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California high school football season opener descends into CHAOS…fans run for cover after accused shooter, 15, gunned down promising teen athlete
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after 17-year-old Levi Brown was shot dead at a high school football season opener in Bakersfield, California, triggering panic as spectators fled the stadium. The shooting occurred at Independence High School on Friday night, just as the game against Centennial High School was getting under way, following a fight…
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KPMG axes hundreds of jobs in Australia as it is suspended from applying for government contracts
KPMG Australia will cut around 5% of its workforce, equating to roughly 360 employees and 27 partners, after being suspended from bidding for federal government contracts. The move follows an audit leak scandal in which executives were found to have misused confidential board papers to win audit work and mistreated a whistleblower, a matter now…
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Ex-spy chief warns of Chinese spying risk as Lammy hit by fraudster phone number
TalkFuse briefing: security fears over a Chinese-owned Chery research hub near Millbrook and fresh embarrassment for David Lammy lead, alongside record cyclist-pedestrian casualties, Gary storm blackouts, dramatic Ryanair footage, Waymo’s new chip and a vitamin B6 depression breakthrough.
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ROBERT HARDMAN: Move over Binface… this obscure election could be the one to supercharge a Tory revival – and stop the loony-Left Greens taking over crime-hit south London
A by-election in the Trinity ward of Wandsworth, south London, this Thursday could hand the Conservatives outright control of the council for the first time since it fell to Labour in 2022. Although a minor contest by national standards, the result is being watched closely as a test of whether Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives can keep…
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Democrat socialist candidate under fire after taking shots at JD Vance’s wife
Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has faced a fierce backlash after a social media post appearing to reference Vice President JD Vance’s wife Usha’s Indian heritage during a political spat. The row began after Vance criticised El-Sayed’s past comments on Sharia law at an Ohio rally, invoking his late grandfather, prompting El-Sayed to suggest…
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Barnaby Joyce is forced to swoop in after One Nation MP sparked confusion about party’s key promise to slash migration to 130,000
Barnaby Joyce has defended fellow One Nation MP David Farley after Farley’s comments caused confusion over the party’s flagship migration policy. Farley suggested on Sunday that One Nation’s plan would allow an extra 100,000 migrants annually on top of its stated 130,000 cap, effectively pushing the total higher than Labor’s forecast figure — a claim…
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If walls could talk… just where have Parliament’s missing artworks gone?
More than 65 artworks are missing from the Houses of Parliament, including a photographic portrait of Benjamin Disraeli and a 19th-century print of anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce, it has emerged. The items, which also include images of former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett and Labour minister Barbara Castle, have gone unaccounted for since 2024, with parliamentary…
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What a fun guy! Sweet mouse stands tall as it tries to reach for food
Wildlife photographer Martin England, 64, captured a series of charming images of a woodmouse balancing on toadstools and mushrooms as it stretched to reach food in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The photographs show the mouse adopting dancer-like poses, with one front limb gripping a plant while it steadies itself on tiptoe, and have drawn attention for their…
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Perth nurse who lost $130,000 in super collapse lashes out at Labor’s reforms – as thousands wait for compensation
A Perth nurse who lost more than $130,000 in the collapse of the First Guardian superannuation fund has criticised the federal government’s newly announced reforms as “piecemeal”, arguing they fail to address compensation for thousands of victims still waiting for redress. Deborah Heron, 61, described herself as one of the “lucky ones” after recovering some…
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Labour ministers met Big Tech more than 200 times in two years
Labour has been accused of being too close to Big Tech after it emerged that ministers held more than 200 meetings with five Silicon Valley firms in less than two years. Officials met representatives from Google, Apple, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft roughly once every two working days, more than double the frequency of full Cabinet…