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Nov 20, 2025 - World

Exclusive: Clinical guidelines should change to avoid exposing young people to potentially harmful side-effects, researchers sayClinical guidelines should no longer recommend Prozac for children, according to experts, after research showed it had no clinical benefit for treating depression in children and adolescents.Globally one in seven 10-19 year olds have a mental health condition, according to the World Health Organization. In the UK, about a quarter of older teenagers and up to a fifth of younger children have anxiety, depression or other mental health problems. Continue reading...

Nov 20, 2025 - World

US President Donald Trump on Thursday evoked the death penalty for Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders, calling them traitors and accusing them of sedition.

Nov 20, 2025 - World

Ukraine said Thursday it had received a US "draft plan" with proposals to end its war with Russia and was ready to engage with Washington on the contents.

Nov 20, 2025 - World

Ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, said that Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus will not be able to kill his mother.

Nov 20, 2025 - World

Ukrainian president’s office issues statement after other officials condemn ‘absurd’ plan to end conflictVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said he will negotiate with Donald Trump on a US-backed peace plan that called on Ukraine to make painful concessions in order to end the Kremlin’s invasion of his country.The president’s office on Thursday confirmed he had received the draft peace plan, which was prepared by US and Russian officials, and that he would speak to Trump in the coming days about “existing diplomatic opportunities and the main points that are necessary for peace”. Continue reading...