- Hundreds of Protestors Descend on Meta Corporate Office Depicting Zuck as the Devil Futurism
- Brazilian election: Lula seeks Bolsonaro's disqualification over alleged Meta interference BBC
- Battle over Meta’s alleged Bolsonaro bias intensifies days before Brazil presidential runoff The Guardian
- Oversight Board Statement On Protecting Election Integrity On Meta's Platforms The Oversight Board
- Meta tells Brazil court it treats Lula and Bolsonaro campaigns equally Reuters
Greetings from the Brazil-Argentina border, where waterfalls are flowing at near-record rates – NPR
Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say
It is the latest in a series of attacks by the Houthi movement targeting airports and other sites in the kingdom.
Ilhan Omar says ‘bizarre’ pre-dawn raid on her home is forcing her to move out
The congresswoman said federal agents seized over a dozen items, including cell phones and notebooks, as part of a federal investigation.
AI discovered a massive cyber-security flaw – here’s what happened
The BBC's technology correspondent Joe Tidy explains how it happened, and what it means for you.
Chiricahua monument in Arizona is now the 64th US national park
New designation of the Land of Standing-Up Rocks, known for its historic rock spires, passed with bipartisan support
An area of towering rock spires in south-eastern Arizona known among Native Americans as the Land of Standing-Up Rocks has become the nation’s newest national park.
Legislation to create Chiricahua national park was sent to the White House and Donald Trump signed it on Tuesday. It passed Congress with bipartisan backing and is now the 64th US national park.
Continue reading...‘Nunchucks’ wielded by agitated man in Hannah Beazley’s office may have been drumsticks, court told
John Lawrence Smart charged with being armed in a way that may cause fear but Perth lawyer expresses concern for mental health
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A man accused of making threats while armed with “improvised nunchucks” at a Western Australian MP’s electorate office could have been holding a musical instrument, not a weapon, a court has been told.
John Lawrence Smart appeared on Thursday in the WA magistrates court where his lawyer expressed concern for his mental health. He was not required to enter a plea.
Continue reading...Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet faces ecosystem collapse by 2075, UN advisors say
Assessment finds global heating is endangering 96% of coral reefs across 80 countries – a figure scientists say should serve as a ‘wake-up call’
Almost every shallow-water coral reef on the planet, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, faces a high risk of ecosystem collapse before 2075 because of global heating, according to an assessment by United Nations nature advisers.
About 24% of the planet’s reefs across more than 80 countries are already critically endangered, the assessment said, but when the expected impacts of global heating were added this rose to 96%.
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Continue reading...Horrifying video shows Mexican teen falling to her death from carnival ride – New York Post
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- Teenager, 18, suffers tragic fall on carnival ride during Cabo San Lucas festival Fox News
- 18-Year-Old Dies After Falling from Amusement Park Ride: ‘It Could Have Been Any of Us’ Yahoo
- 1 dead after falling out of temporary amusement park ride in Mexico Entertainment Weekly
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Minister says 32 government services offline due to PHP code flaw – UK politics live
Organisations around the world scrambling to fix a critical security flaw in the programming language PHP used by the majority of websites
The Office for National Statistics has also published a report on the gender pay gap. It says:
The gender pay gap for full-time employees has continued to decline in the UK. It was 6.8% in April 2026, down from 7.2% in April 2025. This compares with 9.4% a decade ago and 16.4% 25 years ago.
Secondly, I asked Healey whether he sees the banks as making excessive profits, which would be the coherent justification for him to increase the surcharge on bank profits – as he is expected to do in the Budget next week.
He said: “You know the banks are the engine of investment in this country. The banks are doing well at the moment and that is good to see.
Continue reading...A Wave of Anger Is Sweeping Europe – Newser
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- Student Protests Mushroom Across Europe, Exposing Bleak Views of the Future The New York Times
- A violent and coordinated youth uprising? That’s exactly the picture Europe’s enemies want to paint | Alberto Alemanno The Guardian
Iran says 7 tankers were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz, and other Mideast news – AP News
What is the Turkiye-Libya maritime deal, and why are the EU, Egypt opposed?
Eastern Libya’s parliament backs a sea border pact with Ankara, a shift that analysts say redraws Libya’s alliances.
France reports first human Shamonda virus case, says no health risk
Until now, the virus was considered non-transferable to humans, making the patient the first documented human case.
Blackpool, Sheffield, Milton Keynes and Wrexham shortlisted for UK city of culture 2029
Each place, selected from longlist of nine, will be given £125,000 to develop bids before winner is announced in new year
Blackpool, Sheffield, Milton Keynes and Wrexham have been shortlisted to be the UK city of culture 2029, an award viewed as a way to boost local economies, foster civic pride and, above all, have some fun.
The four places were chosen from a longlist of nine and each will be given £125,000 to develop their bids before the winner is announced in the new year.
Continue reading...At least four dead after storm brings flooding to southern France
The deaths include two women found drowned in a cellar in the Bouches-du-Rhône region.
Southeast Asia’s toxic haze spurs calls for legal action against polluters
ASEAN's consensus-driven approach and a lack of enforcement mechanisms make legal action difficult, experts say.
What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?
AI uncovered long-hidden programming flaws, triggering a rare global cyber-security response.
After Pol Loses Legs in Attack, Man Threatens a 2nd Lawmaker – Newser
Angry lawyers and bewildered defendants: the fallout from fast-tracking French rioting cases
Politicians have called for ruthless sentencing, but lawyers blame the politicians for the poverty, and anger, behind their clients’ looting
Awa, 18, stood in the dock in the tribunal de Paris, a small, mute and bewildered figure seeming unable to understand, let alone answer, the simplest of questions.
The court was told she had joined young people who looted an Yves Saint Laurent store on Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris’s Left Bank late on Sunday and stripped it bare within minutes.
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