Thu 30 July 2026: With the internet and its widespread accessibility, many of us have front-row seats to widespread suffering and death across the globe for the first time in history, even when we are not directly affected. We’re living in what scholars describe as a “polycrisis” — a set of interconnected crises that compound and intensify one another. […]
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Wed 29 July 2026: eBay has agreed to pay $55.7 million in a settlement with a US couple that was the victim of harassment and stalking by former employees of the company, according to CBS News on Tuesday. Ina and David Steiner, who run the trade publication ECommerceBytes from their home in Massachusetts, faced online […]
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Wed 29 July 2026: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Wednesday that it has formally charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activities and has begun procedures to place him on the international wanted list. According to the FSB, Durov is being investigated under Article 205.1, Part 1.1 of Russia’s Criminal Code, which […]
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Wed 29 July 2026: This year, a series of rallies organised by neo-Nazi groups in Australian cities sparked public outrage and concern about the extreme right. Yet, some media coverage of the rallies downplayed the role neo-Nazis played in what they called “anti-immigration rallies”. Other commentators misrepresented statistics on net migration. Politicians, meanwhile, traded barbs about who was to blame for […]
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Tue 28 July 2026: Amazon has applied to US regulators for approval to deploy up to 5,105 satellites to power a direct-to-device communications network, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The proposed system would integrate Amazon’s existing infrastructure with the satellites and wireless spectrum of Globalstar. Amazon announced in April that […]
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Tue 28 July 2026: Audio recordings released Monday appear to reinforce former Special Counsel Robert Hur’s 2024 assessment that former President Joe Biden struggled with memory. The recordings, released by the conservative Oversight Project, include Biden discussing notes from his vice presidency with his biographer, Mark Lewis Zwonitzer, while referencing allegedly classified foreign policy matters, […]
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Tue 28 July 2026: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has agreed to pay $5.5bn to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits in the United States that allege its discontinued talc-based baby powder caused ovarian cancer. The pharmaceutical giant made the announcement on Monday, saying it covers about 69,000 cases in US federal and state courts, accounting […]
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Mon 27 July 2026: French President Emmanuel Macron has convened an emergency meeting of his cabinet to organize measures aimed at controlling the large-scale wildfires sweeping through the nation’s southwest, while firefighters urgently work to stop the blazes from advancing on the historic city of Bordeaux. Forecasts that another heatwave will hit France later in […]
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Mon 27 July 2026: The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) has urged parents and carers to avoid posting children’s photos publicly online, warning of the growing use of artificial intelligence to create sexual abuse material. In joint guidance with the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the agency recommended that families make social media accounts private or restrict sharing to “close […]
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Sun 26 July 2026: A mosque is attacked in the United Kingdom every five days, according to new figures released by the British Muslim Trust (BMT), which recorded more than 70 attacks on mosques over the past year. Among the more than 70 attacks on mosques recorded over the past year were incidents of violence, […]
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