Start your day informed with the AnewZ Daily Brief. Here are the top stories for the 11th of September, covering the latest developments about health.
A new World Health Organization (WHO) report has found that tobacco use and exposure to second-hand smoke are linked to reduced fertility in both men and women. Women who smoke face a 40 per cent higher infertility risk than non-smokers, while smoking in men is associated with poorer sperm quality and sexual dysfunction. The report also links smoking to lower success rates in fertility treatments such as IVF, and warns that second-hand smoke exposure carries risks too. WHO is urging healthcare providers to offer smoking cessation support to those planning a pregnancy.
A Copenhagen study of 302 three-month-old girls found those exposed to paracetamol in the womb had smaller ovaries, smaller uteruses and fewer ovarian follicles on average, plus lower AMH levels if exposed before 17 weeks. A related study of 1,210 girls tracked into adolescence found similar patterns persisting. Researchers stressed the findings don't prove paracetamol caused the differences or that fertility will be affected, and current medical guidance on using paracetamol in pregnancy remains unchanged.
Sixty parents in North Sumatra have lodged a police complaint against Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency after hundreds of children fell ill from meals handed out under President Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meals programme - the first legal challenge to the policy. The complaint seeks an investigation into negligence, named suspects and compensation, with a separate lawsuit also being prepared. The $13 billion scheme, the largest social programme of its kind among G20 nations, has now been linked to more than 50,000 food poisoning cases amid mounting allegations of mismanagement and corruption.
Maharashtra food safety commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has become a social media star, with millions of followers watching him raid restaurants and seize adulterated food. But behind the viral clips lies a patchier picture: parliamentary reports have flagged unaccredited labs, missing databases and thin staffing for years, while a fight over front-of-pack warning labels reveals lobbying pressure from major food companies. Consumers remain deeply worried about food safety, even as officials debate whether India's enforcement system can move beyond photogenic raids towards lasting reform.
The WHO says shortages of trained staff, operational partners and funding are hampering efforts to expand Ebola treatment capacity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the outbreak spreads across six provinces. Nearly 1,400 beds have been set up across 59 centres, but another 1,600 are needed, requiring roughly 5,000 additional health workers. Officials warn that too few major organisations have the expertise to run treatment centres, and are urging donors to boost funding for the $1.3 billion response plan.
A Russian strike on a gas station in Kyiv has killed two people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschk...
Turkic states are considering the creation of a new law enforcement agency, TURKPOL, as members of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) step up ...
Start your day informed with the AnewZ Daily Brief. Here are the top stories for the 11th of September, covering the latest developments about heal...
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
Overnight Iranian strikes on an air base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. aircraft and left one without a wing, American media reported. Meanwhile, explosions were heard across parts of southern Iran according to local media reports.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Siberia and a seaport in Dagestan in the past 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He will meet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss air defences for Ukraine over winter.
Iran said it destroyed a U.S. naval drone at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, while Washington announced sanctions targeting Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq.
A Russian strike on a gas station in Kyiv has killed two people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement on Telegram. In Russia, online marketplace Ozon has suspended operations in Saratov, southwestern Russia, following a drone strike on a warehouse in the region.
Sixty parents in Indonesia have filed a police complaint after their children fell ill from free meals handed out under a flagship government programme. It is the first legal challenge against President Prabowo Subianto's signature policy.
Europe's space industry gathered in Paris this week for a landmark summit. But the event has been overshadowed by reports that Washington leaned on major U.S. firms to stay away.
Several people have died and a number of others have been injured after a coach carrying Dutch tourists overturned on a mountain road in eastern Switzerland, police have said.
The attacks of 11 September 2001 killed 2,977 people and reshaped U.S. national security and foreign policy. Nineteen terrorists associated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial aircraft in a coordinated operation in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.
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