NEW YORK – Meta researchers found that teens who report that Instagram regularly made them feel bad about their bodies saw significantly more “eating disorder adjacent content” than those who did not, according to an internal document. The posts shown to those users featured “prominent display” of chest, buttocks, or thighs, “explicit judgment” about body … Read more
BARCELONA – Barcelona coach Hansi Flick admitted on Monday that he did not want his grandchildren to see him behaving as he did when he was sent off after making an obscene gesture as he celebrated a late winner against Girona. Flick had received a first yellow card on Saturday for protesting against a refereeing … Read more
WASHINGTON – When two alleged drug traffickers survived a U.S. military strike last week in the Caribbean, they left the Trump administration with a decision to make: send them back home, or find a way to keep them detained. The U.S. last month started a campaign of attacks in the Caribbean that the Trump administration … Read more
After a string of party appointments rewarding those who supported her party leadership bid, newly elected Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is now putting some of her friends in key government positions. Among them is Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, a former defense minister, who is expected to play a big role in the new administration. … Read more
Osaka – Once something is dubbed cool, it is often just a matter of time before it ceases to be so. Ranked No. 8 on Time Out’s “world’s coolest neighborhoods” list, Nakatsu in Osaka has gained international attention — but locals worry its distinctive character faces a greater threat than fleeting fame. Home to a … Read more
Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi was elected prime minister by parliament on Tuesday, shattering Japan’s glass ceiling to become the country’s first female leader. Takaichi avoided a runoff by rolling to victory in a first round of voting in the Lower House, garnering 237 votes against Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Yoshihiko Noda’s … Read more
Anadolu via Getty Images US President Donald Trump wants to advance the second phase of his 20-point Gaza peace plan US Vice-President JD Vance has arrived in Israel as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to strengthen the Gaza ceasefire agreement. He is expected to push the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to start negotiations … Read more
Paul KirbyEurope digital editor and Hugh Schofieldin Paris Watch: Sarkozy was cheered by supporters as he embraced his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy outside their Paris home Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan … Read more
A tornado tore through Val-d’Oise, north of Paris, on Monday, toppling construction cranes, damaging properties and uprooting trees in its path. One person was killed and four others critically injured, authorities said. The town of Ermont, about 20 km (13 miles) northeast of Paris was hardest hit by the sudden twister, which caused damage in … Read more
A Chinese-born woman has been charged for the theft of six gold nuggets worth about 1.5 million euros ($1.75m; £1.3m) from the Museum of Natural History in Paris last month, French prosecutors have said. The woman was arrested in Barcelona trying to dispose of some melted gold, according to officials, and is being held in … Read more