Official Report on Tianshui Kindergarten Lead Poisoning Case “Exposes the Failure of an Entire System”

An investigative report into the mass lead poisoning of hundreds of students and staff members at a kindergarten in Gansu province has revealed a host of safety and oversight violations, bribery and... Read more »

Axing of The Late Show reveals how monopolisation has gutted US media | Donald Trump

CBS’ recent cancellation of the popular The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is yet another case of heavy‑handed political and corporate meddling in the role of media in the US. It occurred... Read more »

Colorado dentist convicted of murder, gets life sentence for lacing wife’s shakes with poison

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado dentist was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after being convicted of killing his wife by lacing her protein shakes with poison before delivering a fatal... Read more »

Over half of US Senate Democrats back failed measures to block arms sales to Israel

The US Senate blocked a pair of resolutions Wednesday that were introduced by progressive Senator Bernie Sanders and aimed at blocking over $675 million in arms sales to Israel, but for the... Read more »

Pilot Killed In Greenwood Plane Crash Was Purdue Grad, 10th Woman To Fly Solo Around The World

Anh-Thu Nguyen, a 44-year-old pilot from Miami, tragically lost her life in a plane crash in Greenwood, Indiana, on July 30, 2025. Nguyen was the founder of the Asian Women in Aerospace... Read more »

Molière May Be Dead, But His Language Is Alive and Well

It is a well-known fact that French is the “language of Molière,” just as English is the language of Shakespeare, and German and Spanish are the languages of Goethe and Cervantes. Yet... Read more »

Key workers to be offered pod housing in Byron shire amid social housing builds

Teachers, police and other “key workers” looking to move into the Byron Shire will be offered accommodation in pod-style cabins originally built to house survivors of the 2022 floods.  Byron Mayor Sarah... Read more »

Brown University strikes agreement to restore lost federal funding : NPR

People are seen traversing the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., Oct. 12, 2020. Steven Senne/AP hide caption toggle caption Steven Senne/AP WASHINGTON — Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode... Read more »

Cherry Vann becomes UK’s first female archbishop after election in Wales | Wales

The bishop of Monmouth, Cherry Vann, has been elected as the new archbishop of Wales, becoming the UK’s first female archbishop and first LGBTQ+ leader in the church in Wales in a... Read more »

Councillors urge Tipperary Council to stop using glyphosate weed killer over health risks

Nine councillors joined forces to collectively call on Tipperary County Council to stop using glyphosate weed killer due to the health risks associated with it but failed to receive the commitment they were... Read more »