Palestinians flee Gaza City as Israel increases bombardments | DW News
Thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing Gaza City as Israel steps up its bombardments in the area. Israeli strikes destroyed a number of buildings in the city on Monday, and Gaza officials say dozens of people were killed. Israel says the offensive is part of a plan to defeat HamasContinue Reading
Why technological progress is so hard to predict
New inventions (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691233079/how-progress-ends) often cause great excitement (https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk:2083/publications/the-technology-trap-capital-labor-and-power-in-the-age-of-automation) yet can take years (https://oms-www.files.svdcdn.com/production/downloads/academic/The_Future_of_Employment.pdf) to catch on. In this episode of The Big View podcast, Peter Thal Larsen talks to Carl Benedikt Frey of Oxford University about the erratic history of technology (https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/the-big-view/what-china-has-teach-us-about-technology-podcast-2025-09-02/) – and what it tells us about artificialContinue Reading
Kash Patel Defends Bungled Posts During Charlie Kirk Investigation
The FBI director admits his fumbled social media updates could have been worded “a little better.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
West African Nationals Deported From U.S. To Ghana All Sent To Home Countries
A lawsuit alleges the migrants were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a flight to Ghana and detained for days in “squalid conditions.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
The Traitor’s Biggest Corruption Scandal Isn’t Getting Enough Attention
A New York Times exposé published Monday tells the tale of two back-to-back deals that enriched three powerful families: the The Traitors, the Witkoffs (as in The Traitor’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff), and the ruling family of the United Arab Emirates. In one deal, announced in May, a firmContinue Reading
Brian Walshe stabbed in jail before hearing | Banfield
Brian Walshe, the man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, was stabbed in jail last week ahead of a court hearing. Bob Ward, a reporter for Boston 25 news, joins “Banfield” to discuss the latest. Ashleigh Banfield is *the* definitive authority on the nation’s biggest true crime stories. AContinue Reading
Archaeologists stunned to discover which culture really built the world’s oldest defences
Scientists have dated the earliest-known fortified settlement built by humans, and they were stunned by the identity of its architects. The fortifications were first unearthed near the Amnya River in Western Siberia back in 1987, but it’s only thanks to recent radiocarbon dating that we know just how old theyContinue Reading
This new discovery could rewrite what we knew on how the Earth got its oceans
Researchers in Japan have found that the parent asteroid of Ryugu, a near-Earth asteroid, retained water in ice form for billions of years, and this could challenge previously existing theories on how Earth’s oceans came to be. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft collected samples from Ryugu, which wereContinue Reading
DNA evidence found near scene of Charlie Kirk’s shooting matches suspect, FBI director says
Kirk, who brought young, conservative evangelical Christians into politics, was shot on Wednesday while speaking at Utah Valley University during one of his many campus stops.Continue Reading
Latest news bulletin | September 15th, 2025 – Evening
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this September 15th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.Continue Reading
Ex-CIA Station Chief’s Firsthand Account from Ukraine’s Frontline
Cipher Brief exclusive: Former six-time CIA station chief Ralph Goff details the status of the frontlines in Ukraine and where Kyiv needs the most help from its allies. EXPERT Q&A — The Russian drone incursion into Polish airspace this week underscores how far Russia is from the negotiating table andContinue Reading
Can NATO Still Scare Putin?
EXPERT INTERVIEW – Polish President Karol Nowrocki signed a classified decree over the weekend allowing armed forces of NATO member states to be present in his country after Poland’s airspace was violated by an incursion of 19 Russian drones last week. Moscow’s incursion, which Western security experts see as aContinue Reading