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Global food prices at three-year high as heatwaves and wars push up crop costs
Global food prices reached their highest level in three and a half years in July, driven by heatwaves, drought and conflicts disrupting crop production and trade. The rise matters because higher international commodity costs are likely to feed through to supermarket prices in coming months, while worsening food insecurity in vulnerable regions. The UN FAO…
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Which teams are overrated or underrated in new preseason college football Coaches Poll?
The article uses the release of the preseason college football Coaches Poll to reignite debate over which teams are being rated too highly or too harshly before the season begins. It frames the rankings within the broader contest for influence between the SEC and Big Ten, a discussion made more intense by Indiana’s recent national…
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A new vaccine could vanquish a major cause of deadly diarrheal disease
A new experimental oral vaccine has shown strong protection against Shigella, a major bacterial cause of severe diarrhoea and dysentery. The result matters because no licensed Shigella vaccine exists, despite the disease posing a serious risk to young children in lower-income countries and becoming harder to treat as antibiotic resistance grows. In a phase 2,…
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Our current housing crisis began in 2008 — and it never ended
The article argues that the US housing crisis began with the 2008 financial crash and has persisted because homebuilding never recovered sufficiently. It says the resulting shortage has made housing less affordable, particularly for younger and lower-income households, with consequences for household formation, labour mobility and inequality. Its central context is that construction fell sharply…
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Trump’s Smithsonian clash exposes striking pattern among museum curators and more top headlines
Fox News’ morning newsletter leads with a report on curators involved in a controversial Smithsonian exhibition, framing it as part of a broader debate over race and museum interpretation. It also highlights US politics, including a legal challenge over Maryland’s redistricting ballot plan and an incident in which Zohran Mamdani faced hostile chants at a…
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I hated being in Starmer’s government and he lacked the gusto to get anything done, ex-minister says
Former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips said she hated serving in Keir Starmer’s government and believed he lacked the drive to deliver policy with sufficient urgency. Her comments highlight Labour tensions over progress on violence against women and girls, an area where she says government commitment has fallen short of manifesto ambitions. Phillips, who resigned in…
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Thetford mob who stormed homes of migrants will face ‘full force of the law’, warns police chief
Norfolk Police faced accusations of heavy-handed tactics after three consecutive nights of violent anti-migrant protests in Thetford, during which officers reportedly used Pava spray, similar to pepper spray, on crowds outside a property being targeted by demonstrators. Chief Constable Paul Sanford defended his officers’ response, insisting they had acted appropriately given escalating disorder, and warned…
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POLL OF THE DAY: Are new rules on single-sex spaces ‘harmful to the rights of trans people’?
The Conservatives have written to every Conservative-led council urging them to swiftly adopt new rules protecting single-sex spaces, after some Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green-run councils indicated they would defy fresh equality watchdog guidance, arguing it undermines trans rights. The move follows last year’s Supreme Court ruling that the legal definition of a woman is…
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Beijing may be adapting its influence playbook for America’s infrastructure debate
The article’s full text was unavailable, so its specific claims and evidence cannot be summarised reliably. Its headline suggests it examines whether Beijing is adjusting influence efforts around US infrastructure and artificial-intelligence policy debates. No further details, figures or context were provided beyond an access-denied notice. Any account of alleged tactics, actors or policy implications…
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Trump targets birthright citizenship. And, Iran aims to ban U.S. from Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump has issued new executive orders seeking to narrow eligibility for US birthright citizenship and curb “birth tourism”, reopening a constitutional dispute over who qualifies as a citizen at birth. Separately, Iran is considering a plan to bar US- and Israeli-linked ships from the Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy-trade route, potentially escalating…