In Parliaments, TikTok and COP summits, AllatRa spread claims that greenhouse gases are not main cause of climate crisis

If there is a summer of rioting, it will be because of this twisted leftist ideology.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is continuing his discriminatory campaign to remake the U.S. military in his image. Last month, a list of nearly two dozen one-star promotions included no women and only two nonwhite officers. On Monday, The New York Times was able to reveal exactly how that happened.

Hegseth personally intervened to block the promotion of several senior Navy officers, including at…

Utah’s signature wobbling dessert is getting a cleaner recipe.

Known for its neon-colored jiggle, Jell-O has long been a staple on Utah tables and at neighborhood potlucks. Now, the brand is launching a new line free from synthetic dyes and artificial ingredients amid growing consumer demand for more natural products.

On Tuesday, Kraft Heinz unveiled Jell-O Simply, a line of ready-to-eat…

Here and there, it’s been a good month for humanity—or “magnificas humanitas,” as Pope Leo XIV calls us poor featherless bipeds.

On May 25, the pope published his encyclical letter “on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.” It made a stern but loving case against AI fatalism, reminding humans of our intrinsic worth and cautioning against seeking transcendence in…

Spain temporarily banned the US-based prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi on Tuesday, as well as its rival Kalshi, arguing that they were operating without a gambling license. The ban will last three to four months, pending a review from the country’s gambling watchdog. The move comes as other bans against Polymarket, in particular, are stacking up around the world. They aren’t all…

A new study has shown that increased levels of wood burning have resulted in increased lead emissions.

Wood heating is reintroducing lead into the air of local communities and homes, a systematic investigation by academics has found.

Overwhelming evidence of lead’s neurotoxicity meant the metal was banned as an additive in petrol more than 25 years ago. The research by academics from the…

A powerful Hindu group from which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party emerged claimed on Tuesday it had organised foreign visits, including to the US, to counter perceptions that it is a paramilitary outfit involved in attacks on minority communities.

The outreach by the _Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh_ (RSS), or National Volunteer Organisation, came after the US Commission on International…

A controversial livestreamer was arrested in Nashville after allegedly refusing to pay a £272 restaurant bill, having also been banned from Kick weeks earlier for public harassment.</p>

Meta is defending itself against claims of overzealous censorship of LGBTQ+ and sexual health-related content on its platforms.

The company faced renewed criticism after Instagram banned the account of sex toy retailer Bellesa Boutique, the latest in a string of controversies involving the moderation of queer and sexual wellness content, _Mashable_ reports. In response, a Meta spokesperson…

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According to WIRED, Madison Square Garden’s incredibly invasive facial recognition system has been used to ban critics of the stadium and even track a trans woman around who did nothing wrong.

JHELUM: Religious scholar and lecturer Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza survived an attack by an unidentified person on Sunday, police said. The attacker was killed in retaliatory firing.

Mirza, known for delivering religious speeches on social media, has over 3.1 million followers on his YouTube channel. He was also attacked earlier this year, and previously survived an assassination attempt in…

JHELUM: Religious cleric and lecturer Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza survived an attack by an unidentified person on Sunday, police said. The attacker was killed in retaliatory firing.

Mirza, known for delivering religious speeches on social media, has over 3.1 million followers on his YouTube channel. He was also attacked earlier this year, and previously survived an assassination attempt in…

Former SPQR owner and Auckland businessman Chris Rupe has been banned from running a company until 2034. Having been declared bankrupt in February 2025,...

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The frustrations of once-dominant racial and ethnic groups about losing power is reshaping politics around the world, including the United States. In his latest book “Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age,” author and Howard University…

Elections on Sunday could finally remove Viktor Orbán from power. Opposition forces have rallied behind rival candidate Péter Magyar, less out of belief in his program than from desperation at the country’s authoritarian turn.

Despite the favorable constellation of an opposition in the lead and a mobilized civil society, Hungary’s path toward democratization remains narrow and…

Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s entertainment venture _JioStar_ has terminated its broadcast deals in Bangladesh for the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament, saying its local partner defaulted on payments, according to a document seen by _Reuters._

Bangladesh in January banned IPL broadcasts after one of its teams, Kolkata Knight Riders, dropped Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman…

Last month, it emerged that high schools in Siberia were teaching students an unexpected text as part of “anti-terrorism awareness” lessons— _1984_ by George Orwell. Most Western readers automatically assume the novel’s main protagonist, Winston Smith, is something of a hero for doing his best to resist the totalitarian regime depicted within the book’s pages. In Putin’s Russia, though, Smith is…

Pete Hegseth blocked the promotions of two women and two Black Army officers, showing yet again that he will stop at nothing in his war on diversity in the U.S. military.

The officers were originally on a one-star promotion list of about three dozen officers consisting mostly of white men, _The New York Times_ reported Friday.

Hegseth had been pushing Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll to remove…

OpenAI just killed Sora.

That’s an amazing development. When the company rolled out the video-creation site, and later the app, reviewers called it a trailblazer because it combined video creations with sound effects, spoken dialog, and the ability for users to generate a specific character using a reference image and reuse them in multiple videos (a Sora 2 feature called “Character”).

Sora was…

The International Olympic Committee announced Thursday that any athletes who do not pass a specific chromosome test will be banned from competition. This means that trans women will no longer be able to compete in the single largest showcase for women's sports in the world, and neither will any women who test positive for having the SRY gene. The implementation of this policy could lead to…

Only biological female athletes, whose gender has been determined by a one-time gene-screening test, will now be eligible to take part in female category events at the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday.

The IOC unveiled its new policy, following an 18-month consultation phase, on the protection of the female category as part of its initiative to have a…

Lebanon is exhausted. On March 1, Hezbollah yet again initiated a completely unjustifiable war with Israel by launching missile and drone strikes supposedly in revenge for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. And for most of the country, it was the last straw. And it could well prove to be an inflection point, if Israel doesn’t overplay its hand. But Israel may indeed be doing that…

Punjab will establish “anti-drone units” in all districts of Punjab, said a statement from the provincial home department on Friday.

The launch of an anti-drone unit was approved by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz last week. Emphasising a proactive approach, she said that instead of only reacting to terrorist incidents, authorities must adopt a policy of taking preemptive measures.

According…

ISLAMABAD: After Afghan Taliban forces used “rudimentary drones” to target various parts of the country, a ban has been imposed on flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of any kind across the country.

The development comes as several ‘drone attacks’ were reported from across part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Subsequently, during his press briefing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) chief Lt Gen…

More than a dozen international humanitarian organisations have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to block an imminent order that would force 37 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to cease operations in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians.

Organisations including Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Oxfam, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE…

In spite of the Gaza genocide, Israel still has plenty of customers for its high-tech exports, especially the weapons it produces. But it is experiencing a debilitating brain drain as secular, highly educated Israelis are emigrating in growing numbers.

Israel is a world leader in the “new military urbanism” — crowd control, border surveillance, and counterterrorism — that has…

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party raced ahead of its rival Jamaat-i-Islami on Thursday, early counting showed, after tens of millions of Bangladeshis voted in a pivotal national election.

It was the first vote since the 2024 Gen Z-driven uprising that toppled long-time premier Sheikh Hasina.

Analysts say a clear outcome is crucial for stability in the nation of 175 million, after months of…

Epic Games has disputed it made "provably incorrect statements" to Horses developer Santa Ragione, insisting feedback was provided when it concluded the horror game breached the Epic Game Store's content guidelines and could not be listed for sale.

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