Chinese weight-loss trend of mixing tea with enemas sends many to hospital

Chinese weight-loss trend of mixing tea with enemas sends many to hospital

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An unconventional weight-loss remedy of drinking a mixture of an external-use constipation medication with tea has trended on Chinese social media, sparking doctors to warn the public not to try it after receiving some emergency cases. The extreme slimming method has captivated social media in recent weeks because of claims that it has the remarkable effect of helping people shed 4kg of weight wit...

Family office of Henderson Land boss to fast-track Central Asia green energy plans

Family office of Henderson Land boss to fast-track Central Asia green energy plans

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Henderson Land Development co-chairman and managing director Peter Lee Ka-kit’s family office has fast-tracked its plans in Central Asia, where rich agricultural and natural resources could trigger more than US$1 billion in investments in green energy. Alan Chan Ying-lung, managing partner of family office Full Vision Capital, told the South China Morning Post that the firm was pressing ahead with...

Trump cites ‘white, male, Christian’ audit in Smithsonian disclaimer push

Trump cites ‘white, male, Christian’ audit in Smithsonian disclaimer push

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US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to install signage that warns visitors of inaccurate historical information inside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington. The highly unusual move marks the 80-year-old Republican’s latest battle in his ideological war on American cultural institutions and monuments, some of which he has renamed for himself and re...

‘Let’s try this again’: rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is under way – US politics live

‘Let’s try this again’: rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is under way – US politics live

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Trump on stage in Washington DC, three months after original event was interrupted by gunfireSign up for the US Breaking News emailRepresenatives Ilhan Omar and Pramila Jayapal, will visit the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis today to conduct a congressional oversight visit.The Democratic lawmakers are visiting the site of sustained protests earlier this year against the immigration crackdo...

Indonesia’s Bali financial hub ‘a matter of survival’: economic tsar

Indonesia’s Bali financial hub ‘a matter of survival’: economic tsar

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Bali has “aura” and political titan Luhut Pandjaitan wants to channel it to transform Indonesia’s famed resort island into an international financial centre. But President Prabowo Subianto’s special adviser and economic tsar is not relying on subtle nods to Gen Z slang to sell paradise. Instead, he conjures up a striking image to make his case. A friend recently sent him a photograph of kamikaze d...

Donald Trump returns to White House Correspondents' dinner months after shooting forced postponement

Donald Trump returns to White House Correspondents' dinner months after shooting forced postponement

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President Trump attended the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner. This event followed a shooting incident outside the original venue in April. The president addressed journalists from major news organizations after months of media clashes. The dinner celebrated press freedom and raised money for journalism scholarships. Heightened security measures were in place for Frid...

White House says Trump to give ‘unifying yet vicious’ speech at rescheduled press gala

White House says Trump to give ‘unifying yet vicious’ speech at rescheduled press gala

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Correspondents’ dinner begins in Washington, three months after original event was halted by a shootingThe rescheduled White House correspondents’ dinner is under way in Washington, three months after the original event was scrapped in April when a man fired a shotgun at a security checkpoint outside the ballroom.Donald Trump arrived at the Waldorf Astoria for the rescheduled gala, which organizer...

Singer D4vd had impregnated teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing

Singer D4vd had impregnated teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing

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Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who was 13 at the time, later received an abortion, text messages indicateSinger D4vd had impregnated the teenager he is accused of fatally stabbing, according to evidence presented in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday. Celeste Rivas Hernandez later received an abortion, text messages between the two indicate.The musician, who was born David Anthony Burke, apologized to Ri...

Trump escalates Smithsonian attack with order for signs outside history museum

Trump escalates Smithsonian attack with order for signs outside history museum

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President directs interior department to display signs outside museum that accuse institution of inaccuracyDonald Trump on Friday ordered the interior department to display signs in front of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History that accuse the institution of inaccuracy.The order escalates the Trump’s attacks against the Smithsonian, which he and his allies accuse of politicizing the...

Saudi strikes Houthi sites in Yemen as conflict flares

Saudi strikes Houthi sites in Yemen as conflict flares

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Saudi Arabia struck Houthi military targets in Hodeida on Friday with rebel media reporting two injured after the Iran-backed group announced a maritime blockade of the kingdom and hit its ships. Saudi Arabia and the Houthis traded fire recently for the first time in years, threatening a 2022 truce that has held despite expiring. The Saudi-led coalition said it hit Houthi sites and destroyed targe...