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Nov 5, 2026 - World

British College of Aesthetic Medicine launches checklist as part of ‘vet it before you get it’ campaignCosmetic tourism is often sold as a package of sun, sea and surgery, but experts have said travelling overseas for procedures can end in infections, disfigurement and death.Nora Nugent, a consultant plastic surgeon and former president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said travelling to countries such as Turkey for surgery came with myriad risks – and not just on the operating table. Continue reading...

Nov 5, 2026 - World

New report finds that record label Ador stripped child protections from group’s contracts when they were minorsThe superstar K-pop group NewJeans signed restrictive record label contracts that waived their right to “sleep, rest and free choice”.A new report from the New York Times found that the contracts were signed when the members of the record-breaking girl group were aged 14 to 17. Continue reading...

Nov 5, 2026 - World

A defiant Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said he wouldn't back down after this week's midterm elections saw Democrats take control of both houses of Congress.

Nov 5, 2026 - World

President Trump has designated early November as "anti-communism week," days after democratic socialists that he has called communists made significant gains in the mid-term elections.

Nov 5, 2026 - World

People may have been getting high off cannabis earlier than previously thought - at least 2,800 years ago, a new study suggests.