NSW ministers advised to bring additional staff when meeting lobbyist after his firm placed on watchlist
Eamonn Fitzpatrick, a former media adviser to several Labor premiers and prime ministers, says he ‘self-reported two genuine errors’ and rectified the lobbyist register immediately
Saudi official says Yemen separatist leader fled after failing to board plane for peace talks
Saudi air strikes hit the home province of Aidarous al-Zubaidi on Wednesday after he reportedly did not travel to Riyadh
France and allies discuss response to possible US invasion of Greenland
French, German and Polish foreign ministers to meet amid escalating threats to seize part of Danish kingdom
Demon Slayer economics: how the anime juggernaut became a saviour
Once underground art form now props up slumped box office sales and is used by governments to build soft power
Weight loss drug fools body into reacting as if it has just eaten
Diet drug tested in mice mimics signals produced at start of meal, burning fat, reducing blood sugar and increasing metabolism
‘Cocaine, gold and meat’: how Colombia’s Amazon became big business for crime networks
Armed groups have moved in to the space left by the Farc after the civil war, cutting down rainforest to control land and build thousands of kilometres of smuggling routes
Mystery bird: black-and-red broadbill, Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
This lovely southeast Asian mystery bird is a distant relative of another mystery bird that I shared this week
French patients sue over weight-loss drug linked to deaths
Mediator has been available in France for over 30 years despite fears it could cause heart problems
Weight-loss drug increases chance of depression

People taking the weight-loss drug rimonabant have an increased risk of mental health problems, according to a study of more than 4,000 patients in four clinical trials.

Weightloss pill investigated for liver damage

Slimming drug, sold over the counter as Alli, investigated in the US after 32 reports of serious liver injury

US officials recall weight loss pill Hydroxycut

Popular dietary supplement recalled after reports of liver damage and other health problems

‘Hollywood skinny jab’: what do we know about anti-obesity drugs such as Ozempic in Australia?
Demand for the jab has prompted worldwide shortages of Ozempic, but a new class of drugs has challenged the way we approach obesity
'Dr Huge': the champion of dangerous weight-loss drug DNP
Former US champion bodybuilder, Charles ‘Dr Huge’ Hughes and convicted fraudster, Scott Cavell, market the deadly pills online through their company Enhanced Athlete
DNP: the return of a deadly weight-loss drug
Philip Strange: How could a chemical used a century ago in explosives come to be used by bodybuilders to lose weight? The story of dinitrophenol illustrates the fatal allure of slimming drugs
A ‘skinny jab’ is no quick fix for obesity – and no excuse to let junk food companies off the hook
Britain should be taxing unhealthy food and clamping down on marketing, says Sarah Boseley, the Guardian’s former health editor
Weight-loss drug can reverse heart failure symptoms, study finds
Semaglutide injections trigger ‘very large improvements’ in patients with hearts too stiff to fill properly