- ChatGPT Rolls Out Major Changes After Teen’s Suicide The Daily Beast
- Video shows the world's largest bridge open in China. See the 'engineering feat.' USA Today
- Huajiang grand canyon bridge: Engineering marvel meets tourism news.cgtn.com
- Faster than making Maggi: China cuts travel of 2 hours to 2 mins with highest bridge India Today
- Watch: World's highest bridge opens in China BBC
Madagascar’s president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests – AP News
- Madagascar’s president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests AP News
- Madagascar's president dissolves government amid 'Gen Z' protests BBC
- Madagascar protesters return to streets despite move to dissolve government Reuters
- Madagascar president dissolves government after youth-led deadly protests Al Jazeera
- ‘Violent response’ to youth-led protests in Madagascar leave at least 22 dead, U.N. says PBS
Afghanistan hit by internet blackout as Taliban cuts fibre optic cables – BBC
- Afghanistan hit by internet blackout as Taliban cuts fibre optic cables BBC
- Taliban shuts down internet across Afghanistan in latest crackdown CBS News
- ‘It kept our spirits alive’: Taliban’s internet blackout leaves girls in despair The Guardian
- Afghanistan faces communications blackout after Taliban shut down internet France 24
- Afghanistan’s internet goes down amid fears of a Taliban crackdown The Washington Post
Flights in Afghanistan grounded after internet shutdown
The Taliban have yet to give an official reason for the shutdown, but said it would last indefinitely.
Frigate, Radars, Troops Rushed To Copenhagen To Defend Against Mystery Drones – The War Zone
- Frigate, Radars, Troops Rushed To Copenhagen To Defend Against Mystery Drones The War Zone
- The eye in the sky: what Denmark’s drone sightings tell us about power and fear down the years The Conversation
- Denmark, rattled by mysterious UAV sightings, bans drone flights ahead of European Union summit CNN
- Hybrid attacks such as drones ‘part of new reality’, Danish minister warns, as Russia embarks on huge army call-up – as it happened The Guardian
- France, Sweden send anti-drone units to Denmark to secure EU summit Defense News
Nine people dead and scores injured over weekend of mass US shootings
Six separate mass shootings bring tally to 324 this year, underscoring continuing US crisis of gun violence
Sunday’s mass murder at a Mormon church in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, which left at least four worshippers dead and eight wounded, was just one of six mass shootings that erupted across the US over a weekend of gun horror.
The Gun Violence Archive, an online non-profit database which records mass shootings in America, added six fresh incidents over Saturday and Sunday. The concentrated bloodletting, spread out across four states, took the lives of nine people, including the suspect in Sunday’s shooting at Grand Blanc’s Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints church, as well as injuring at least 33.
Continue reading...Cannabis stocks soar after Trump shares video promoting drug’s use for seniors
Video posted on Truth Social touts CBD as a ‘gamechanger’ and promotes Medicaid coverage of CBD products
Cannabis stocks are on a high after Donald Trump shared a video on Sunday promoting cannabis use for seniors and Medicaid coverage of CBD products.
The nearly three-minute-long video, posted on the president’s Truth Social platform, touts the usage of hemp-derived CBD as a “gamechanger” that is a pain and stress reliever for seniors.
Continue reading...Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry
White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years
The White House will open 13.1m acres (5.3m hectares) of public land to coal mining while providing $625m for coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration has announced.
The efforts came as part of a suite of initiatives from the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and Environmental Protection Agency, aimed at reviving the flagging coal sector. Coal, the most polluting and costly fossil fuel, has been on a rapid decline over the past 30 years, with the US halving its production between 2008 and 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Continue reading...Covid school closures in UK damaged ‘very fabric of childhood’
Inquiry hears of children exposed to pornography and suffering ‘grievous’ harm without protection of schools
The Covid pandemic disrupted the “very fabric of childhood”, the UK inquiry has heard, on the first day of a four-week session devoted to its impact on children and young people.
Clair Dobbin KC, counsel to the inquiry, said in her opening submission on Monday that some of the evidence drawn from the 18,000 stories and 400 targeted interviews would be “hard to listen to”.
Continue reading...Scottish government says schools must have separate toilets for boys and girls
Schools encouraged to also offer gender-neutral facilities for trans pupils or access to disabled and staff toilets
Schools must provide separate toilets and changing rooms for boys and girls to be used on the basis of a pupil’s biological sex, the Scottish government has said in updated guidance.
Transgender pupils can no longer use “the facilities they feel most comfortable with”, as was previously the case, but schools were encouraged to offer gender-neutral facilities or access to disabled and staff toilets for the relatively small number of children affected.
Continue reading...Woman admits UK bitcoin fraud charges after ‘world’s largest’ crypto seizure
Zhimin Qian pleads guilty after wallets with 61,000 bitcoins, currently worth over £5bn, seized from north London home
A woman has been convicted for her role in a multibillion-pound bitcoin fraud after what is thought to have been the world’s largest cryptocurrency seizure.
Zhimin Qian, also known as Yadi Zhang, 45, orchestrated a fraud in China between 2014 and 2017 that left 128,000 people out of pocket.
Continue reading...Investigators search for motive in deadly Michigan church attack
Officials have interviewed more than 100 people as they work to establish why a gunman attacked a church and set it on fire.
Eleven arrested for placing pigs’ heads near French mosques and other hate crimes
Serbian nationals also accused by Serbian police of defacing Jewish sites, as French officials investigate foreign interference
Serbian police have arrested 11 people, accusing them of “inciting hatred” in France and Germany, and linking them to acts that include placing pigs’ heads near mosques and defacing Jewish sites.
The arrests came days after French prosecutors said foreign interference was probably to blame for a spate of provocative acts that had targeted Jewish and Muslim sites in France in recent years, as tensions run high over the war in Gaza. French officials have previously said they were investigating Russia’s role in destabilising operations that have stoked social tensions and sown division in France.
Continue reading...Andy Burnham calls for UK to rejoin EU within his lifetime and rejects claim he is fiscally irresponsible – as it happened
Mayor of Greater Manchester says he would have to be ‘wrenched’ out of city and says he wants UK to rejoin EU. This live blog is closed
In her Today interview Rachel Reeves was asked about a FT report saying she will urge business leaders to highlight the risks of a Reform UK government in her speech later.
The FT say Reeves will tell the Labour conference.
Who is standing up for Britain’s stability. A Labour government that is resolute in cutting interest rates and borrowing or a Reform party that cheered on Liz Truss’ mini-budget?
Who is standing up for Britain’s businesses? A Labour government that is forging a closer relationship with our nearest trading partners or a Reform party that talks Britain down and is hungry to cut us off from the world?
Continue reading...Nurse shot in the head while working at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital
Video shows the moment a Palestinian nurse was shot in the head at one of the few hospitals still operational in Gaza.
What is the Trump plan for Gaza and will it work?
Trump's 21-point plan is said to have Netanyahu on board, but Hamas says it's not received any proposal yet.
Canada designates Indian gang linked to high-profile killings as terrorist entity
Canadian government accuses the Lawrence Bishnoi gang of being involved in murder of prominent Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver
Canada’s federal government has announced that a powerful and ruthless Indian gang which uses “murder, shootings and arson” to extort and intimidate diaspora communities – and has alleged links to India’s ruling government – has been designated as a terrorist entity.
Canada has accused the Lawrence Bishnoi gang of possible involvement in the murder of prominent Sikh activist and Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar near Vancouver.
Continue reading...Canada labels India’s Bishnoi gang as ‘terrorist’ organisation
The move will enable asset seizures and prosecutions of Bishnoi gang that has been accused of targeting Sikh activists.
Trump promises steep tariffs for foreign movies and imported furniture
The US president pledged a 100 percent tariff for films made outside the country.
Gen Z protesters rally across Morocco demanding health, education reforms
Police say nearly 200 people have been arrested as the north African nation is rocked by biggest protests in years.