Society centred around women in UK during Iron Age: scientists

Paris (AFP) – Scientists analysing 2,000-year-old DNA have revealed that a Celtic society in the southern UK during the Iron Age was centred around women, backing up accounts from Roman historians, a study said Wednesday.

The Durotriges tribe occupied England's southern central coastal region between 100 BC and AD 100, giving Dorset its name

UK government bans 'zombie drug' xylazine

London (AFP) – The UK government on Wednesday banned the flesh-rotting so-called zombie drug xylazine as it tries to tackle deaths from narcotics and crack down on criminal gangs.

Tests strips, used to detect the presence of fentanyl and xylazine in different kinds of drugs, such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin

UK pizzeria reignites pineapple debate with $120 charge

London (AFP) – A UK restaurant has launched a new offensive in the age-old battle about whether pineapple belongs on pizza, charging £100 ($122) to any “monsters” who want it as a topping.

Pineapple as a pizza topping is a divisive subject

Kosovo raids Serbia

Pristina (AFP) – Kosovo police on Wednesday raided 10 Belgrade-linked government offices in ethnic Serb areas, the interior ministry said, the latest move by Pristina to dismantle a Serbian system of social services and political offices in the country ahead of parliamentary elections.

Signs posted on the buildings said activities on the premise had been temporarily suspended

Japan's tourism boom prices out business travellers

Tokyo (AFP) – After travelling to Tokyo for meetings, Yoshiki Kojima’s IT company employees crash out in a capsule hotel, as a tourism boom makes regular rooms too pricey for business trips.

A weak yen is attracting more visitors than ever to Japan

South Korea's six weeks of political chaos

Seoul (AFP) – South Korea has endured six weeks of political turmoil since President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and sent soldiers and helicopters to parliament.

Police officers patrol near the residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

What is the pink stuff coating fire

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of bright red and Barbie-pink slurry over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the blazes’ path.

Red and pink flame retardant is giving fire-ravaged Los Angeles a slightly surreal aspect -- but how safe is it?