MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – JULY 16: Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks during preparations for the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Delegates, politicians, and the Republican faithful are in Milw... More »
Italian police have raided the home of an influencer whose affair with the country’s tourism minister brought about his political downfall, with officers seizing a pair of “spy glasses” which she used to film inside parliament.Maria Rosaria Boccia is under inv... More »
With Monday’s attacks across southern Lebanon, the prospect of the escalating conflict enveloping the city has suddenly become real for many Beirut residents.It began with messages sent by Israel to radio stations and some cellphones in Beirut on Monday mornin... More »
The Conservatives’ “violent indifference” to the arts has resulted in communities across the country getting poor access to culture, Lisa Nandy has said ahead of a planned funding review.The culture secretary accused her Tory predecessors of “vandalism” as she... More »
An NHS trust that gave four newborn babies contaminated feed has admitted that it was operating “an entirely unsafe system” at the time they became infected.The admission came during evidence by a senior doctor at Guy’s and St Thomas’ trust (GSTT), who led its... More »
With the hail of bad freebie stories echoing the Mersey downpour, this looked set to be a less joyous conference than was due a party that had just gone from its worst defeat since 1935 to a stunning majority in one jump. But that victory was still in the air:... More »
Social media owners, politicians and governments are the biggest threats to a trustworthy online news environment, according to an expert group studying misinformation whose work is modelled on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.The Internation... More »
Rich countries could raise five times the money that poor countries are demanding in climate finance, through windfall taxes on fossil fuels, ending harmful subsidies and a wealth tax on billionaires, research has shown.Developing nations are asking for at lea... More »
In July, José Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastián Film Festival, highlighted the growing prominence of documentaries at this year’s event. Among the notable examples he cited were Albert Serra’s “Afternoons of Solitude,” and the New Directors opener... More »
Sea Life MelbourneAmong the sea of glossy black and white penguins which call a popular Australian aquarium home, one baby bird stands out like a sore thumb. More »
Electric vehicles made in China could be banned in the US from 2027 if a proposed new rule is passed. The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would prohibit the import and sale of vehicles and components ... More »
A threat actor recently claimed that they had stolen 87 million customer data records from popular Chinese ecommerce company Temu. This claim has been denied by the company. It said that its security team checked the stolen data sample and it doesn’t match it... More »