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Antisemitic incidents on UK campuses rose 14% to 95 in 2025–26
The Community Security Trust (CST) recorded 95 antisemitic incidents affecting Jewish students or university staff in the UK in the 2025–26 academic year, a 14 per cent rise on the previous year. It says reports remain significantly above the pre-7 October 2023 level, raising concerns about Jewish people’s safety and experience on campus. Most reported…
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Unearthed audit exposes vulnerable Dem’s handling of COVID relief funds: ‘Gross oversight’
An audit has surfaced criticism of Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Florida, regarding his oversight of COVID-19 relief funds whilst serving as director of the state’s Division of Emergency Management. The 2022 audit found that Moskowitz’s agency distributed approximately $1.23 billion in pandemic relief funding without the required monitoring of how recipients used the…
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Ocala teenager seriously injured while filming haircut on road median
An 18-year-old was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle while he and two other young adults filmed a haircut on the median of a six-lane road in Ocala, Florida. The incident highlights the danger of filming social media stunts in traffic. Police said the crash happened shortly after 8pm on Sunday, when a…
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Arizona lawmakers demand independent investigation into ASU hockey workout that left player in coma
Arizona lawmakers have asked the Arizona Board of Regents to appoint an independent investigator to examine a hockey workout at Arizona State University that left player Matthew Mayich in a coma. Mayich remains on life support after collapsing during the 20 August session in extreme heat. The lawmakers say an external inquiry is needed to…
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Burnham courts business as Khanna demands AI safety treaty
The Prime Minister seeks to rebuild Labour’s ties with business at the party conference, as the US congressman calls for US-China negotiations to rein in artificial intelligence risks.
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Bombshell mistaken identity murder twist as 16-year-old boy is charged over killing of Sydney medical student
Marco Tapia, a 23-year-old Sydney medical student, was fatally shot in his family home in Glen Alpine on 1 September during a gang-related home invasion that police believe targeted the wrong address. Three masked intruders broke into the property and shot him whilst his mother, father and sister were present, though they were not injured.…
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South Africa to clean up high-risk areas after 12 women killed
The discovery of 12 women’s bodies in an area east of Johannesburg over two months has prompted South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce a comprehensive national emergency response to the country’s crisis of gender-based violence. The deaths sparked widespread national outcry and four arrests, though police investigations have not yet established that the killings…
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Police probe whether vans near RAF Fairford were linked to foreign state
Five London men in their twenties were arrested near RAF Fairford after a farmer spotted three suspicious vans and alerted neighbours and police. The incident triggered a major security operation, including evacuations and a bomb-squad examination, but the men were released on bail after tests found no explosives; police say they remain under investigation. A…
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Transgender New York Times executive who was shot dead ‘by his in-laws’ abused BOTH his young children and left them with head injuries, wife claims
Jonathan McKinsey, a 40-year-old New York Times technology executive, was shot dead in a car park in Dublin, California. His in-laws, Shouyong Zhang and Shili Chen, both 77, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and other charges; police say they took turns shooting him. The killing has brought renewed attention to allegations made in…
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Trump orders US government to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’
Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing US executive branch agencies to use “Super Intelligence” in relevant official websites, documents and press releases, replacing “artificial intelligence” and “AI”. He said the new wording would help present the technology positively and address fears about its rapid progress and safety risks. The order does not require…