A Tokyo court has ordered North Korea to pay 88 million yen to four people who say they were lured to the North decades ago and later escaped; the ruling is largely symbolic because Pyongyang has ignored the case.
Reports of a shooting involving ICE agents in Minneapolis circulated at the Sundance film festival, and some filmmakers and attendees raised concerns while premieres and parties continued.
Studies report coffee drinkers often get a short-lived mood boost and that large studies link habitual coffee drinking with lower risks of some chronic conditions; researchers note robusta beans tend to have higher caffeine and chlorogenic acid, while arabica is generally lower in both.
Sinaloa authorities said Nicole 'La Nicholette' Pardo Molina, an online creator, was located safe after being abducted at gunpoint in Culiacán, and investigators are probing the case.
The NHS has launched a pilot at Guy's and St Thomas's using AI to flag lung nodules and robotic catheters to take targeted biopsies; 300 robotic biopsy procedures have been carried out so far, with 215 patients going on to receive cancer treatment.
A large UK study found menopause is linked to loss of grey matter in brain areas tied to memory and emotion. The analysis of nearly 125,000 women (about 11,000 with MRI scans) reported that hormone replacement therapy did not appear to prevent the loss.
NHS England will trial a combination of AI analysis and robot-assisted biopsy at Guy's and St Thomas' to speed detection and diagnosis of lung cancer, and the health service has pledged to offer lung screening to all smokers and ex-smokers by 2030.
Australian player Destanee Aiava criticised BBC commentators' remarks about Naomi Osaka's Australian Open outfits and replied on social media, saying the comments felt elitist and exclusionary.
A Lancet Planetary Health modelling study finds annual healthy years lost from the global plastics system could rise from 2.1 million in 2016 to 4.5 million in 2040 under a business-as-usual scenario; combined systemic measures could cut the 2040 health burden by about 43% compared with business-as-usual.
In a 20-minute video interview, Light Lens Lab founder Mr Zhou described how the company recreates rare Leica M lenses and outlined upcoming projects; the article notes one recreated Summilux 35mm is reported as a 98% match to an original that sold for about $25,000, while LLL’s version sells for around $1,500.
