Gangs made up of cattle rustlers and jihadists have long terrorised communities in northern and central Nigeria Nigerian soldiers killed more than 300 members of kidnapping and cattle bandit gangs in the north-western state of Zamfara this week, according to a government official. Nigerian government troops targeted the gangs in Gummi district in a two-day operation that “led to the elimination of more than 300 terrorists,” Zamfara’s information commissioner, Mahmud Muhammad Dantawasa, said in a
In some towns in India, a visitor to the post office who's squinting at fine print might be asked: Do you want an eye test? (Image credit: Subhamoy Bhattacharjee for NPR)
Hearts broke for West Virginia teen Adaleia Cross on social media after a viral interview with Fox News Digital about her experience at the center of a trans athlete scandal that overlapped with the recent Supreme Court case on girls' sports. Cross became a sudden teen heroine in the "Save Women's Sports" movement earlier this year after she came forward with allegations that the trans athlete at the center of the West Virginia SCOTUS case allegedly sexually harassed her in the locker room years
Hundreds of firefighters in Spain have been battling a deadly wildfire in the south of the country.
You may already be used to seeing empty robotaxis cruising through city streets. No driver. No passenger. Just a car rolling along as if it has somewhere important to be. Sometimes it does. It may be heading to pick someone up. Other times, it may be driving back to a faraway depot to get cleaned, charged or checked before the next ride. That empty driving has a name: deadhead miles. In other words, the car is using time, power and road space without carrying a paying rider. Now a Redwood City,
Fox News · Oct 8
The U.S. Supreme Court recently wrongly declined to hear U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman's appeal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. What has happened to her is outrageous, unconstitutional, dangerous, and unacceptable. For several years, Newman has endured an unconstitutional suspension imposed by her colleagues on the basis of her supposed lack of mental competency—which anyone who has spent any time around Judge Newman knows is absurd. She may be 99, but she is still sh
Fox News · Oct 8
Ukraine’s intensifying campaign against Putin's oil industry is having a growing impact inside Russia, forcing one of the world’s largest energy producers to restrict diesel exports, pursue fuel imports and confront shortages stretching from occupied Crimea to cities deep in the country. Inside Russia, the consequences are becoming increasingly visible. Former Russian opposition politician and commentator Maxim Katz said the shortages represent one of the first direct ways many Russians have exp
Guardian - World · Oct 8
All three companies say they still aim to achieve net zero carbon output despite construction boom Microsoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction. In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO₂e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), or roughly half the emissions of France. Continue reading...
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Exclusive: CCRC will test serial killer as part of inquiry into whether Michael Stone was wrongly convicted of 1996 murders The serial killer Levi Bellfield will have his DNA taken in an attempt to establish if he murdered Lin and Megan Russell in 1996. Michael Stone has protested his innocence since his conviction in 1998 for the killing of Lin, 45, and her daughter, six-year-old Megan, as well as a vicious attack on Megan’s sister Josie, nine, who survived. Continue reading...
