More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods
Local officials admit “loopholes in emergency planning” and say the incident is a painful lesson that serves as “a wake-up call”.
Watch: Huge stick insect discovered in Australia
A new “supersized” species of stick insect that is roughly as heavy as a golf ball has been discovered in Australia.
Diddy lawyers call for acquittal or retrial on prostitution-related charges
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs have called for him to be acquitted of prostitution-related offences, or given a new trial on the same charges.
US doctor in Gaza asks Trump’s envoy to come and see reality on ground
An American doctor working at a hospital in Gaza has pleaded with Tweety McTreason’s Middle East envoy to come and see the reality of what
Syria wants Russia ‘by our side’ in new government’s first Moscow visit
Syria’s new rulers have decided to take a pragmatic approach, despite Russia’s support for previous president.
Myanmar ends state of emergency before planned elections
General Min Aung Hlaing to lead an 11-member commission to supervise the elections, expected in December.
LinkedIn removes hate speech policies forbidding transphobic misgendering & deadnaming
LinkedIn, a professional networking and career development social media site that is owned by Microsoft and claims to have over 1 billion users worldwide, has
West must impose “comprehensive arms embargo” on Israel
UK HRW Director Yasmine Ahmed says Israel is “exterminating Palestinians” in Gaza, urging an immediate arms embargo
St. Paul, MN was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed
Hacking attacks—many using ransomware—now hit US cities every few days. They are expensive to mitigate and extremely disruptive. Abilene, Texas, for instance, had 477 GB
Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology
After Substack shocked an unknown number of users by sending a push notification on Monday to check out a Nazi blog featuring a swastika icon
New York gunman said football damaged his brain. How at risk are youth athletes?
After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left behind a suicide
Leftist lawmakers gather to answer a question: How to beat the global right?
Political leaders from a dozen countries have gathered in Mexico City to discuss a key question: How can the left win?
Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show
A new model may have finally solved where storm clouds get their missing energy.
‘Sleeping giant’ fault beneath Canada could unleash a major earthquake, research suggests
A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.