Regulators and gambling harm advocates have been closely watching the rise in popularity of Polymarket and Kalshi Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast US-based “prediction market” websites are taking tens of thousands of dollars in bets on Australian elections and even specific words the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says in parliament, with gambling harm advocates and the wagering lobby raising alarm. Australian financial and media regulators said they were monitorin
Former justice secretary Alex Chalk KC says figures Channel 4 obtained show the ‘horror show’ in the system Almost 60,000 arrest warrants were issued for defendants who skipped court in England and Wales last year, up nearly 50% since 2020 in further evidence of the “horror show” in the criminal justice system. The figures, obtained in an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches to air on Friday, also show that more than 30,000 failure-to-appear warrants are outstanding, meaning that tens of thou
La Brea Tar Pits – the only urban, active ice age excavation site in world – gets a mammoth face lift for the first time in nearly 50 years Los Angeles is known for famous museum such as the Getty and the Lacma, but perhaps fewer people are aware that – in the heart of the city – lies a museum that contains one of the world’s most remarkable fossil sites. The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum is home to the remains of more than 2 million ice age flora and fauna, including mastodons and saber-toothed c
Alleged incident said to have happened at racing event in 2002, the year of the queen’s Golden Jubilee, according to the Sunday Times Police investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are looking into an allegation that he behaved inappropriately towards a woman at Royal Ascot, according to a report. The alleged incident is said to have happened at the annual five-day racing event in Berkshire in 2002, according to the Sunday Times . Continue reading...
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Guardian - World · Oct 8
Speaking at Hay literary festival, former Labour minister says complete disengagement has potential ‘for us to end up in a very, very difficult position’ Former foreign secretary David Miliband has said Europe should have “separate bedrooms” from the US, but not seek a “divorce” from its traditional alliance, despite the Trump administration’s impact on the relationship. Speaking at the Hay literary festival on Sunday, the former Labour minister, who has served as the president of the Internatio
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Explosives-laden vehicle detonated as passenger train travelled through south-western city of Quetta A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle near a railway track as a passenger train travelled through the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 70 others, officials have said. The force of the explosion on Sunday caused two of the train cars to overturn and catch fire, sending thick black smoke into the air, according to footage sha
NBC News · Oct 8
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., on NBC News' "Meet the Press" on May 24, 2026.
NBC News · Oct 8
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) tells Meet the Press he “won't rule anything out” as he’s asked about his political future after losing his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.
