Air strike hit Kabul rehab centre as patients ate dinner, survivor tells BBC 12 hours ago Yama BarizBBC Afghan, Kabul EPA/Shutterstock Several volunteers from the Red Crescent remove debris from the destroyed rehab centre in Kabul. There are about 13 men (some partially obscured by others), wearing red tabards with the organisation's crescent logo and medical face masks.EPA/Shutterstock Rescue teams were at the scene of the destroyed rehab centre in Kabul on Tuesday Rescue teams are continuing to pull bodies from the smoking rubble of a drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which was hit on Monday night in a devastating Pakistani air strike. The attack on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, which happened at about 21:00 local time (16:30 GMT), is the deadliest in recent violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The strike happened as residents broke their daily fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. .
- 1 reply
- 0 recasts
- 0 reactions
Chinese national charged for trying to smuggle 2,000 ants from Kenya 42 minutes ago Kelly Ng Kenya Wildlife Service Garden ants each individually packed in test tubesKenya Wildlife Service Kenyan authorities have been warning about of a growing demand for garden ants in Europe and Asia, where they are kept as pets A Chinese man and his Kenyan associate have been charged with illegally dealing in wildlife species after they were caught trying to smuggle more than 2,000 live queen garden ants out of Kenya. Zhang Kequn was arrested at the international airport in the capital Nairobi last week after authorities discovered the large consignment of ants in his luggage –each of them either stashed in a test tube or wrapped in tissue. On Tuesday, a court in Nairobi heard that Zhang bought the ants from Charles Mwangi at 10,000 Kenyan shillings ($77; £58) for every 100 of them. Kenyan authorities have been warning about of a growing demand for garden ants in Europe and Asia, where collectors keep them as pets.
- 0 replies
- 0 recasts
- 0 reactions
India's cheap weight-loss drugs could reshape global obesity fight 6 hours ago Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent Bloomberg via Getty Images Five pens of weight-loss drug Wegovy jabs sit in an encased stand on a plinth in front of unidentifiable people sitting on chairs on a stage in front of a purple screen projection during a press conference for the launch of Wegovy in India, in Mumbai in June 2025.Bloomberg via Getty Images Wegovy launched in India in 2025, but the patent on its core ingredient expires in the country this week India could soon get a lot thinner - at least in theory. On Friday the patent on semaglutide - the molecule behind Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's blockbuster weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic - expires in the country. This will allow domestic pharmaceutical companies to release cheaper copies or generics, triggering a rush of competition that could slash prices by more than half and rapidly expand access for people in India, and eventually in other countries too.
- 0 replies
- 0 recasts
- 0 reactions