a beach on Long Island and stranded dozens of people in their cars in New Jersey on Thursday
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How to help your kids make friends at a new school
Starting a new school can be daunting for students, but parents can help ease the transition
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Drivers injured in German donkey attack
A 33-year-old woman who stepped in to assist with restraining the equine was also taken to hospital for treatment
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Congo’s Ebola crisis deepens as deaths pass 2,500 and health workers are attacked
A UN official has confirmed over 2,500 people have died during the Ebola epidemic
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Prince Harry and 6 others to learn initial cost of failed Daily Mail case
Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, are set to find out how many millions of pounds they will have to pay initially to the publisher of Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper following their failed case alleging privacy invasion
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Trump claims crack-of-dawn beef import deal as prices skyrocket
President announces beef imports to be sold at below-market rates until just after Election Day
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Harry and other celebrities discover how many millions they will pay Mail publisher
The Duke of Sussex is among seven high-profile names who failed to prove Associated Newspapers Limited has engaged in unlawful information gathering for stories
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Asian shares are mixed following Wall Street losses as US Treasury's moves fail to calm markets
Asian shares are mixed following a retreat on Wall Street, as the U.S. Treasury Department's plan to expand government debt buybacks appeared to have only limited capacity to calm markets
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In Benin, malnutrition and misinformed views contribute to widespread stunting in children
In Benin, stunting affects a third of children under 5 due to malnutrition, despite abundant resources
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40kg python receives human cancer treatment in world first
The 23-year-old reticulated python has returned to her ‘bright and feisty self’ after receiving electrochemotherapy
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Hungary spent years draining its waters. Drought is exposing the cost
The shrinking of Lake Velence reflects a wider water emergency facing Hungary
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Charter plane crashes on approach to secretive Alaska military outpost, killing eight
The crash happened at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska
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Trump puts his face on Reflecting Pool water in algae green during posting spree
President Trump’s post comes days after a court filing suggested that his administration could, once again, target a former Olympian in connection with the Reflecting Pool
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UK retail sales fall as shoppers cut back on online spending
The Office for National Statistics said retail sales volumes declined by 0.5 per cent in July, compared with the previous month
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Number of UK firms in ‘critical distress’ increases by almost a tenth
The downbeat outlook for British firms comes amid a backdrop of global economic uncertainty and rising costs.
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Stem cell therapy reverses heart failure in 90% of patients, Chinese trial finds
Patients who received treatment performed better on a six-minute walking test
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‘Bored’ mum joined NHS study and found out her sons could have rare condition
Most children are only diagnosed with adrenoleukodystrophy, also known as ALD, when symptoms appear
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Prosecutors to retry Yung Filly on 3 rape charges in Australia
British social media celebrity and rapper Yung Filly will be retried on three charges that allege he raped a fan in Australia following a music performance two years ago
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Tupac murder suspect names his nephew as rapper’s killer during trial
This 2008 interview was the first time Duane Davis directly discussed his involvement in the killing with authorities
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UK debt nears £3 trillion as government borrowing unexpectedly climbs
Most economists had forecast zero borrowing last month while the OBR had predicted a £500 million surplus
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JD Vance returns to ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ steel plant as Republicans sweat crucial races
Vice President JD Vance will return to his hometown Friday to campaign for Republican candidates
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NHS England is getting a breakthrough HIV drug – the rest of the world needs it too
Game-changing HIV drug Lenacapavir will soon be saving lives across the country, writes Molly Thompson, yet marginalised communities in the global south who made this possible still don’t have access
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Body of missing teen hiker recovered from bushland after family told ‘she’s alive’
The body of a woman, believed to be Lily Hooper, was located on Thursday following an eight-day search
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Inside Europe’s hottest town facing ‘another kind of lockdown’
Night-time temperatures are climbing too
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Indonesia and China discuss increasing defense cooperation and energy security
Top ministers for Indonesia and China have discussed increasing defense cooperation and strengthening food and energy security between their countries
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Putin arrests Russians complaining about fuel shortages amid petrol station fights
Crisis is the Kremlin’s ‘biggest domestic challenge’ since the outbreak of war against Ukraine, say experts
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World’s oldest person on her secret to a long life as she turns 117
Ethel Caterham has lived through the Titanic disaster, both world wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall and six monarchs
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Harry and Meghan latest: Duchess to ‘return to acting’ as family plot UK comeback
The Duchess is said to have been offered a role in an upcoming project in Britain
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US Army to shut down unit in Europe focused on drone warfare in latest shakeup
Decision comes despite the Iran war showing the need for the U.S. to learn lessons about drone warfare from Ukraine
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Rare Easter Island jewellery bought for £100 ells for £75,000 at auction
The collector has ‘made quite a good return’, Wiltshire auction house says
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Flash flood warnings for UK as heavy rain batters drought-hit ground
Further showers are forecast on Friday for most parts of the UK
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US, South Korean militaries wrapping up drills early, a day after North Korea's missile barrage
The U.S. and South Korean militaries are wrapping their annual drills six days earlier than initially scheduled in a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea
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Israel unveils Palestinian execution wing with ‘viewing deck’
The ‘depraved’ move normalises violence against Palestinians in Israel, human rights groups warn
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Nurse ‘gave colleague scissors to defend herself against any Muslims’, tribunal told
Belinda Ellams, an agency nurse, was working at Millbrow Care Home in Cheshire, when she made comments such as Muslims are going to ‘kill all white people’
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‘Putin may threaten the UK and Nato over Ukraine – but is too weak to follow through’
Putin’s posturing is a poor attempt to scare off broader Western support for Kyiv, say experts. Suha Kidwai reports
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Iran-US war latest: Tehran accuses Trump of ‘economic terrorism’
Over 750 members of the US military have been injured since the Iran war began
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Schools are starting to teach AI literacy. For many, that means helping kids see chatbots' flaws
AI chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere
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Storms and possible tornadoes pummel the Northeast US, flooding roads and damaging beaches
Heavy rain and winds are pounding the Northeast U.S. Storms tore through a beach on Long Island and stranded dozens of people in their cars in New Jersey on Thursday
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First group of deportees arrives in troubled Haiti after US ends TPS program
The U.S. has deported more than 160 people to Haiti for the first time since the Trump administration won a legal battle to end Temporary Protected Status for some 350,000 Haitians
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Newly discovered snake species named after Guns N’Roses guitarist
Snake is already under threat from industries like coffee farming and mining, researchers say
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Iran-US war: Over 770 US service members killed or injured since conflict began
At least 18 deaths are included in the statistics
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A question looms over Harry's return to the UK. Can he rebuild his relationship with Prince William?
The royal family’s long-running American soap opera is returning to Britain
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Jury says The New York Times defamed Alabama basketball player with incorrect story about shooting
An Alabama jury finds The New York Times defamed a college basketball player by incorrectly reporting that he was at the scene of a fatal shooting in Tuscaloosa
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Charter plane with eight people on board crashes near remote Alaska radar station
A federal official says a charter plane flying to a remote radar site in western Alaska crashed Thursday
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Navy considers scrapping plan to name carrier after Black hero
No US aircraft carrier has ever been named after a sitting president
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Ukraine war live: Nato jets blow up suspected Russian drone near gas facility
Fighter jets were scrambled to destroy the drone near Neptun Deep
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Jurors hear Tupac murder suspect say nephew fired shots that killed rapper
This 2008 interview was the first time Duane Davis directly discussed his involvement in the killing with authorities
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Iran, economy and mending fences: Takeaways from Trump interview with Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer turned key witness against him, said it was their first public conversation in eight years
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Prince Harry latest: Duke to discover legal costs in failed Daily Mail court drama
A string of claims brought by the Duke of Sussex and six other celebrities were dismissed by a High Court judge
