After Trump’s science budget cuts, American researchers go abroad
NEW YORK (AP) — Halley Froehlich was sure she would pursue her scientific career in the United States. His family has lived in America since the 1700s. But over the past two years, the delay in federal grants and fears about the future have motivated her…
Burnham vows to end ‘parking fee scams’ under new rules – BBC News Africa
Burnham vows to end ‘parking fee scams’ under new rules BBC London motorists to gain new rights to challenge unfair parking fines London Evening Standard Prime Minister cracks down on fraudulent parking charges and car scams GOV.UK Private…
Scientists: this election could decide the fate of Amazon
Brazil’s presidential race could help decide whether the Amazon continues to function as a rainforest. In the New York TimesSergio Peçanha and Ana Ionova lay out the scale of the stakes as right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former…
Kenyan court convicts starvation cult leader for murder of 191 people | News
Published on October 19, 2026October 19, 2026 A Kenyan court has found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and dozens of his associates guilty of murder for the deaths of 191 people – all but one child. The self-proclaimed pastor and his…
Unverified claims claim that Kim Jong Un is in a coma after a brain hemorrhage.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds the third expanded meeting of the Eighth Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 24, 2022. (Photo via KCNA/AFP) October 19, 2026 9:31 p.m. GMT+03:00…
Generic Trump speech – Daily Kos
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Saudi Arabia executes two Bangladeshi nationals for ‘indecent acts’
Saudi Arabia said to have executed a Bangladeshi man and woman for “indecent acts” inside a mosque in Mecca. Bangladesh said it was not informed in advance of the executions. Meanwhile, Israeli police arrested 10 suspects in a wave of violence against…
Trump officials soften approach to key immigration policy ahead of midterm elections
Since January 2025, the Trump administration has deprived immigrants in country after country of their humanitarian protection: Venezuela, Haiti, Afghanistan, Syria, South Sudan. But in recent weeks, immigrants from some countries seem to have escaped…
Kenyan starvation cult leader guilty of killing 190 children and one adult | Kenya
A Kenyan court has found starvation cult leader Paul Mackenzie and around 30 others guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst sectarian disasters in recent history. Mackenzie was arrested in 2023…
Houthi attack kills 53, largest loss of life since Yemen’s civil war resumed | Yemen
At least 53 people were killed in a Houthi ballistic missile attack on a Yemeni government security forces training camp, making it the largest loss of life since the country’s civil war resumed in September. The attack on the al-Alam camp in the…