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Iranian attack sparks huge fire at Bahrain facility

Bahrain’s interior ministry released footage showing a huge fire at a fuel facility in Muharraq after Iranian attacks. Authorities say the military has intercepted more than 170 drones and over 100 missiles since Iran began targeting countries in the region.

Obesity: Why social media is the elephant in the room

Public health policy is increasingly shaped by what could be described as a “monoculture of nutrition”: a framework that treats food as the primary driver of obesity and cardiovascular risk while leaving other determinants largely unexplored, writes Professor Pietro Paganini.

10 European cities most at risk of becoming 'ghost towns'

The March 2026 report on European demographic trends found that Genoa, Italy, is at the biggest risk of becoming a “ghost town” in the next decade. With birth rates falling below death rates across Europe, a new study by World Depopulation, a global demographics analytics tool,