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A police detective and mum-of-three has died a week after undergoing a butt lift and liposuction procedure, according to reports. Alicia Stone, 40, who worked for the New York Police Department (NYPD) was rushed to Fundación Valle del Lili Hospital in Colombia on Thursday after she was discovered unresponsive in a hotel room. Ms Stone, who had worked in the …

London was reportedly urged to open talks with Berlin on a nuclear deterrence plan over the alleged “critical” threat posed by Russia British military chiefs have backed the idea of a new security agreement with Germany that could involve sharing nuclear weapons, according to a report by The Telegraph published on Saturday. Senior leaders, including a former chief of defense …

California’s Governor Gavin Newsom said on Sunday he was considering a run for US president in 2028 – just a day after former vice-president Kamala Harris made the same pronouncement. Newsom, a Democrat who has won national prominence this year pitching himself a leader of the resistance to President Donald Trump, admitted for the first time publicly that he was …

The country will have to pay over three times more in interest payments by the end of the decade, Francois Villeroy de Galhau has said France is at risk of gradual economic “suffocation” unless it addresses its budget and debt problems, the governor of the Bank of France has warned. In an interview with La Croix on Saturday, Francois Villeroy …

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADC), a fast-growing next-generation cancer treatment, have become an investment hotspot due to its potential to become mainstream globally, according to biopharmaceutical industry insiders. To achieve sustainable growth and maximise revenue potential, companies should pursue differentiated product development and a global clinical strategy, according to Duality Biotherapeutics, which organised a biotech forum in Shanghai last week. The Shanghai-based …

Long-range Flamingo projectile is facing technical snags and funding delays, the Ukrainian leader has said The production of Ukraine’s long-range Flamingo missile has encountered both technical setbacks and financing delays, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has admitted, adding that the procurement order would be ready in several weeks. Zelensky first announced that the Flamingo development was underway in August, touting it …

Hong Kong enterprises have “high hopes” that a visit to Saudi Arabia as part of a high-powered delegation led by the city’s finance chief will help strengthen ties with the country and expand their business in the Middle East. Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po will depart for Riyadh on Monday to attend the 9th Future Investment Initiative (FII) forum, often …

Hurricane Melissa has been upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane, with a holiday destination beloved by British tourists set to be hit with catastrophic flooding. The US National Hurricane Center has warned the storm would be upgraded to Category 5 after it hit Haiti and the Dominican Republic. It is expected to reach Jamaica on Monday evening or Tuesday morning. …

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has accused the exiled opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky and 22 members of the Russian Anti-War Committee of plotting a coup. The Russian Anti-War Committee, founded in 2022, describes itself as a platform supporting “anti-war Russians” and promoting “solidarity, action, and mutual aid for people who oppose the war unleashed by the Kremlin.” According to the …

Without interference, the diplomacy would have yielded a result already, Russia’s top diplomat believes The US administration has been subjected to “unbelievable” pressure by the European warhawks and Kiev, who are bent on derailing negotiations with Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. The top diplomat made the remarks in an interview with Hungarian YouTube channel Ultrahang, which aired …