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Harvard morgue manager jailed for selling body parts

A former morgue manager at the prestigious Harvard Medical School has been sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts donated for scientific research.

US • 1 hr

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO exploring AI to boost ancient, traditional medicine

The World Health Organisation is opening a major conference on traditional medicine, arguing that new technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, can bring scientific scrutiny to centuries-old healing practices.

News Lens • 1 hr

Donald Trump seen during talks with farmers at the White House

Trump orders blockade of 'sanctioned' Venezuela tankers

US President Donald Trump has announced a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela.

US • 48 mins

Second doctor sentenced for supplying drugs to Perry

The second of two doctors who supplied Friends star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed has been sentenced to home confinement by a California court.

US • 12 hrs

Paleontologists at the Natural History Museum of Milan Cristiano Dal Sasso comment during a press conference

Hundreds of metres of dinosaur tracks found in Italy

Hundreds of metres of dinosaur tracks with toes and claws have been found in the Italian Alps, authorities have said.

News Lens • 17 hrs

Residents inspect a house destroyed by Hurricane Melissa in a neighborhood of Santiago de Cuba

Economic losses from natural disasters down 33% in 2025

Global economic losses from natural disasters are projected to have dropped by 33% to $220 billion in 2025, despite the damage wrought by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said today.

Business • 21 hrs

ECB set to hold rates but debate over future heats up

The European Central Bank is expected to hold interest rates steady this week for its fourth meeting in a row with inflation in check, although debate is heating up about the path forward.

Business • 15 Dec

Japan's only two pandas to be sent back to China

Two pandas at a Tokyo zoo will be returned to China in January, the Tokyo government said potentially leaving Japan without the beloved animals for the first time in half a century.

News Lens • 15 Dec

Jimmy Lai in a grey blazer and blue shirt.

Lai convicted of national security charges in Hong Kong

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two counts of foreign collusion and of seditious publication, in one of the Chinese city's highest-profile national security trials.

Asia • 15 Dec

A dachshund wearing a festive coat takes part in the Christmas Hyde Park Sausage Dog Parade in Hyde Park, central London

Santa-Paws: Sausage dogs don festive dress in London

Cosy knits, sparkly bobbles and Santa hats were all the canine rage as hundreds of sausage dogs and their owners converged on central London for an annual parade and get-together.

News Lens • 14 Dec

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