'Eco-friendly' paper straws 'may not be better for environment than plastic'

Paper drinking straws billed as being ‘eco-friedly’ may not be better for the environment than plastic versions after all, researchers have warned. Most paper straws contain long-lasting “forever chemicals”, which are potentially harmful to people, wildlife and the environment.  Potentially toxic chemicals and

Missing toddler 'may have been hit by farming machinery'

Police in France reportedly fear that a missing toddler may have been hit by farming machinery while walking through long grass. Émile, aged two, was staying with his grandparents at Haut-Vernet, an Alpine hamlet south of Grenoble, when he vanished on July 8. 

Putin 'may try to blow up nuclear plant' after dam attack, Ukraine warns

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top security official, Oleksiy Danilov, issued a stark warning over a potentially catastrophic attack on Europe’s biggest nuclear power on Tuesday. Danilov expressed deep concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next move might involve an attack on the