Activists try to deliver aid to Palestinians in homes besieged by Israeli settlers
Two families have been trapped in their homes in the occupied West Bank for several days.
UK diplomats no longer get hardship bonus for being posted to Buenos Aires
Civil servants are entitled to extra money for working in difficult or dangerous cities around the world.
Why is Selena Gomez being sued?
BBC journalist Ana Guerra-Moore looks at why investors who backed Wondermind Global are claiming the pop star failed to fulfil promises.
France’s top court blocks social media ban for under-15s
The Constitutional Council says it infringes upon freedom of expression – but President Macron vows to prepare a new draft.
Accused D.C. vandal threatened with 10-year sentence as Jeanine Pirro fights to save job
With her job on the line after President Tweety McTreason humiliated her, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro charged a woman with two felonies carrying 10-year prison
Trump ‘stooge’ trolled for wine bar work after Truth Social CEO firing
A former GOP lawmaker who abandoned his safe House seat to go to work for President Tweety McTreason —only to be fired — is now
August’s Patch Tuesday is a monster: 751 fixes, with an exploited Windows flaw
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday closes at 751 CVE entries (across all product families), with 108 rated as critical. One flaw is already exploited, CVE-2026-68820
OpenAI loses its AI ethics lead
OpenAI has lost its AI ethics lead Chloé Bakalar just a year after she joined the company, the Financial Times reported. Bakalar has maintained a
Rare belching disorder could be treated with singing, study hints — but not everyone is convinced
People with a rare disorder that causes excessive burping may benefit from an unlikely treatment: singing therapy. A new study suggests that this singing approach
‘The lance head was still inside the pelvis’: Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battle
BERLIN — A Roman-era mass grave discovered underneath a soccer field near Vienna holds the skeletons of young men from all over the Roman Empire
Did Trump-linked oil company set up drilling operation in Greenland without permission?
The company has ties to people connected to Trump, but there is no evidence he personally owns or controls it.
‘If this is the new normal, then we are in very deep trouble’: Brazil’s drying aquifers could have ripple effects across the world
Brazil is home to some of the world’s largest aquifers, yet many of those groundwater stores — which provide 55% of the country’s water —
Trump’s DC construction, renovation projects: 18 claims we’ve investigated
A number of Trump’s projects around Washington have drawn attention online — and not all the claims about them were true.
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
Leading US AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic are releasing cheaper models as they fight to retain cost-conscious customers who are switching to cut-price