Watch: How the Catholic school shooting unfolded in Minneapolis Two children have been killed and at least 17 people injured after a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis. The attack happened at around 08:30 local time (13:30 BST) at Annunciation Church, where children had been attending a worship service …
Read More »Nintendo’s Latest Updated Switch 2 Game Has Me Hungering for More
Although the Nintendo Switch 2 is only a few months old, new games, or at least updated ones, keep emerging at a steady, slow clip. Kirby and the Forgotten Land, which was one of my favorite late-era Switch games, got an upgraded edition that’s available this week. The full title, Kirby and …
Read More »US Open 2025 results: Novak Djokovic fights back to beat Zachary Svajda and reach third round, Joao Fonseca out
Prior to his first-round victory, Djokovic had not played since losing in the Wimbledon semi-finals to Jannik Sinner in early July. “I’m hoping the deeper I go into the tournament the better I feel about my game,” Djokovic said. “It’s obviously a little different in the past couple of years …
Read More »Guinness World Records turns 70 – and highlights some unclaimed records | Offbeat News
Guinness World Records (GWR) is celebrating its 70th anniversary by highlighting unclaimed titles you might fancy going for. The bookkeeper of weird and wacky achievements – the first volume of which was published on 27 August 1955 – is inviting people to try their hand at such extraordinary feats as: …
Read More »COVID vaccines limited to high-risk patients this fall season, FDA says
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized COVID-19 vaccines for the fall — but only for high-risk groups. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy announced the FDA’s most recent actions on Wednesday in a post on X. “I promised 4 things,” …
Read More »Packed pub watches The Chase fan Tim McCarthy’s posthumous win
Paul Burnell BBC News, Manchester BBC The victory was greeted with roars by scores of family and friends who packed The Colliers pub Dozens of family and friends of a teacher who died just weeks before appearing on The Chase gathered to watch him triumph on the quiz show at …
Read More »Denmark apologises to Greenland’s Inuit victims of forced contraception
Adrienne Murray BBC News in Copenhagen Reuters Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the government could not change what had happened but could take responsbility Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has issued a long-awaited apology to the Greenlandic women and their families affected by what she called “systematic discrimination” during a …
Read More »Nazi-looted painting ‘spotted in property listing’ | World News
A portrait by an Italian master that was looted by the Nazis during the Second World War may have resurfaced for the first time in 80 years – after it was apparently spotted in a property listing. Argentinian police raided the villa in the coastal town of Mar del Plata, …
Read More »4chan launches legal case against Ofcom in US federal court
Lawyers representing controversial websites 4chan and Kiwi Farms have filed a legal case against the UK Online Safety Act enforcer Ofcom. Their legal complaint filed in a Washington DC Federal Court seeks a legal ban on the communications regulator enforcing or attempting to enforce the Online Safety Act against them …
Read More »4chan launches legal case against Ofcom in US federal court
Lawyers representing controversial websites 4chan and Kiwi Farms have filed a legal case against the UK Online Safety Act enforcer Ofcom. Their legal complaint filed in a Washington DC Federal Court seeks a legal ban on the communications regulator enforcing or attempting to enforce the Online Safety Act against them …
Read More »Reform UK rows back on possible child migrant deportations
Paul Seddon Political reporter PA Media Reform UK appears to have rowed back from the idea it could remove children from the country under its newly announced mass deportation policy. On Tuesday, Zia Yusuf, a key architect of the party’s plan, suggested it could deport unaccompanied minors in the “latter …
Read More »Bonuses to rise for Ryanair staff spotting oversized baggage | Money News
Ryanair staff are to get more money for spotting and charging for oversized baggage, the company’s chief executive has said. Michael O’Leary said he made “absolutely no apology” for catching people who are “scamming the system”. The reward for intercepting passengers travelling with bags larger than permitted will increase from …
Read More »Men should ‘demand’ prostate cancer test, ex-Sky presenter says – as he speaks about his stage-four diagnosis | UK News
Former Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan has called on men to “demand” a prostate cancer test and for the government to actively offer screenings, after his own stage-four diagnosis. Speaking to Anna Jones on Sky News, Murnaghan said he didn’t have any of the usual prostate cancer symptoms – such …
Read More »Taylor Swift’s giant engagement ring, and the celebrity trend for big rocks
Sofia Ferreira Santos BBC News @TaylorSwift/Instagram Tayvis are engaged – and this is the ring Taylor Swift has announced her engagement to her partner Travis Kelce, sharing a series of pictures, including one of the ring, on Instagram. The post was accompanied by the caption: “Your English teacher and your …
Read More »Russian drone attacks cause massive power cuts, Ukraine says
More than 100,000 Ukrainian homes have been left without power by the latest Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Poltava, Sumy and Chernihiv regions were affected, Zelensky stated in a post on Telegram. Ukraine’s energy ministry said it was a continuation of Moscow’s …
Read More »EU deal fuelling Mauritania’s abuse of migrants
Mauritania’s security forces have been systematically abusing migrants from other African countries, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The violations have been exacerbated by a deal with the European Union (EU) and Spain, which aims to curb dangerous sea crossings to the Canary Islands, the rights group alleges. …
Read More »EU deal fuelling Mauritania’s abuse of migrants
Mauritania’s security forces have been systematically abusing migrants from other African countries, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) says. The violations have been exacerbated by a deal with the European Union (EU) and Spain, which aims to curb dangerous sea crossings to the Canary Islands, the rights group alleges. …
Read More »‘I wear Hull on my sleeve to express who I am’
BBC Gareth Ashton has a number of tattoos on his arm that show off his pride in Hull A Hull man is so proud of his city’s landmarks that he has them tattooed on one of his arms. Gareth Ashton, 42, got his first Hull-dedicated tattoo – a tiger representing …
Read More »Benone Strand bathing ban now lifted
Getty Images Toxic algae was found at Benone Strand on Thursday A bathing ban at a popular north coast beach due to the presence of blue-green algae has now been lifted. High levels of the potentially toxic algae were found at Benone Strand on Thursday. The Department of Agriculture, Environment …
Read More »‘Calculating and violent’ Dundee rapist convicted
Police Scotland Alexander Steven will be sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow in October A “calculating and violent sexual predator” who raped four women at knifepoint and sexually assaulted another in Dundee has been convicted following a trial. Alexander Steven attacked the victims in flats in the city over …
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