An ombudswoman has claimed that diets lacking animal proteins should be outlawed for minors Vegetarianism and raw food diets should be legally banned for minors in Russia as they can lead to serious illness or even death, Irina Volynets, the children’s rights commissioner for the Republic of Tatarstan, has told RIA Novosti.

Soaring national debt in developed countries could trigger a new global financial crisis, economists warn The uncontrolled accumulation of debt by Western countries, along with social spending and rising climate-change costs, are increasing the risk of a new global financial crisis in developed economies, Reuters reported on Monday.

The escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has sparked fears over potential oil supply disruptions in the region Global oil prices saw a sharp increase on Wednesday amid fears that the conflict between Israel and the armed Palestinian group Hamas could spread to other countries in the Middle East, causing  global oil supply disruptions.