Texas’ Senate race is tightening — so don’t let James Talarico hide his lefty lunacy
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Tunisia’s top court upholds conviction of opposition figures, activists
Tunisia’s Court of Cassation has rejected in a mass trial the final appeal of dozens of opposition figures, upholding prison sentences of up to 45 years for figures accused of conspiring to overthrow President Kais Saied.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Japan's defense minister to skip annual security dialogue in Seoul after war shrine visit: sources
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi is expected to skip an annual security forum in Seoul early next week, sources familiar with the matter said Friday, a move seen as related to his recent visit to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo that drew criticism from Seoul.
· Kim Seung-yeon
Brisbane man charged with alleged supply of gel blaster guns interstate
Australian Federal Police have seized gel blasters that were being sent from Queensland to other states and territories. (Supplied: Australian Federal Police)
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Florian Wirtz has a chance to shine, there’s a Red Bull reunion on Tyneside and Chelsea face litmus test at Arsenal
· Guardian Sport
Wrong number: Text message accidentally reveals Labor considering $40 cap on road tolls
Labor is canvassing a $40 weekly cap on road tolls in an attempt to outbid the Coalition’s state election pledge to cash-strapped motorists and tradies.
· Kieran Rooney, Chip Le Grand
Maryland high court allows congressional redistricting measure on the November ballot
Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections.
· David A Lieb
Biden Judge Blocks Trump's Latest Birthright Citizenship Order
Two months after the Supreme Court gutted President Trump's first-day order ending automatic citizenship for children of illegal aliens and temporary visitors, a Maryland federal judge has now blocked the narrower follow-up that targeted the actual business model: birth tourism.
· Tyler Durden
ICE official warned of 'unprecedented lowering' of standards during hiring spree
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) trainees practice shooting handguns at the indoor firing range at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) in Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fran Ruchalski, File)
· Ryan J Foley
Serbians targeted with spyware in country’s ‘largest documented wave of surveillance’
Student protesters among those hacked, says digital rights group, though Aleksandar Vučić’s government denies spying
· Aisha Down
Venue apologises for AI flyers that have 'no place' in creative industry
Chloe Young is making handmade posters for businesses as an alternative to using artificial intelligence. (ABC Southern Queensland: Dan McCray)
· Dan Mccray
Sadiq Khan agrees to have his texts and emails searched in Palantir legal battle
US tech company has sued London mayor after he prevented it from working with Metropolitan police
· Patrick Daly
NYC’s AI in schools policy is first step in prying children away from the grips of Big Tech — it may come just in time
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· Rikki Schlott
Burnham, Macron talk border security and stronger Europe-UK ties
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and French President Emmanuel Macron have held talks about migration, the war in Ukraine and trade during an official meeting in London.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Trump administration takes USPS mail-in ballot fight to Supreme Court
President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new US Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, moving swiftly after a judge temporarily blocked the regulation ahead of the November midterm elections.
· REUTERS
Chip tariff talks with U.S. based on understanding S. Korea won't be disadvantaged: Seoul official
WASHINGTON, Sep. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan said Thursday that Seoul and Washington are continuing talks on U.S. semiconductor tariffs under the understanding that South Korea would not be put at a disadvantage compared with its competitors.
· Song Sang-ho
Enes Kanter files bombshell federal lawsuit over WNBA game ousting
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· Edward Lewis
Imran Khan's sons say former PM's health declining in prison
Topic:Political Prisoners
· Adam Harvey
Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film
Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform
· Rowena Mason
Rooftop solar's uneven rise tests India's energy ambitions
BENGALURU -- It took three months of research before 25-year-old finance professional Sagar Agarwal took the plunge into rooftop solar, joining an initiative widely recognized as the largest of its kind in the world. But despite being a resident of Lucknow, which in April became the Indian city with the most residen…
· ANANTA AGARWAL
Farage pledges to slash UK energy bills
BIRMINGHAM, England — Nigel Farage's Reform UK has promised to use its first 100 days in government to ditch a string of policy costs from energy bills, a move the party claims would save people £250 per year.
· Abby Wallace
FBI Investigating Report Of Millions Of Driver's Licenses Sold On Dark Web
Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times,
· Tyler Durden
Two more more Australians confirmed safe in Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
Topic:Government and Politics
· Courtney Gould
ICE agent charged with lying under oath about Minnesota shooting
Federal prosecutors in the United States have charged an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer accused of lying under oath to investigators regarding the shooting of a Venezuelan man during an immigration crackdown this year.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Australia news live: Pauline Hanson to make cost of living ‘worse’, new union boss warns; Labor scraps course citing ‘integrity’
The new ACTU secretary, Melissa Donnelly, says One Nation ‘says one thing and does another’
· Josh Taylor, Krishani Dhanji
Crise no STF agita eleição, mas impacto deve ser limitado
Os últimos dias tumultuaram ainda mais o já complexo cenário político brasileiro. Desta vez, com a divulgação, na terça-feira (01/09), pelo ministro André Mendonça, do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), de trechos de uma investigação da Polícia Federal (PF) que revelam supostas trocas de mensagem do ministro Alexandre …
· Fábio Corrêa
South Africa: Sharpeville massacre victims launch legal action
It's been more than 60 years since apartheid police opened fire on a 1960 protest in South Africa. Now, Lawyers for survivors and relatives of those killed are launching legal action against the South African government, hoping to overturn a law that has prevented compensation claims.
· AfricaNews
Israel kills 3 in Gaza as far-right minister plans for Palestinian removals
Israeli attacks have killed at least three people and injured several others across Gaza, as Israeli officials push a plan calling for the removal of Palestinians from the Strip.
· Al Jazeera Staff
The Elephant In The Canadian Room
Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,
· Tyler Durden
Meta blocks dozens of accounts protesting Kushner-linked Albanian resort project
Dozens of Instagram accounts linked to Albanian activists, journalists and an opposition party leader have been closed or disabled amid ongoing protests over a luxury hotel development linked to U.S President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
· Alice Taylor
US banks can operate in Canada, despite Trump's claim otherwise
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)
· Melissa Goldin
Hungary poised to rejoin flagship EU research program
PRAGUE— Hungary said Thursday it is on track to rejoin the EU's flagship research program, Horizon Europe, potentially unlocking millions in European funding that had been blocked under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
· Pieter Haeck
Hanson's field days invite sparks controversy with farmers
Topic:Government and Politics
· Sally Bryant
US ICE agent accused of lying about migrant shooting
WASHINGTON — A federal immigration agent is facing charges of making false statements about the January shooting of a Venezuelan migrant in Minnesota, US media reported Thursday.
· Agence France-Presse
Unlikely alliance: Bannon joins forces with Sanders, AOC over AI, data center restrictions - report
Far-right podcast host Steve Bannon has partnered with far-left politicians Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) and Bernie Sanders (VT) to warn against the dangers of artificial intelligence and the data centers that power it, the Wall Street Journal said Thursday.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF, DANYA SAPERSTEIN
Fifa calls Uefa’s legal threat a ‘smear campaign’ in US federal filing
Fifa filed motion opposing Uefa’s request for discovery
· Alexander Abnos
ICE officer who shot Venezuelan man in Minneapolis charged with lying to investigators
Julio Sosa-Celis, who was shot in the leg by Christian Castro and survived, was one of three people shot by federal immigration agents during Trump’s ‘Operation Metro Surge’
· Marina Dunbar
NY pols introduce legislation designating ‘9-25’ as Dolly Parton day
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· Vaughn Golden
High Court strikes down law shielding haredi yeshiva students from arrest over draft evasion
The High Court of Justice unanimously struck down on Thursday an amendment that froze arrest, investigation, and enforcement proceedings against haredi (ultra-Orthodox) yeshiva students who failed to report for mandatory military service, with eight of the nine justices also ruling that the amendment does not meet t…
· GILAD MORAG
Gilad Erdan says Unity Party weighs alliances, seeks broad government without radicals - interview
The newly formed right-wing Unity party has been considering political alliances to boost its chances of clearing the electoral threshold ahead of the deadline to submit lists next week, party leader and former ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan told The Jerusalem Post in an interview Thursday as he laid o…
· KESHET NEEV
'Diplomatic emergency': Bennett presents plan for restoring Israel's position in US, Middle East
Former prime minister and chairman of the B'Yachad party Naftali Bennett presented the main points of his foreign policy platform ahead of the elections on Thursday, placing the restoration of Israel's standing among the American public, stronger ties with Washington, and Israel's return as a central player in the M…
· IDAN KWELLER
Pacific leaders at summit fail to reach unanimous condemnation of China’s ballistic missile launch
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attends a news conference at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Koror, Palau, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)
· Charlotte Grahammclay
Marcos vows continued support for innovators
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stressed the need to invest in the country’s innovators, highlighting that the government will continue to support inventions that serve the Filipino people.
· Allen Limos
Sanctioned Israeli minister deletes AI video mocking Palestinian prisoners
An AI-generated video showing prisoners behind Itamar Ben-Gvir. (Supplied)
· Matthew Doran
A quarter-billion-dollar mistake? Queensland’s diesel bus route slammed
A leading electric bus company has blasted the Queensland government’s purchase of 630 diesel buses, saying the decision could be a mistake that would eventually cost the state’s taxpayers a quarter of a billion dollars.
· Cameron Atfield
Stars align for Frydenberg comeback. That could eclipse Taylor
September 4, 2026 — 5:00am
· James Massola
‘Social media companies will hate it. Stuff them’: Premier backs algorithm escape for young people
Mumbai: Premier Chris Minns has thrown his support behind a proposal to allow users to quit social media algorithms and has a warning for tech companies that resist: “Stuff them.”
· Michael McGowan
Expert says Trump may not have problem acknowledging N.K. nuke possession
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- A prominent expert said Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump may not have a problem with acknowledging North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons as he thinks it is "not his fault," while noting that Pyongyang might wait for the November midterm election outcome before a potenti…
· Song Sang-ho
Brazil forward Gabriel Martinelli leaves Arsenal for Saudi Pro League team Al-Hilal
Sunderland’s Reinildo Mandava, left, and Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli fight for the ball during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Sunderland in London, England, Feb. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)