35 minutes ago About sharing By Tom Gerken Technology reporter Facebook and Instagram are launching subscriptions in most of Europe that will remove adverts from the platforms. People using the Meta-owned platforms will be able to pay €9.99 (£8.72) per month for an ad-free experience. It will not be available in the UK. In January,…
48 minutes ago About sharing By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Human fossil fuel emissions are threatening a key climate threshold twice as quickly as previously thought, a new report says. Researchers say the 1.5C limit could be continually breached by 2029, rather than the mid 2030s. They say record emissions of carbon dioxide over the…
1 hour ago About sharing Eighteen people were killed and more than a dozen were injured in Wednesday’s deadly attacks By Nadine Yousif BBC News The suspect behind a string of deadly shootings in Maine was turned away by a local firearms store three months before he opened fire. Robert Card was refused a silencer…
3 hours ago About sharing Shani – pictured here in Mexico – was attending a a festival in Israel when she went missing By Kathryn Armstrong BBC News The mother of Shani Louk, an Israeli-German woman thought to have been kidnapped by Hamas fighters at a music festival in Israel, says her daughter is dead….
The firearms officer charged with the murder of Chris Kaba will be named in January.
35 minutes ago About sharing Adam Johnson, 29, was pronounced dead in hospital Police are investigating the death of a Nottingham Panthers ice hockey player who was fatally injured during a match. Adam Johnson’s neck was cut by a skate during a game on Saturday against the Sheffield Steelers. South Yorkshire Police said officers were…
OppArt / October 30, 2023 The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is causing a severe humanitarian crisis that is rapidly escalating. Andrea Arroyo Ad Policy Check out all installments in the OppArt series. Keep Reading Andrea Arroyo Andrea Arroyo is co–art director of Opp-Art. She is an award-winning artist working in fine…
World / October 30, 2023 Jake Sullivan’s Rewrite Can’t Paper Over an Impoverished Foreign Policy The national security adviser’s hasty edits make clear the incoherence of Biden’s diplomacy. Jeet Heer Ad Policy US national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks at a White House press briefing after President Joe Biden gave remarks on the terrorist attacks…
Society / October 30, 2023 Why I Resigned From the State Department An interview with Josh Paul Laura Flanders Ad Policy Josh Paul, the State Department official who recently resigned in protest of U.S. arms transfers to Israel. (Courtesy of The Laura Flanders Show) “We cannot be both against occupation, and for it. We cannot…
15 minutes ago About sharing By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor A trial to find more effective flu treatments is being launched in the UK. Flu deaths hit a five-year high last winter, with nearly 15,000 excess deaths recorded. It can kill up to 25,000 people in the UK in a bad year – but…