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US Politics

Hundreds protest at Cornell over gang rape case, call for president's resignation

Hundreds of Cornell University students, staff and members of the public gathered on campus Monday to demand the resignation of the university's president and an overhaul of how sexual assault allegations are handled, as fresh outrage erupted over a civil lawsuit alleging a 2024 gang rape at a fraternity house. The protest followed an overnight vandalism attack on the university's main administrative building, Day Hall, where activists smashed a glass door and spray-painted messages including 'Smash the patriarchy' and 'At Cornell rapists are protected protesters are expelled.'

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Conservative aid budget cuts would 'irreparably damage' UK global standing, charities warn

Conservative plans to cut the UK's overseas aid budget by 90 per cent would leave Britain unable to meet existing international commitments and irreparably damage its global credibility, charities and development organisations have warned. The proposal, announced by party leader Kemi Badenoch at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, would reduce spending from £9bn to £1bn a year, with the savings redirected to fund 50,000 new prison places in England and Wales.

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US monitoring death of Russian 'plague' lab employee amid conflicting reports

The United States says it is closely monitoring the death of a young female employee at an anti-plague laboratory in Siberia, after Russian authorities gave conflicting accounts of whether she contracted the plague. The woman, in her 20s, died last week in Irkutsk from what officials have called pneumonia of unknown origin, but local media and an initial social media post from a regional governor suggested she may have been infected with the pneumonic plague after a lab accident.

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Australia

New details emerge: USB stick delivered to journalist's hotel room 16 days before Australia's ball-tampering scandal

Sixteen days before Cameron Bancroft was caught hiding sandpaper down his pants during the third Test in Cape Town, a journalist covering the Australia-South Africa series received an unexpected delivery at his Port Elizabeth hotel room: a USB stick containing previously unseen footage of the stairwell clash between David Warner and Quinton de Kock, further fuelling what was already an explosive tour.

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Geopolitics

North Korea's Ukraine Deployment: Heavy Casualties Raise Questions About Kim's Strategy

Four years into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, North Korea has sent an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 troops to Russia's Kursk region since October 2024, suffering roughly 6,000 casualties, according to intelligence from South Korea and the United Kingdom. The deployment, which has no direct connection to Pyongyang's national interests in Ukraine, has prompted questions about what Kim Jong Un hopes to gain from the sacrifice.

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Inquest: TPIM terror controls had 'substantial impact' on prisoner who took own life

An inquest jury has found that strict terrorism control measures imposed by the government had a "substantial impact" on the mental state of a prisoner who took his own life, and that the prison service failed to provide the support he needed. Akhtar Uddin, 35, a builder from east London, died at HMP Wandsworth on Christmas Day 2021 after being jailed the previous year for breaching a Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM) order.

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Nigerian police locate kidnapped youth recruits but explosives block rescue

Nigerian police say they have found the camp where 19 national youth service recruits are being held by gunmen in the south-eastern Imo state, but rescue efforts are stalled because the area is believed to be planted with improvised explosive devices. Police Commissioner Audu Bosso confirmed the location was identified using drones, but warned that the presence of homemade bombs prevents officers from moving in.

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Green party drops longstanding opposition to nuclear power

The Green Party of England and Wales has voted to end its blanket opposition to nuclear fission, adopting a policy that allows elected representatives to support new nuclear projects on a case-by-case basis. The shift, which prioritises offshore wind, onshore wind and rooftop solar as primary electricity sources, was described by the party as an evolution recognising nuclear's role during the transition to a renewables-based system.

Geopolitics

Trump confirms 'threat' led to withdrawal of B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford

President Donald Trump has confirmed the United States withdrew its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in England because of a specific threat to the base. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump said 'they didn't fly out by accident' and that Washington 'actually knows the people that made the threat'. The Pentagon had confirmed on Sunday that about a dozen bombers had been redeployed to their home stations in the US after a week of heightened security following the arrest of five men near the airbase on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.

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US Politics

US public school book bans reach record annual high of nearly 12,000, PEN America reports

US public schools saw nearly 12,000 book bans during the 2025-2026 school year, the highest single-year total since the free-expression nonprofit PEN America began tracking in 2021. The surge was driven by new state-level censorship laws and the use of artificial intelligence tools that remove large numbers of titles, with Texas accounting for more than 8,100 bans alone, according to a report released Monday.

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Fiordland: The 'loneliest place on Earth' most Australian cruisers miss

New Zealand's Fiordland, a World Heritage-listed national park spanning 12,000 square kilometres across 14 fjords, remains one of the most isolated destinations on the planet and is largely overlooked by Australian cruisers. While 1.6 million cruise passengers visited Norway's fjords in 2025, fewer than 1,000 of the 1.48 million Australians who travelled to New Zealand last year explored Fiordland on expedition boats, with nearly all interest concentrated on the northern-most fjord, Milford Sound.

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Geopolitics

China stockpiled 343 advanced chipmaking tools, report finds, as export control debate intensifies

Chinese chipmakers have accumulated an estimated 343 immersion DUV lithography tools from ASML since 2012, many capable of producing 7nm-class chips, according to a report from the Centre for Technology and Statecraft, a Washington-based research group. The finding underscores the limits of existing export controls and has renewed calls for stricter regulations on semiconductor equipment sales to China.