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In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would have to take unspecified measures if the US did not agree to President Vladimir Putin’s proposal yesterday that both sides should adhere to the treaty’s limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons for another year. — Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik/Pool pic via Reuters

Russia warns of global security risks if nuclear treaty with US expires

One of three helicopter's in US President Donald Trump entourage flies over Windsor Castle, in Windsor September 17, 2025. US authorities charged a man who shone a laser pointer at the presidential helicopter as it departed the White House with President Trump aboard, according to a court filing yesterday. — AFP pic

Man faces felony for shining laser pointer at helicopter carrying Trump

Motorists make their way through flood waters following heavy rain in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on November 28, 2024. Four people were killed in flooding in central Thailand, the nation’s disaster agency said today. — AFP pic

Four dead, 250,000 affected as monsoon floods sweep central Thailand

A World Health Organisation spokesperson said today that evidence of a link between the use of paracetemol, known as Tylenol in the US, during pregnancy and autism remained inconsistent and that the value of life-saving vaccines should not be questioned. — AFP pic

WHO says evidence linking paracetamol in pregnancy to autism remains ‘inconsistent’

In this photo illustration, Tylenol packages and caplets are displayed, in Los Angeles, California September 22, 2025. — AFP pic

European Medicines Agency reaffirms safety of paracetamol during pregnancy amid US controversy

The Suwon District Court handed down the lengthy term to Aricell CEO Park Soon-kwan. His son, who served as the company’s general manager, was also sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined one million won (RM3,000). — Pexels pic

Fire, locked exits, 23 dead: South Korean battery CEO jailed 15 years over 2024 factory blaze

Security personnel at the New Delhi airport found the boy roaming near the flight and apprehended him before deporting him back home on the same flight. ― AFP pic

From Kabul to… almost New Delhi: 13-year-old Afghan boy hitches ride in plane’s landing gear

US President Donald Trump, in front of US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., delivers remarks linking autism to childhood vaccines and to the use of popular pain medication Tylenol for pregnant women and children, claims which are not backed by decades of science, at the White House in Washington September 22, 2025. — Reuters pic

‘I’m not a doctor’: Trump’s autism announcement gives Covid flashbacks

Queensland man Byron Haddow, 23, was found dead in his Bali villa’s plunge pool earlier this year. His body was returned to Australia four weeks later, where a second autopsy revealed his heart was missing. — AFP pic

Australia probes how Bali body returned home without heart

Tylenol is a widely used over-the-counter medication that is sold generically as acetaminophen in the United States and as paracetamol in the UK. — Reuters pic

Tylenol in the spotlight: Is popular painkiller acetaminophen/paracetamol safe during pregnancy?

GSK, which stopped making leucovorin in 1997 but still holds its FDA approval, said yesterday it will apply to update the label to include treatment for cerebral folate deficiency at the FDA’s request. — Reuters pic

What you need to know about leucovorin and its potential role in autism treatment

Police officers walk after all traffic has been closed at the Copenhagen Airport due to drone reports in Copenhagen, Denmark September 22, 2025. — Ritzau Scanpix/Steven Knap pic via Reuters

Drones that shut Copenhagen Airport flown by ‘capable operator’, Danish police say

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Marine One in the background, as he departs for New York to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 22, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump to huddle with Muslim leaders on Gaza as UN pushes for Palestinian state

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto speaks during a United Nations Summit on Palestinians at UN headquarters during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York September 22, 2025. — AFP pic

Prabowo: Two-state solution key, Indonesia to recognise Israel once Palestine gains statehood

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, September 22, 2025. — AFP pic

Trump signs order naming Antifa as ‘domestic terrorist’ group

An illustrative photograph shows a trolley bag on a walkway at the side of a road. Hakyung Lee now faces a maximum sentence of life in prison with a non-parole period of at least a decade under New Zealand law. — Unsplash pic

New Zealand mother found guilty in chilling ‘suitcase murders’ that gripped the world