December 5, 2025

China Maritime Deployment Sparks Concern In Taiwan And Japan

December 5, 2025 6:31 am

Taiwan and Japan raised alarms on Friday after reports that China had sent an unusually large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters. The deployment marks one of Beijing’s most extensive maritime operations in recent years, according to information reviewed by Reuters.

The activity, which involved more than one hundred ships at its peak, stretched across several strategic zones, from the Yellow Sea to the western Pacific. The scale of the movement drew regional attention because it extended far beyond the Taiwan Strait and included the contested Senkaku Islands area in the East China Sea.

Speaking …

Dundee Culpable Homicide Case Leads To Prison Term

December 5, 2025 6:21 am

A woman with a long record of violent offending has been jailed for killing a ninety seven year old Dundee man after forcing her way into his home and demanding money. The High Court in Edinburgh ruled that Tandy Swinton, aged forty four, caused the fatal injuries that led to the death of William Lambie in May last year.

Swinton was convicted of culpable homicide after prosecutors showed that she pushed the frail pensioner to the floor during the confrontation in April. Mr Lambie, described as vulnerable and slight in build, never recovered from the injuries he suffered in the …

Part 1: Decoding the Plant — The Science of Cannabis

December 5, 2025 2:18 am

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

For more than a century, Cannabis sativa has lived under the shadow of misunderstanding, branded as a vice, criminalized by politics, and condemned by cultures that never truly studied it. Yet, as the fog of misinformation begins to lift, science is revealing a very different picture: cannabis is not a threat to human biology but one of its most sophisticated allies. At its molecular core lies a story of co-evolution, a biological partnership between plant and person that modern medicine can no longer afford to ignore.

The Molecular Language of Cannabis

To grasp the significance of …