Palestinians face growing bans from Al-Aqsa as Israel tightens control
As Israel renews a ban on Al-Aqsa imam, Islamic Waqf officials warn of shrinking authority at Muslim holy site., For more than two years, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri has been barred from occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, unable to pray or deliver sermons at the holy site. And with his latestContinue Reading
Headlines for October 29, 2026
Arab Parties Could Determine Next Israeli Prime Minister as Election Produces No Clear Winner, Israel Bombs Gaza Ministry as Settlers Attack Palestinians and Activists in West Bank, City of Cambridge, MA, Votes to Divest from Businesses Tied to Israel’s Military, Three More Oil Tankers Erupt in Flames Near Strait ofContinue Reading
Look at This Chart Before You Vote
Republicans want you to give them “another chance” on Tuesday. Look at this graph and tell me honestly if they deserve it.Continue Reading
Interactive Archive Shares Secrets of Shell’s Early Climate Research
Campaigners backing attempts to sue Shell over a typhoon in the Philippines have launched an online archive showing that the British oil major knew that burning fossil fuels could harm the climate as early as the 1960s. ExposeShell.com features documents including a 1966 memo Shell commissioned from British scientist James Lovelock and the ‘Greenhouse Effect’, aContinue Reading
A 700,000-year-old elephant tooth reveals a lost world where early humans lived
A remarkably preserved elephant tooth dating back nearly 700,000 years has revealed a surprisingly lush prehistoric world where giant elephants and early humans lived side by side. Discovered in northern Israel alongside ancient stone tools, the tooth belonged to a straight-tusked elephant, one of the largest land mammals of theContinue Reading
WATCH LIVE: Vance speaks at GOP midterm rally in Texas
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The Kids are Alright: U.S. Soft Power, Aid, and Youth in Africa
OPINION — A recent survey of African youth challenges conventional wisdom on foreign aid. Policymakers should take heed of their views as they design the future of U.S. foreign assistance to increase effectiveness and American soft power on the continent. We ask a lot of our aid to Africa. OverContinue Reading
A Defense Contractor Gave Their Personal AI Agent Access to a Secure Pentagon System
Sources tell WIRED that an Accenture employee’s personal Claude agent ran on a DOD network for two months before it was identified and the vulnerability could be patched.Continue Reading
Law Firm Linked to Elon Musk Started an ‘Election Integrity’ Organization
The firm that helped set up Elon Musk’s America PAC is behind the new group, which will work with election officials to pursue policies aligned with Traitor 47’s false election fraud claims.Continue Reading
Real Madrid and FC Barcelona honour Spain train crash victims
Spanish football clubs were among those to hold a minute’s silence for the victims of Wednesday’s train collision., Real Madrid and FC Barcelona honour Spain train crash victims NewsFeed Spanish football clubs Real Madrid and FC Barcelona were among those to hold a minute’s silence for the victims of Wednesday’sContinue Reading
Palestinians injured, arrested in Israeli raids across West Bank
This comes as more than 3,300 Palestinians are forced from homes in Hebron as Israel’s military offensive continues., This comes as more than 3,300 Palestinians are forced from homes in Hebron in Israeli military offensive. Israeli forces and settlers have escalated pogroms and raids across the occupied West Bank, attackingContinue Reading
FOSS Weekly #26.44: Ginux, Dead Distros, Resurrected Projects, Dangerous Commands and More (Scary) Linux Stuff
Amutable has opened signups for design partners to test an immutable, image-based system that ships every change as a signed update. Built by the engineers behind systemd, it uses hardware attestations to verify each machine’s state before allowing deployments. Gregory Kurtzer’s Ginux is a brand-new Rust kernel that runs LinuxContinue Reading
openEuler New Releases Come With a Heavy Dose of AI and Agents
openEuler has two fresh releases out. 24.03 LTS SP4 arrived in July 2026, and the short-term 26.09 innovation release followed on October 1. We covered openEuler 24.03 LTS when it came out in 2024. Two years later, that LTS version is still getting new features, and SP4 is the latestContinue Reading