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Appeals court allows charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver to proceed
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Consent forms, notices, prison terms: Maharashtra anti-conversion law | Explained
Government’s stated case for the law is the need to curb conversion obtained through force or fraud but sections of the Christian and Muslim communities have set out the opposite concern: that a wide reading of terms such as inducement could reach conduct that has nothing to do with coercion, from a personal relationship to attendance at a weekly service
Nepal floods: More than 160 killed, nearly 1,400 missing
August 27, 2026Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a glacial collapse triggered catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet. Hundreds of foreign tourists are missing. The death toll from catastrophic flash floods along the border between Nepal and Tibet has risen to at least 165, while nearly 1,400 people were missing. Rescue teams were searching for survivors on Thursday, a day after a glacial collapse sent a huge wall of mud and rock barreling through the Himalayan communities, sweeping way entire villages.
Samsung must pay Swatch Group US$11.6 million over ‘knock-off’ smartwatch faces
The digital watch faces mimicked designs from brands including Omega, Longines, Tissot, Breguet and Blancpain, with a London judge ruling that their presence on Samsung’s app store damaged Swatch Group’s interests.
WHEN BRITISH PRIME MINISTER ANDY BURNHAM paid his first visit to Ukraine on Monday, he brought more than best wishes for Ukraine’s Independence Day. He also brought a remarkable announcement: Britain will share classified technical information that Ukraine needs to eventually assemble the Storm Shadow long-range stealthy cruise missile (called SCALP in the French version). In exchange, Britain will gain access to Ukraine’s extraordinary collection of battlefield data and combat lessons learned through a new artificial-intelligence partnership. Moscow noticed immediately.
The UK Power Grid Has a Phantom Data Center Problem
As data center developers compete for a cut of the hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into the artificial intelligence industry, the queue to join the UK’s power grid has become jammed with projects that will likely never get built. The snarl is exacerbating already years-long wait times for viable projects, and it's messing with attempts to forecast energy demand and plan grid expansions. In July, the UK’s energy regulator, Ofgem, laid out a proposal meant to force phantom data centers out of the swollen queue.
Qantas CEO on Fleet Revamp and Phaseout of Ageing Craft
Qantas Airways Ltd. will retire its Airbus A380s from 2028 and phase out its A330 fleet, replacing them with more fuel-efficient aircraft. Vanessa Hudson, Qantas Group CEO, speaks to Bloomberg TV about the challenges and opportunities facing the business. (Source: Bloomberg)
White Prisoners In UK Being Forced To Convert By Muslim Gangs: Report
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Britain's prisons are becoming recruitment grounds for Islamic gangs, with white inmates converting under threat of violence while the system frees terrorists early, jails protesters longer than child sex attackers, and racks up hundreds of millions housing foreign offenders. New Ministry of Justice figures have exposed a stark reality inside England and Wales' jails. One in five Muslims behind bars is white - nearly four times the 5.8 per cent rate in the general population.
AI Psychosis Is Real, Rare and Rising — and Your Life as a Founder Fits Every Risk Factor
Doctors are warning of a new risk in people who spend hours a day with chatbots engineered to agree with them — worth a read if that’s your workday. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. - Chatbots are engineered to agree with you — which makes them the last voice a founder, already isolated and rewarded for conviction, should be relying on to test their thinking. - Treat the chatbot as a research analyst, never as a confidant — and if it agrees with everything you propose, that’s a warning sign about the tool, not confirmation that you’re right.